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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1907

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A Woman in a Hurry. Some Experiences of a No-License Worker

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 6

The apparently endless argument as to the capabilities of women may be advanced a step by an illustration of one woman's appetite for bard work and her…

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Louth Licensing Cases. Remarks by the Bench

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 2

At the Quarterly Licensing Court on Thursday, before Dr. Robert Dey and Mr. C. E. Lang, L. M's., Mrs. Emma Gillett was charged with selling liquor to an…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. [Before Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.M., And Dr. Burkitt and Mr. T. Baird, L.M's.]

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 4

THE Quarterly Licensing Court was held on Tuesday last. Renewals of licenses were granted ad under Martin Samuels, Commercial Hotel, Dubbo…

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Licensing Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 4

(Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M., Mr. T. Baird, and Dr. Burkitt). Benewals were granted to the following: —Martha, Samuels, Commercial Hotel,…

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Renewal of Occupation Licenses for 1908

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 2

The attention of holders of occupation licenses and preferential occupation licenses is drawn to a pamphlet issued by the Department of Lands, setting out the rates…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, October 8. (Before Mr. W. Barton Smith, P.M, and Dr. Burkitt.) RENEWAL

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 2

A renewal was granted to W. Reynolds, of Reynolds' Hotel, Geurie. WINE LICENSE REFUSED, Mary Anne Williams applied for a…

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Police v Publicans. To the Editor Bligh Watchman

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 15 October 1907 · page 5

Sir,—Shakespeare made some trite remarks regarding the doings of people dressed, in a little .brief authority, and never was it more truly exemplified than…

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The Licensing Vote. How Reduction is to be Effected

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 4

THE attention of the Premier was on Tuesday night directed to a discussion which took place at a recent meeting of the N. S. Wales Temperance Alliance, and he replied that as soon as…

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Police Court. Friday, November 1St. Before the Police Magistrate.) an Hotelkeeper Assaulted

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 3

A youth, named Leslie Clarke, pleaded guilty under provocation before the Wellington Bench last Friday to a charge of having assaulted John…

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The Lauradale Hotel. a Pretty Point. Suave Salenger Succeeds

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 2

On Monday a licensing matter was brought before Messrs (C. J. B. Helm, (Chairman), C. E. Lang and Dr. Robert Dey, members, sitting as the Licensing Court…

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Death at an Hotel

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 November 1907 · page 5

An old man, named Francis Hodgkiss died suddenly at Lincoln on Monday. An inquest was conducted at the Loncoln Hotel on Tuesday by…

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To Reduce Licenses. Special Courts Established

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 2

THIRTY of the special courts for the purpose of effecting a reduction under the Liquor (Amendment) Act, 1905, of the number of ficenses in an electorate have been consisted…

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The Lauradale License

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 2

The matter of the transfer of the license for the Lauradale Hotel from Joseph Murphy to W. J. Murphy which had been adjourned from the last licensing Court, came…

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Murder and Suicide. Tragedy In a City Hotel

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 2

AT the Hotel Metropole, Sydney, on Friday, George Listor Ki[?]g and his wife, Ada Rosalie, a young couple who had been married only four years, were found dead in…

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Licensing Court. Monday, November 18

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 2

(Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M., and Dr. Burkitt, J.P.) RENEWAL. A. renewal was granted to Thomas Reid,…

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The Hotel Metropole Tragedy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 5

The recent inquest into the Hotel Metropole tragedy showed that Mr. King had used his wife's money and was behind [?]1000 in his accounts…

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Hotel Metropole Tragedy. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 4

The inquest into the Hotel Metropole tragedy was concluded yesterday. George King, secretary of the Board of Health, and brother of the deceased woman,…

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The Lauradale License. Page 1

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 2

The matter of the Lauradale Hotel license was again before the Licensing Court (Messrs. C. J. B. Helm, P.M., (Chairman), and C. E. Lang and Dr. Robert Dey, J's.P.,…

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Waking Up the Big Hotel

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 3

“Attention ! Company F, halt ! Right, left; right, left; halt!” The stentorian voice and loud clash of arms at midnight awakened everybody on…

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Mr. Halliday's Departure. Dinner at the Court House Hotel

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 2

Mr. K. J. HALLIDAY, retiring Chairman of the Dubbo Land Board, was on Monday evening entertained at dinner at Mrs. Simms' Court House hotel by representative townsmen. Mr…

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