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Hotels & licensing, 1906

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Hawkers' Licenses

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 4

Mrs. A. M. Dunn appeared in court in Salvation Army uniform and was granted a hawker's licence. She stated that her husband was going to hawk fruitions for the transfer of liceneos were postponed…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

All application was made to the Wagga Licensing Court (Mr. T. H. Wilkinson. P.M.) yesterday for the transfer of the license of the Yerong…

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Royal Hotel Tragedy Inquest Continued. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 2

The inquest as to the death of Mrs. Mercy Gregory, who was murdered in her bedroom at the Royal Hotel, George-street, was continued to-day…

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Sydney Hotel Tragedy. Verdict of Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 4

At the conclusion of the inquest in Sydney on Friday night as to the death of Mrs. Mercy Gregory at the Royal Hotel, a verdict of wilful…

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Narandera Sensation. Murderous Attack on a Hotelkeeper. Narrandera

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 4

Mr. John Folley, licensee of the Gillenbah Hotel, near Narrandera, was the victim of a murderous attack on Wednesday night. It appears that…

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Narrandera Sensation. Murderous Attack on Hotel Keeper

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 2

Mr John Folley, licensee of the Gillenbah Hotel, near Narrandera, was the victim of a murderous attack on Wednesday night. It appears that Mr Folley…

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Hotel Dectroyed. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 2

The Queensland Hotel at Dalby was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The lessee, Mr. John Ryan, perished in the flames…

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Wagga Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

At the Wagga Licensing Court, Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., who presided, granted a transfer of the license of Mr. Arthur Clout of the Bridge Hotel, was…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

At the sitting of the Wagga Licensing Court yesterday. Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., and Messrs. L. A. Fosbery, and W. Purtell, J's.P., presided,…

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Appalling Cyclone. All Churches and Hotels Destroyed. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

All appalling cyclone visited Croydon, a mining field and township, in Queensland yesterday, raging for six hours. Practically all the churches were…

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The New Ljquor Bill. Hotelkeepers' Responbilities

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

In arguing in support of an appeal against the conviction of a publican under section 19 of the Amended Liquor Act, Mr. Lamb on Thursday pointed out…

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The Murder at the Royal Hotel

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

The youth Thomas John Quinlan was placed on his trial at the Criminal Court to-day, charged with the murder of Mrs. Mercy Gregory at the…

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Licensing Transfer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

At a meeting of tho Wagga Licensing Court yesterday before the Polios Magistrate (Mr. T. H. Wilkinson), the license of the Carrington Hotel, Baylis…

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Early Wagga. Items of 45 Years Ago. Saturday, June 8th, 1861. Jock Mackinyie of the "Commercial Hotel, South Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 2

Never before rushed into print; but as other publicans, on both sides of the river, and continually parading—not their ugly faces—but thier by no means…

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Sunday Meals in Hotels

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

Hotelkeepers, especially those in the country districts, will hail with pleasure the elucidation of a suction of the Liquor Act upon which there has…

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Peculiar Police Prosecution Liquor Act Administration. Sunday Dinner at an Hotel

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 6

At the Cooma Police Court, before Mr. F. H. Galbraith. P.M., on Tuesday, Laurits Bosgard was summoned for being found on Sunday, March 4,…

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The Hotel Tragedy. Quinlan's Case Considered. Sydney

The Temora Star · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 2

The Cabinet has considered the case of the lad Quintan who was recently found guilty of murdering Mrs. Gregory in an hotel and sentenced to death…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Reduction of Fees. Riverine Club Refused Exemption

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

The Quarterly Licensing Court was held at the Wagga Courthouse yesterday. Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., presided, and Messrs. L. A.. Fosbery, J.P., and W…

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Disastrons Fire in Sydney. Big Block of Buildings Gutted. Grand Central Hotel Saved with Difficulty. Damage Estimated at Over One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 4

One of the biggest and most disastrous fires since Hordern's Haymarket Emporium was burnt out broke out in Clarence-streer before two o'clock this…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

The Quarterly Licensing Court for the district of wagga was held in the Court-house yesterday, before Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, P. M., L.A. Fosbery,…

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