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Hotels & licensing, 1911

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Licensing Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 2

The Bench of Licensing Magistrates sat at the Hillston Court House on Monday last, the Licensing Magistrates present being Messrs J. W. M…

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Hotel Burnt Out. Fireworks Cause £125,000 Damage. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 2

Spontaneous combustion among fireworks stored in a mudbath at Pyrmont, Prussia, caused the destruction of the Royal Ku[?] Hotel. The…

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Hotel for Barellan

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 6

At the Narandera Licensing Court, on Tuesday last, W. T Walton of Tattersall’s Hotel, Narandera, applied for the…

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Auctioneer's License

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

John Crawford was granted a district auctioneer's license…

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Publican's Appeal. Lower Court Decision Confirmed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

John Frederick William Gan[?] appealed against the conviction recorded against him in the lower court for allowing a person on his licensed…

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Great London Firs. Palatial Hotel Nearly Gutted. Crowded with Wealthy Guests Many Narrow Escapes. Fatalities and Injuries. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

A fire at the Carlton Hotel London, originated in the shaft of the kitchen lilt. It quickly involved the three uppet floors and roof. The outbreak…

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The Police Blamed. Strike Leaders' Bravery. Hotels and Shops Wrecked

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

The latest news from Liverpool states that 90 arrests were made in connection with the fierce affray which took place at midnight in the north end of the city. The mob extinguished the gas lamps and tore down a wall in order to obtain missiles. The police found themselves unable to…

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Licensed Vehicles. Peculiar Point for P.m. to . Decide

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 3

Robert Thompson, carrier, pleaded not guilty to driving on unlicensed vehicle on the 54th July. Inspector Palmer saw defendant driving a lorry,…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. George Stevenson, P.m.) Monday, August 14, 19[?] Scene at a Wagga Hotel. Landlady's Brother Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 3

A tale, of seemingly unwarranted bad conduct and brutality was brought before the court. In the dock Were William Harris, a young man, and…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 4

Manomet Ali was granted a collector's license. Sidney Woodford and James Williams were granted hawker's licenses…

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A Redistribution Puzzle Hotels in "Dry" Areas. Wellington (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 2

One result of that relistribution of electoral boundaries is that some places have been hotels have been in-corporoated in "dry" areas, and…

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Lower Tarcutta Hotel Closed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 2

The Squatters' Arms Hotel, Lower Tarcutta, the proprietor of which is Mr. James Dennis, ceased to be a licensed house on August 12. This is the result…

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Booth Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 4

The applications of J. F. M'Lean, of the Albury Hotel, Baylis-street, for booth licenses in respect to the grand-stand and leger-Btand at the…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 4

J.F. M'Lean, of the Albury Hotel, Wagga, applied for an extension of his license to admit of conducting a booth at the Murrumbidgee Turf Club's…

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Honeymoon Tragedy. Quarrel at Hotel. Husband Found with Throat Cut. Wife Arrested. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

A young married couple, Albert and Ellinor Schuize, recently from a European honeymoon trip, quarrelled at the Morning Star Hotel,…

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A Mother's Wrath. Horse Whips Hotelkeeper Police Court Proceedings. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 2

Mrs. Ellen Fry, a middle-aged woman, came into Melbourne on Saturday night with a horsewhip and thrashed Amos Ward,' licensee of an…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 4

Geo. Podmore, of the Horse and Jockey Hotel, Tarcutta, applied for permission to have music on his licenced premises on Saturday,…

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License Transfer

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 3

The transfer of the license of the Federal Hotel, Edward-street, Wagga, from A. J. Campbell to John Pigot, of Germanton, was sanctioned…

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Licensed Drivers in Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 2

Yesterday was quite a field day in the local police court for the "cabbies" and motor drivers. Fines were inflicted from three pounds down to a modest…

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