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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1868

14 stories in Sydney's papers

Billiard Licenses. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1868 · page 3

SIR,—May I take the liberty of asking, through the medium of your journal, is there no tax on billiard or gaming tables in private houses, where the doors are open to the public, and ingress freely admitted—where the…

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Ye Torchlight Procession. Extracts from, Note Book, owner unknown, picked up by Policeman X. outside the Royal Hotel, at 2.35 a.m. on Tuesday morning, and politely forwarded to Sydney Punch by that distinguished functionary

Sydney Punch · Saturday 14 March 1868 · page 3

"Vas ist des Deutschen Vater-land?" How solemnly--slowly--grandly--etherially, and inf--no--supernally--floated the harmonic melody and melodious harmony up--up--up--higher and higher--excelsior--excelsissimus--through the azure empyrean--up, till their…

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Menzies' Hotel, Melbourne

Illustrated Sydney News · Monday 20 April 1868 · page 9

THIS splendid establishment may be termed the finest of the kind in Australia. It is situated at the corner of William and Bourke streets, having a frontage of 100 feet to the former, and 132 feet…

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Annual Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1868 · page 13

PRESENT:—Their Worships the Police Magistrate, Messrs. Day, Murphy, and Evans. Licenses were granted to William Love, for the Lemon Tree, Phillip-street; Maria Morrow, Honest Irishman,…

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Annual Licensing Meeting

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 April 1868 · page 15

PRESENT:—Their Worships the Police Magistrate, Messrs. Day, Murphy, and Evans. Licenses were granted to William Love for the Lemon Tree, Phillip-street; Maria Morrow, Honest Irishman,…

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Queensland. Sticking Up of Currie Hotel by Five Armed Men

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 May 1868 · page 7

One of the most daring cases of bushranging known in this colony occurred at Currie Hotel, (Mr. Booker's) on Sunday night. Currie Hotel we may note for the benefit of distant readers,…

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Annual Licensing Session. Friday, April 24. BEFORE their Worships the Police Magistrate, Messrs. Murphy and Palser. '

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1868 · page 5

Patrick Kelly, of the Morpeth Hotel, Clarence-street, appeared before the Court to show cause why the renewal of his license should not be refused—objections having been lodged by senior-sergeant Waters, to the following…

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Annual Licensing Session. Friday, April 24

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 May 1868 · page 3

BEFORE their Worships the Police Magistrate, Messrs. Murphy and Palser. Patrick Kelly, of the Morpeth Hotel, Clarence-street, appeared before the Court to show cause why the renewal…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

Empire · Thursday 2 July 1868 · page 3

The half-yearly meeting of this association was held last evening at the Masonic Hotel, Mr. Byrne, the pres[?]dent, in the chair. Present—Messrs. Camb[?] Mad[?] [?]ookham, Perry, Ril[?]y, Marland, Drake,…

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[?] Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1868 · page 3

PRESENT—Their Worships the Police Magistrate (in the chair), Mesers. J. Hughes, G. Hill, M. M. Cohen, M. Levey, H. Armitage, E. T. Penfold, H. P. Palser, E. Campbell, W. Day, W. Love, and T. Hogg…

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Melancholy Suicide.—coroner's Inquest. (From the Bathurst Times.) AN inquest was held on Friday afternoon at the Club House Hotel, on the body of Mr. Thomas Charles Gore, late Registrar of the District Court, whose death had occurred on the previous night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 September 1868 · page 2

The jury and the witnesses proceeded to view the body of the deceased, which was lying in one of the rooms of the hotel. The following evidence was then taken:—…

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Albert Cricket Club. the annual meeting of the Albert Cricket Club was held last evening, at Tattersall's Hotel. Mr. W. M. Alderson, one of the vice-presidents, was in the chair. There was a full attendence of members

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 September 1868 · page 3

The HONORARY SECRETARY (Mr. J. J. Calvert) brought up and read the following report:— "The past cricketing season cannot be considered to have been in any way a successful one. What little vitality existed in its…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 October 1868 · page 5

THE annual picnic of this association took place at Balmoral, Middle Harbour, yesterday. A brighter and more beautiful day could hardly have been wished for an excursion on the water. Although in Sydney the heat was very…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association Picnic

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 October 1868 · page 3

THE annual picnic of this association took place at Balmoral, Middle Harbour, on Wednesday. A brighter and more beautiful day could hardly have been wished for an excursion on the water. Although in Sydney the heat was very…

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