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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1877

72 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4

Liquor License Amendment Association and Morality Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 3

ON Tuesday last, the Council of the L. L. A. A. held their monthly meeting at the Temperance Hall. Present: Sir Alfred Stephen (in the chair), Revs. Canon Stephen and J. A. Dowie, Messrs. Morris, Wright, Davies, M.L.A.,…

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Liquor License System

Evening News · Friday 18 May 1877 · page 3

A numerously attended public meeting was held in the old Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, last Wednesday evening, in connection with the Liquor License Amendment Association. The Rev. George Hurst,…

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Heavy Fine for Breach of the Licensing Act

Evening News · Friday 18 May 1877 · page 2

Yesterday, at the Water Police Court, John Hawkins, a wholesale wine and spirit merchant, was fined £50, with three guineas professional costs of court, for selling a smaller quantity of spirituous liquor…

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Liquor License Amendment Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1877 · page 6

A PUBLIC meeting was held on Wednesday evening in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, of persons interested in amending the laws relating to the liquor license system. There was rather large attendance. The Rev. G. Hurst, in the absence of Sir…

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Temperance and Morality. Liquor License Amendment Association and Morality Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1877 · page 633

ON the 8th instant, the Council of the L. L. A. A. held their monthly mooting at the Temperance Hall. Present: Sir Alfred Stephen (in the chair), Revs. Canon Stephen and J. A. Dowie, Messrs. Morris, Wright, Davies, M.L.A.,…

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Liquor License Amendment Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1877 · page 621

A PUBLIC meeting was held on Wednesday evening in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, ot persons interested in the amendment of the laws relating to the liquor license system. There was a rather large attendance. The Rev. G. Hurst,…

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The Destruction of the St. Louis Hotel by Fire. Appalling Scene. (From the New York Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 May 1877 · page 7

ABOUT half-past 1 o'clock on the morning of the 11th April, people in the neighbourhood of the Southern Hotel were startled by a cry of "Firr!" and almost immediately thereafter smoke was seen issuing from the lower windows…

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A Spiritualist at an Hotel

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 4

"Who's there?" There was no answer, and the queer noise stopped. "Anybody there?" No answer. "It must have been a spirit," he said to himself. "I must be a…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

Evening News · Wednesday 20 June 1877 · page 3

THE usual quarterly meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association was held last night in the rooms of the Society, in Elizabeth-street. The president of the association (Mr. J. B. Cliffe) occupied the…

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A Licensing Question

Evening News · Wednesday 20 June 1877 · page 2

In the Assembly, this evening, Mr. Stuart is to ask the Colonial Secretary—What is the number of licensed publichouses existing at the present time within the police district of Sydney? What was…

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Licensed Victuallers Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1877 · page 5

THE usual quarterly meeting of the above association was held yesterday evening, at the Association's Rooms, in Elizabeth-street North The chair was occupied by Mr. J. B. Oliffe, the President. There was a fair attendance…

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Licensed Surveyors

Evening News · Wednesday 20 June 1877 · page 2

Surveyor General's Department.—At an examination, lately held, to determine the qualifications of candidates for license to survey under the Crown Lands Acts, the following gentlemen were found by…

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The Publicans' Licensing Question

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1877 · page 784

THE report read at the quarterly meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, on Tuesday, contained some information that will be of interest to the public. The council of the…

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Licensed Victuallers Association

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 June 1877 · page 9
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

THE usual quarterly meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association was held last Tuesday in the rooms of the Society, in Elizabeth-street. The president of the association (Mr. J. B. Oliffe) oocupied the…

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Publicans and Sinners. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 June 1877 · page 3

SIR,—The poor publicans it seems need protection, and Mr. Stuart is coming to their rescue with his little bill, which proposes to furnish them with the and of policeman X to clear their premises of the sinners, who, having spent their…

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The License of the Assembly

Sydney Punch · Saturday 30 June 1877 · page 1

Rude am I in my speech.--SHAKSPEARE. MR. PUNCH has always been a strong advocate for liberty of speech, but he strongly reprobates that liberty which degenerates into the license of the pot-house. The most effective means that could be…

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Tragic Incidents at the Burning of the Southern Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 3 July 1877 · page 3

The marriage, three months since, of the Hon. William Felix Austin Munster, of Brighton, Sussex, England, to Miss Blauche, daughter of Dr. H. C. Lynch, a highly respected citizen of St. Louis…

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Liquor License Amendment

Evening News · Thursday 5 July 1877 · page 3

Under the auspices of the Liquor License Amendment Association, a public inertias was held last evening in the William-street We[?]yan Church. Sir Alfred Stephen being unavoidably absent the…

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The Albion-street Hotel Bobbery

Evening News · Friday 6 July 1877 · page 2

The examination of witnesses in the rase of James and Eliza Boland, who were charged yesterday at the Central Police Office, on a charge of stealing £43 in money and cheque from Mrs. Ann Hushes, of…

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