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The new Licensing Act came into fores yesterday, and the attitude which the publicans assured with regard to the Act created a considerable amount of interest. Too late they had rained objections to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Your correspondent " Lex " Vas virtually abandoned his position altogether by the admissions in his letter of to-day. His first letter went to show what the rights of publicans licensed under the Act of '62 could not be taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last sight the gentlemen appointed as a committee by the recent meeting of publicans were very active, notably Messrs Mason and Hunt. They visited a large number of hotels in the city in order…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is generally understood that the Government have Appointed a number of police officers licensing inspectors ander the new Act, and that the notification of appointments have been accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I am not at all surprised to find that the admission made in my second letter on this subject has been made the most of in support of the, case against existing licensees. Your acute correspondent " Amicus " in this morning's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"We learn that the Executive Council this morning approved of the appointment of the Metropolitan Stipendary Magistrates, and the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. John Harris) as the Licensing Court for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning the first ease under the new licensing law was heard before Mr. Wm. Crane, P.M., at the Central Police Court. The president of the Licensed Victuallers Association, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--I am a publican, and an anxious to obey the law of the land in which I reside. Accordingly on Sunday I kept my house strictly closed all day, when I could easily have taken £8 or £10 if I had opened ;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One of Sara Bernhardt's most marked peculiarities is the manner in which she is constantly, almost unconsciously, experimenting with and studying her art, through even the most trivial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This morning the committee appointed by the meeting of publicans were actively engaged in visiting hotels. Their object was to obtain the signature of landlords to an agreement, drawn up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The working of the new Licensing Act and the Billiard-Bagatelle Act. seems to be a matter of much legal difficulty, and is likely to create a deal of expense to publicans and others in defending…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We learn that the Executive Council yesterday approved of the appointment of the Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrates, and the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. John Harris) as the Licensing Court for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Who shall decide when doctors or lawyers differ? The publicans have found a blot in the tables of the new Act, and have effectually hit it. They have paid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Licensing Bill has passed through Parliament, and has been assented to by his Excellency the Governor on the part of her Majesty. It came into operation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Most people who read clause 2 of the Licensing Act of 1882 will come to the conclusion with myself that the whole of the Liquors Licensing Act of 1862 having been repealed, certain vague expressions in the former as to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A number of hotels both in the city and subrubs remained open on Saturday night after 11 o'clock, and others shut the front dean and permitted customers to enter by the side doors. Thus the new Act was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Margaret Fogarty, aged 55 years, a cook at Sherlock's Manchester Arms Hotel, in George-street, was found dead in bed this morning. She had been unwell for a few days, and Dr. Wright, who saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Central Police Court this morning the summonses against publicans for contraventions of the new Licensing Act by keeping their houses open for the sale of liquor after 11 o'clock at night were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Mr. Salomons, Q.C., may be quite correct in the opinion he has given as regards the question of the right of the publicans to keep open on Sundays, &c., as under the Act of '62. But this is an opinion…
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