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Hotels & licensing, 1882

378 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 19

Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1882 · page 3

A meeting of the Licensing Board was held at the Water Police Court yesterday at noon. The bench was occupied by Messrs. Dillon (chairman), Marsh, Buchanan, Addison, and Crane, S.Ms…

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The New Licensing Act. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 March 1882 · page 3

Sir,—There is something so redically inconsistent in the new Licensing Act with the enjoyment of those rights and privilege which it has hitherto been the pleasure of anyone living under the British Constitution to boast of, that it is…

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Licensing Bench

Nepean Times · Friday 31 March 1882 · page 4

A LICENSING COURT, the first in County Cook, was held at the Police Quarters, Emu Ferry, on Wednesday last, at 11 o'clock. On the Bench were present, Mr. Lethbridge…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1882 · page 3

A meeting of the Licensing Board was held at the Water Police Court at noon yesterday. The Bench was occupied by Messrs. Dillon (chairman), Buchanan, Addison, and Marsh, S.M…

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The Age Informant a Hotel Swindler

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1882 · page 3

Tell it not in Gath, mention it not in the streets of Askalon. The Radical Power of Melbourne, the newspaper governed by one of the keenest intellects that ever a journalist or politician possessed,…

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The New Licensing Act. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 40

SIR,—I like many other unfortunate individuals who reside in up-country towns, and have no homo except that offered by the hotels, would ask your opinion on tho following:—…

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The "Music" Section of the Licensing Act. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1882 · page 7

I gather from statements contained in the letters of "S. B.," and "J. L. X." in your issue of this morning that licensed publicans have recently been prosecuted under the 51st section of the Licensing Act for the offence of allowing…

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The Licensing Bench and a Foggy Morning

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1882 · page 3

Scene I.: The Locomotive Hotel, early morning, on the 28th March; outside under the lee of a rival pub, two police, constables, waiting, like Mr. Micawber, "for something to turn up." Inside Mr. Elijah…

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A Knotty Point in Licensing Law

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1882 · page 3

At the Licensing Court yesterday, Louis Uhde, proprietor of the White Horse Hotel, George-street, was charged with selling beer on a Sunday. Mr. Gannon appeared for the defendant, who pleaded not guilty…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1882 · page 4

A minting of the Licensing Board was held at the Water Police Court yesterday, at noon. The Bench was occupied by Messrs. Dillon (chairman), Addison, Marsh, Clarke, Crane, and Buchanan…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Saturday 8 April 1882 · page 7

A Licensing Court was held at noon on Thursdy, at the Water Police office. The magistrates who adjudicated were Messrs Dillon, addision, Clark, and Marsh. Thomas F.Strange, license of the…

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The New Licensing Act and How It Is Worked. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1882 · page 2

Sir,--I respectfully request permission to expose through your columns the manner in which the above Act is being carried out, as I am of opinion it was never intended by the Legislature when passing this…

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The Licensing Act, 1882. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1882 · page 6

Sir,—An instance has just come under my notice that, For the public good, and to travellers in particular, o[?]ght to be made known. On Saturday night last, shortly after 11 o'clock, a…

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The Licensing Act and How It Is Worked. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 April 1882 · page 3

Sir, -- Permit me a few lines, and they shall be short. I notice Mr. G. B. Kelly's letter, and being a bona fide boarder, I can testify to the general truth of what he says. Of the case in particular, which he mentions, I…

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New Licensing Act, 1882. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1882 · page 3

Sir,—In answer to your correspondent, Mr. Chetwynd, whose letter appears in yesterday's paper, permit me to say that I am of thu opinion that he proves the advisability of carrying out the provisions of the new Act in every respect,…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 2

Messrs. Buchanan, Clark, Marsh, and Addison sat at the Water Police Courtatnoon yesterday to dispose of licensing business. James Gilmore, the licensee of the Tradesman's Arms Hotel, Palmer and…

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The New Licensing Act, and How It Is Worked. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 3

Sir.-- Any person would suppose, from the tenor of Mr. G. B. Kelly's letter on the Licensing Act in your issue of Tuesday, that he had been most infamously treated by the police on the occasion he refers to;…

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Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 3

A meeting of the Licensing Board was held at the Water Police Court, at noon yesterday. The Bench was occupied by Messrs. Buchanan, Addison, Marsh, and Clarke…

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Hotel Burglarly in Balmain

Evening News · Monday 17 April 1882 · page 2

Sometime during the day yesterday, the Shipwrights Arms Hotel is Darling-street, Balmain, was. broken into daring the absence of the inmates, and property to a considerable amount was stolen…

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Hotel Robbery

Evening News · Tuesday 18 April 1882 · page 2

Chas. O'Connell, a respectably dressed young man, described as a waiter, was brought up at the Central Police Court tins morning charged with stealing the sun of £12 10s and bunch of keys, the property of…

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