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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1883

204 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 11

Two Publicans Fined

Evening News · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 7

On the 6th instant, at the Newtown police court, before Mr. Dillon, S.M, Edward Bayliss, proprietor of the Pulteney Hotel, King-street, Newtown, was charged with having used obscene language in front…

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Sydney Street Improvements. the Star and Garter Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1883 · page 32

THE progress of almost every branch of commerce and business in this rapidly increasing metropolis of ours, has been signalled by the building of magnificent…

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A Batch of Cases—The Licensing Act

Evening News · Wednesday 15 August 1883 · page 7

Samuel Davis, James English, and Alfred Goodin, three licensed publicans, were each fined £3, costs 5s 6d, by Mr. Clarke, S.M; at Newtown, on the 13th inst; for selling on Sundays; and Robert Lawes,…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 August 1883 · page 3

Yesterday a licensing court was held at the Central Police Court, there being on the bench Messrs Dillon, Clark, and Crane, S.Ms., and the Hon. John Macintosh, L.M. The court was…

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Deputations. the Licensing Question

Evening News · Friday 17 August 1883 · page 2

A large deputation waited upon the hon. the Minister of Justice this morning on the subject of the present Licensing Act. Among those present was the following:—The Rews. George Middiston,…

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A New Sydney Hotel

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 August 1883 · page 20

THE City has been undergoing extensive architectural alterations during some years past, and latterly King-street has been partaking largely of the improvement effected in this respect…

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Deputations. Strict Enforcement of the Licensing Act

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 August 1883 · page 6

A deputation from the Local Option League, consisting of the Revs. F. B. Boyce, W. D. Taylor, Dr Steele, T. B, Holmes, George Middleton, R. S. Paterson and Archdeacon King, and Messrs…

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Another licensing Case

Evening News · Wednesday 22 August 1883 · page 5

A case which "dragged its slow length along" for a considerable time, came before Mr. Crane, S.M., at Newtown, on the 20th instant. Mary Ann Cook, of the Poulteney Hotel, Cook's River-road, was charged…

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Selling Without License

Evening News · Wednesday 22 August 1883 · page 3

On the 20th instant, at Newtown, before Mr. Crane, S.M., Patrick Charles Dempsey was charged with having sold liquors at George's River. Sub-inspector Larkins laid the information from reports…

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The Licensing Bench

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1883 · page 2

IF local option is ever to be any thing more than a mere phrase,—if ever it is to become a practical reality—the licensing power in each district must be…

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Parramatta Licensing Beach. PARRAMATTA

Evening News · Thursday 23 August 1883 · page 2

A special meeting of the magistrates of the district was convened to-day at the Court-house for the purpose of selecting three out of their number to constitute the licensing bench. The…

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Serious Hotel Row

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 August 1883 · page 3

At the Redfern Police Court yesterday, before Mr Buchanan, S.M., Edward Stapleton on remand, was charged with cutting and wounding John Hayes. The prosecutor deposed that on Saturday…

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The Hotel Row at Red Fern

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 6

Edward Stapleton, on remand, was again brought up at the Redfern Police Court, yesterday, charged with stabbing John Hayes in a row at the Belmore Hotel, on the 18th instant. John…

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Deputations. the Licensing Question

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 32

A LARGE deputation waited upon the hon. the Minister of Justice last Friday on the subject of the present Licensing Act. Among those present were the following:—The Revs. George Middleton, R. S…

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Liberty Of License

Sydney Punch · Saturday 1 September 1883 · page 8

Scene--Suburban Hotel, Sunday, 1 p.m. Enter, Constable--, No. XXX, with stripes (addressing elderly boarder) t " What are you drinkin'—-I must taste it," (drinks beer) takes the gentleman's name, and exit, quite satisfied. (A fact.)…

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Important to Publicans

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 September 1883 · page 2

A peculiar case came before Mr Crane yesterday, at the Central Police Court, An elderly lady of the somewhat peculiar name .of Catherine Haddz, summoned David Warby, landlord of the Liverpool…

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Licensing Districts

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1883 · page 8

FOLLOWING information relative to country licensing districts has been published in the “ Gazetto ” :— CAMDEN Licensing District to be the Police…

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A Publican's Grievance. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 September 1883 · page 3

Sir,--I recently saw a paragraph in one of the newspapers, which purported to be a grievance from a publican who had been visited on a Sunday morning by a sergeant of police and a constable, who…

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Licensing Court. Same Day

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 September 1883 · page 2

Before Messrs, Lethbridge, Drs. Bond and Duncan, Js.P. After Mr. Cleeve had read the proclamation, authorising the removal of the Court…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

Evening News · Thursday 27 September 1883 · page 3

John M'Donald, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, junction of Baglan and Cooper streets, Waterlor, was charged at the Redfern police court, yesterday, before Mr. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., with a breach…

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