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Hotels & licensing, 1884

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 3 December 1884 · page 8

The usual weekly meeting of the licensing Court was held in the Central Police Court, Tuesday, before Messrs. Buchanan, S.M., and J. Macintosh, J.F. The first case called on was that of a transfer of…

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Hotel Life at Torquay

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1884 · page 1138

At Torquay hotel life at this season is a mixture of the exclusive southern and gregarious northern, or "onetrough" system, as it has been called. The table d'hote, adopted many years ago at Scarborough, Buxton, and…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 10 December 1884 · page 6

The usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan licensing Court took place in the Central Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., and Mr. Macintosh, J.P. The following…

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A Parade of Vice. the Dancing License Difficulty

Evening News · Wednesday 10 December 1884 · page 6

Thus Archibald Forbes in the Adelaide ADVERTISER:—The "Alhambra Palace," a vast place of public entertainment in Leicester-square, London, has had varied fortunes. In its earlier days…

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Prosecutions Under the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 December 1884 · page 3

Thomas H. Giblin appeared at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr Addison, on a complaint laid by the police that he did, at about 8 o'clock in the evening of Sunday, the 23rd of…

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A Publican Fined. Wagga Wagga

Evening News · Saturday 13 December 1884 · page 4

Timothy Rogers, landlord of the Globe Hotel, Wagga, was [?] yesterday for having sold drinks in the liar to two men 021 Sunday, November 9. The police said that they saw two men in the bar…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 December 1884 · page 2

Before same magistrates. Billiard licenses were granted to William Roberts, St. Mary's and T. Smith and W. Dickson, of Penrith…

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A Publican Fined. Wagga Wagga

Evening News · Monday 15 December 1884 · page 6

Timothy Rogers, landlord of the Globe Hotel, Wagga, was summoned yesterday for having sold drinks in the bar to two men on Sunday. November 9. The police said that they saw two men in the bar…

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Hotel Improvements

Evening News · Tuesday 16 December 1884 · page 3

The want of additional hotel accommodation which has been so long felt in Sydney, is about to be supplied to a considerable extent by the enterprising landlord of the Oxford Hotel. Mr. Hunt has secured…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 17 December 1884 · page 6

The usual weekly licensing court was held in the Central Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Abbott S.M., and Mr. J. Macintosh, L.M. A transfer of the license of the Prince of Wales's Hotel,…

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Licensed to Rob or Bully. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 December 1884 · page 8

Sir,--Will you do a person from the country a favour and insert the following statement of the existing system of cab-hiring as practised in Sydney? A person arriving in Sydney by the Southern or…

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Interesting to Publicans

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 December 1884 · page 6

The case of Goff v Sinclair, tried by his Honor Judge Wilkinson, at the Metropolitan District Court yesterday, involved an important point as, to the forfeiture of deposit. The question to be…

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Licensed Porters

Evening News · Monday 22 December 1884 · page 5

We have been asked to say that applications will be rewired in the Town Hall up to the first week in January for porters' licenses. Any person found carrying on the avocation after that time without the…

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To Publicans

Evening News · Monday 22 December 1884 · page 5

Under the nom-de-plume of "Foghorn," a correspondent thus gives a note of warning:-"Having read a good deal of late in your valuable paper re fines imposed upon bakers and other tradesmen…

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Fire in Pitt-street. the Coffee Palace Hotel Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 December 1884 · page 5

Mr J. F. Cripps' well knows Cof[?]e Palace Hotel, Lower Pitt and George Street, was completely destroyed by the on Saturday night. For an immense city like Sydney we may…

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Selling Liquor Without a License

Evening News · Tuesday 23 December 1884 · page 4

Henry Reach, was charged in the Central Police Court to-day with having sold liquor without having first obtained a license. The defendant is the proprietor of an oyster shop in Elizabeth-street. On…

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Licensed Victuallers' Fete

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 December 1884 · page 5

At the Agricultural Association's Ground, Moorepark, the first annual fete held under the auspices of the Sydney Licensed Victuallers, was by no means an unqualified success. The programme of…

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Licensed Victuallers' Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 December 1884 · page 8

The Licensed Victuallers' Fete took place yesterday on the Agricultural Society's Ground, Moore Park, but did not prove successful in attracting a large attendance. The gates were opened in the morning, but up…

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Down on the Publicans

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 December 1884 · page 18

Under the nom-de-pluma of "Foghorn," a correspondont thus gives a note of warning:—"Having road a good deal of late in various papers refines imposed upon bakers and other tradesmen…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 31 December 1884 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held on Tuesday. The following transfers were granted:—Peter Roxby to George Cope, Castle Connell Hotel, Begent-street; James Tanner…

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