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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1884

201 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 11

Charge against a Publican. ADELAIDE

Evening News · Thursday 22 May 1884 · page 2

In the police court yesterday, Charles Tracey Stacey, landlord of the Imperial Hotel, was charged with having supplied liquor to a man named James M'Carrow, while the latter was in…

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The Licensing Act

Evening News · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 6

The Licensing Act Amendment Bill, which is in charge of Mr. J. B. Olliffe, was on Thursday night again shelved for an indefinite period. About a quarter to 1, when the Government had expressed…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Monday, June 2. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, J. E. Manning and N. Stewart, J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1884 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the Licensing Court for the consideration of applications for renewals was held on Monday last. Sub-inspector Webb handed in notification of…

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The Effects of the Licensing Act. To the Editor

Evening News · Saturday 7 June 1884 · page 5

Sir,—Permit me to make some brief observations with reference to the matter of your leader of the 5th instant, bearing upon a paragraph in the report of the Church of England Temperance Society, of which I…

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The Sketcher. Inns and Hotels

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1884 · page 1063

"How oft doth man, by care oppress'd, Find in an ion a place of rest. Where'er his fancy bids him roam, In ev'ry inn he finds a home."…

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Spirit Licenses for the Wine Growers. to the Editor or of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1884 · page 5

Sir,—The apathy of all those interested in the wine industry is a matter of surprise. The authorities have thought fit, after two years to put the law iu motion and compel nearly all there engaged in selling colonial wine to pay a…

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A Raid on Publicans

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 June 1884 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A raid on publicans was made on Sunday. An informer and plain-clothes policeman went round with small bottles, and while the publican was away to get change, the…

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Official Bungling. a Licensing Court Suspended. Indignation of the Residents. Blayney

Evening News · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 2

The licensing bench in Carcoar was placed in a peculiar position yesterday, and a large number of people were put to great inconvenience by a piece of official bungling, which has been severely…

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News by Telegraph. Publicans Prosecuted for Sunday Selling

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 June 1884 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--On Friday, an informer named Orlando prosecuted some publicans for Sunday selling. He secured a few convictions, but he will not gain anything by it, as no clause of…

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The Publicans' Friend Hooting an Informer. Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 17 June 1884 · page 3

Joseph Orlando, the informer against publicans, appeared as a spectator in the police court yesterday. He was recognised; and, upon emerging from the court; had. to run the gauntlet…

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Licensed to Survey

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 June 1884 · page 3

At an examination [?] determine the qualification of [?] for license to survey [?] the Crown [?] Acts, the following gentlemen were found by my bound to be competent, and…

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The adjourned meeting of the Balmain Progress Committee was held last Thursday evening at Dick's Hotel, Mr. W. Halfnights in the Chair. The meeting was well attended, and a determination to further

Evening News · Wednesday 18 June 1884 · page 8

The following are the particulars of the writ issued to-day for a new election in the West Macquarie electoral district:—"West Macquarie (in room of Thomas Henry Hellyer, Esq., resigned). Place of…

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The Publicans' "Friend." Ho[?]st with His Own Petard. Newcastle

Evening News · Wednesday 18 June 1884 · page 5

Yesterday, in the "Waratah Police Court, the informer Orlando prosecuted in several alleged sly-grog selling cases. Mr. W. Moore prosecuted for the police, and Mr. Gorrick, solicitor,…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Tuesday, June 17

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1884 · page 8

THE adjourned sitting of the Parramatta Licensing Court was held before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewart and J. E. Manning, J. P’s. The case of P. O’M[?]lly , in which objection…

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Dublin Whiskey. Sir John Power and Son's Distillery. (Extract from the Licensed Victuallers' Gazette, August 25, 1883.)

Evening News · Saturday 21 June 1884 · page 6

It was a pretty fancy of a modern French poet that "God gave b[?]onde hair to the women of the North to console the men for having no sun"; and it would seem to be by a somewhat similar beneficent dispensation of Nature…

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How the Licensing Act Can Be Worked. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 June 1884 · page 8

Sir-- I wish to bring under public notice through your widely read columns, a most flagrant abase and misuse of the Licensing Act. I do so in the public interest, and to expose an irreparable injury which…

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An Offending Publican

Evening News · Friday 27 June 1884 · page 2

In the Geelong Police Court, John Scott Wood, landlord of the Sir Charles Hotham Hotel, was charged with having used obscene language in his hotel on the night of June 16. The offence was…

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Carcear Licensing Court. CARCOAR

Evening News · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 4

In the Carcoar Licensing Court yesterday Mr. Mulally was allowed by the bench to withdraw his application for a renewal of his license. The case created great excitement, and lasted all day…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Friday, June 27. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes and N. Stewart, J.P’s.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 4

F[?]EDERICK NELSON’S application for a renewal of his wine license was granted. Patrick O’Meally applied for a transfer of his license for the Fig Tree Inn, Hunter’s Hill, to…

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Licensing Court

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 3

A license was granted to Margaret Cre[?]sey, for a house in Macquarie-street, Liverpool, and a removal was granted to James Cull of Smithfield. Booth licenses were granted to J,…

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