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Hotels & licensing, 1884

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Alleged Robbery at a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 August 1884 · page 11

At the Water Police Court yesterday, a respect, ably dressed young man named Henry Bicholtz alias Eccles, was charged with having stolen £1 158, two trinkets, the copy of a contract, three…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 August 1884 · page 6

The Licensing Court was held at the Water Police Court yesterday, when Messrs Marsh, Addison, and Yates were on the bench. The following licenses were transferred:-- Hugh…

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An Absconding Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 5

Melbourne, Friday.--Wilhelm Poppen, an absconding publican from Wellington, New Zealand, was arrested to-day on a provisional warrant charged with fraudulent insolvency. The prisoner…

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In and Around Maryborough, Queensland. 1. Kent-street, from Royal Hotel balcony. 2. Wharf-street. 3. In the Gardens. 4. Grammar and State Schools 5. The River Front

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 27

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Under the Licensing Act

Evening News · Wednesday 20 August 1884 · page 4

In the Balmain Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., Mrs. Bridget M'Inerny, lessee of the West End Hotel, Balmain, was charged by Senior-sergeant Boyd with having kept her…

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The Licensed Victuallers of Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 August 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A meeting of the license victuallers of Melbourne and suburbs was held this afternoon. A resolution was carried :-- " That the reassure be requested to reduce the duty…

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Alleged Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 August 1884 · page 5

GOULBURN, Thursday.--Twelve publicans appealed before the Licensing Court to-day to answer charges relating to breaches of the Licensing Act. Only one case, that of James Simons,…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 August 1884 · page 7

The weekly' meeting of the Water Police Licensing division was held yesterday. Messrs Addison and Yates, S.M.'s, and Macintosh, L.M., composing the bench. Transfers of publicans' licenses were…

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Licensing Prosecutions. Informers Euchred. Goulburn

Evening News · Saturday 23 August 1884 · page 6

A dozen publicans were summoned yesterday in connection with alleged breaches of the Licensing Act. The interest taken in the proceedings was very great, as was showed by the large number who…

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Licensing Act Case

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1884 · page 3

At Newtown, on the 19th instant, before Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M, the case of Margaret Tait was heard, who was [?]mmoned for having served liquor after legal hours on the 9th inst…

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Interesting Licensing Decision. ALBURY

Evening News · Wednesday 27 August 1884 · page 8

A ease of some interest to publicans was decided to-day in the Albury Police Court. Charles Schmiedt, landlord of the Albury Hotel, applied for a booth license for the fortnightly sales in the…

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News by Telegraph. Singular Opposition to a License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 August 1884 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday.--An application made before the Albury Licensing Court to-day was opposed on rather curious grounds. A local publican, having obtained from a firm of stock salesmen the…

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Parramatta Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 September 1884 · page 6

Messrs. H. Byrnes, E. J. Manning, and D. Stewart presided at the Parramatta Licensing Court on Tuesday. 1 Michael De Lisle, licensee of the R[?]wood Hotel, Rookwood, was convicted of having permitted drunken persons…

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Parramatta Licensing Court Tuesday, September 2 (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewart, and J. E. Manning, J.P.’[?].)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1884 · page 2

Michael De Lisle, licensee of the Rookwood Hotel, Rookwood, was charged with allowing drunken persons to remain on his licensed premises on the 23rd August. It appeared…

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Swindling Hotel Proprietors

Evening News · Thursday 4 September 1884 · page 2

Theodore Reese was charged on remand in the Water Police Court yesterday, with having obtained the sums of £2 14s, and £1 1s, the moneys of Mr. John Johnson, by means of a false pretence, with…

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Suppression of Sunday Trading Among Publicans

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 4

The efforts made by the committee of the Licensed Victuallers' Association of Melbourne to suppress Sunday trading, our Melbourne correspondent telegraphs, have been attended…

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Alleged Fraud in Melbourne. Publicans Victimised. Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 15 September 1884 · page 6

The detective police, under the direction, or inspector Kennedy and Mr. Otto Berliner (the private inquiry agent), are investigating a case of serious alleged fraud. The case is reported to resolve itself…

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A Curious Licensing Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 September 1884 · page 5

The Albury correspondent of the Age states that a few weeks since an application by a local hotelkeeper for a booth license at the fortnightly cattle sales was opposed on behalf of a number of other publicans, on the ground that…

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Parramatta Licensing Court Wednesday, September 17. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes and J. E. Manning, J.P.’s.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 8

The application of S. B. Horwood for a transfer of the [?] of the Garibaldi Hotel, Hunter’s Hill, to John Davis was granted. A bagatelle [?]e was granted to Samuel…

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The Champion Oarsman's Reception at Deebles' Hotel Aucust 16, 1884

Illustrated Sydney News · Tuesday 23 September 1884 · page 1

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