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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1884

201 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 11

Under the Licensing Act

Evening News · Thursday 23 October 1884 · page 6

Mrs. Walsh, licensee of the Norfolk Pine Hotel, corner of Reynolds and Mullens streets, Balmain, was charged by Inspector Atwell in the Balmain Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. G. W. F…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Thursday, October 23

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1884 · page 4

The quarterly meeting of the Parramatta Licensing Court was held on Thursday before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewart, and J. E. Manning…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. PARRAMATTA

Evening News · Saturday 25 October 1884 · page 4

On Thursday, before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewart, and J. E. Manning, Js.P., applications for conditional licenses were made by William Steele (Granville), W. G. A. Miles (Auburn), Mrs…

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Hotel Robbery

Evening News · Saturday 25 October 1884 · page 6

William Joseph Chatham was charged before Mr. L. Yates, D.S.M., in the Water Police Court on Friday, with having stolen a barometer and case, value £2 10s, the property of Mr. R. K. Gillespie…

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The Licensing Law

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1884 · page 830

On the 17th instant a large deputation, consisting of the Revs. S. Wilkinson, F. B. Boyce, D. Allen, E. Robinson, and W. Taylor, Messrs. J. V. Lavers, J. Wood, G. H. Wigley, J. Salisbury, G. Perry, W. Henson, F. Catta, W…

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A Licensing Bench for Ryde

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1884 · page 3

A full meeting of the magistrate of Ryde district took place on the 21st inst. to elect three of their number for the approval of the Minister of Justice to be the Licensing Bench…

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Death in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 October 1884 · page 6

Mr Shiell, the City Coroner, held an inquest yesterday afternoon, at the Land's End Hotel, Pyrmont, on the body of a man named David Quinton, aged 44 years, a stonemason, late of…

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Parramatta Licensing Court Thursday, October 30. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, J. E. Manning, and N. Stewart, J.P’s.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 8

A license was granted to Adolphus Bergin for a house situated at Eastwood, Ryde. The application of Mrs. Sarah Gazzard for a conditional license for a house to be erected…

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Mysterious Death in a Hotel

Evening News · Monday 3 November 1884 · page 6

Another case of sudden death in a hotel was reported to the coroner at a late hour on Friday evening. It appears that a man named George Timmons, who had stayed at Coffee's Hotel, at the corner of York…

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Sudden Death in a Hotel

Evening News · Monday 3 November 1884 · page 6

An inquest was held by the City Coroner, in the South Sydney Morgue Saturday, on the body of a man named George J. Timmons, who was taken ill and died suddenly in the Bristol Hotel, Yors and King…

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Under the Licensing Act

Evening News · Wednesday 5 November 1884 · page 8

William Hodge, licensee of the Hurstville Hotel, Hurstville, was charged by Inspector Larkins, in the Newtown Police Court, on Tuesday, with having kept his house open on Sunday, October 26, for the…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 5 November 1884 · page 7

The usual weekly meeting of the Licencing Court was held at the Central Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. J. Buchanan, S.M., and J. M'Intosh, J.P. The following transfers were granted:—George…

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A Caution to Publicans

Evening News · Wednesday 5 November 1884 · page 6

Reuben G. Jacobs, landlord of the Robert Burns Hotel, was charged at the Central Police Court on Tuesday morning with selling liquors on his licensed premises on Saturday last. The defendant denied the…

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Breaches of Licensing Act. Heavy Fines

Evening News · Friday 7 November 1884 · page 3

In the Central Police Court, this morning, before Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M., Thomas Howe, landlord of the Currency Lass Hotel, Glebe Point-road, was chaired with selling liquor on the licensed premises…

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The See Joseph Basks Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 11 November 1884 · page 3

The pleasure grounds and pavilion connected with this now famous hostelry were thronged with some thousands of visitors yesterday, for whose delectation numerous sports and pastimes had been provided…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, November 12. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes and N. Stewart. J.P.’s)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 4

Harriet Holland, licensee of the Star Hotel, Church-street, was charged with that she did, on the 21st of October, supply liquor to William Travers while he was in a state of…

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Caution to Hotel-keepers

Evening News · Monday 17 November 1884 · page 3

A correspondent, signing himself "A Victim," writes a word of warning to hotel-keepers who may be contemplating transferring their businesses, and points out how they are liable to be put to serious…

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Sunday Notes on the Licensing Act

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 22 November 1884 · page 20

1.—WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL. 2.—THE SIGNAL. 3.—TAKING IN SUPPLIES. 4.—A PRESCRIPTION. 5.—SATURDAY: SIGNAL BOTTLES. 6. A BACK WINDOW. 7.—A FEW MILES OUT OF TOWN…

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Libelling a Publican. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Monday 1 December 1884 · page 4

An action for the recovery of £250 damages for libel was brought by Mr. George A. Eicke of the Retreat Hotel, Bringhton, against Mr. George Henry Jamieson, of the Regarta Club Hotel, South…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 2 December 1884 · page 8

The usual weekly meeting of the Licensing' Court was held in the Central Police Court to-day, before Messrs. Buchanan, S.M., and J. Macintosh, J.P. The first case called on was that of a transfer of…

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