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Hotels & licensing, 1886

366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 19

Auctioneers' License Fees

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 October 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A large deputation representing the municipalities of South Melbourne, Sandhurst, Ballarat, Geelong and Maryborough waited upon the Premier to-day,…

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Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 October 1886 · page 5

A licensing meeting was held in the Water Police Court yesterday. Present—Mr. M. Marsh, S.M., and Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were effected:—From Eleanor Lynch to W. H…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 October 1886 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Water Police Division of the Licensing Court was held yesterday, when the sitting magistrates were Messrs. Addison and Marsh, S.Ms. The…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, October 6. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes and N. Stewart, I[?].M.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1886 · page 3

JAMES KEOGH, charged with refusing to pay for drinks at the Vauxhall Hotel, Granville, was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment…

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Licensing Business

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1886 · page 11

A quarterly licensing meeting was held at the Central Police Court yesterday. The chair was occupied by M. W. Johnston, S.M., and there were also on the Bench the Hon. J. Macintosh, L.M., and Mr. G. Maunsell,…

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Quaterly Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 October 1886 · page 5

The quarterly licensing meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench was held yesterday before Mr. Marsh, S.M. chairman, Mr. Addison, D.S.M., Mr. Fisher, S.M., and Mr. Macintosh, L.M…

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Licensing Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 October 1886 · page 3

The quarterly licensing meeting was held at the Water Police Court yesterday, Messrs. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., J. Marsh, S.M., A. M. V, Fisher, D.S.M., and J. Macintosh, L.M.,…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, October 14. (Before Messrs. G. R. Johnston and W. H. Mackenzie, Js.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1886 · page 8

Conditional licenses were granted to William Brawley and David Davies for Sutherland, on the Illawarra Railway line. A renewal of a publican’s license was…

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Roman Tyranny Over a Frightened Hotelkeeper at Wollongong

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 October 1886 · page 10

Mr. Baxter of the Royal Hotel in Wollongong, who refused to give accommodation to Mr. and Mrs. Auffray after agreeing to do so, richly deserves to be taught a severe lesson…

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The Oxford Hotel, Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 October 1886 · page 30

For years one of the greatest complaints made by visitors to Sydney has been as to the want of firstclass hotel accommodation; and comparisons have been made, decidedly to the disadvantage of this…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 October 1886 · page 6

A meeting of the Licensing Court was held yesterday at noon at the Contral Police Court. The Bench was occupied by Mr. Whittinpdale Johnson, S.M., and Mr. John Macintosh, L.M. The following transfers were granted:—Hunter River…

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Coroner's Inquest. Suicide in an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 October 1886 · page 5

An inquest was held yesterday at the South Sydney Morgue by the City Coroner, concerning the death, on the 18th instant, of a man named Edward Harpor. The evidence taten went to show that, on the afternoon…

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Licensing Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 October 1886 · page 5

A licensing meeting was held at the Water Police Court yesterday. Present: Messrs. Addison,Fisher, and Macintosh, L.Ms. The following business was transacted:—The publican's license of Daniel O'Connor, the owner of the…

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Mystery in Albury. a Hotel Proprietor Missing

Evening News · Friday 22 October 1886 · page 6

The town of Albury was thrown into a state of excitement on Thursday when it became known that Mr. Raglan Davy, the new landlord of the Railway Commercial Hotel, was missing. A large pool of…

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Strange Disappearance of a Publican. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 October 1886 · page 5

ALBURY, Thursday.--The town is in a condition of great excitement concerning the mysterious disappearance of a man named Raglan Davey, an old resident of Albury…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Thursday, October 21, (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewart, and J. E. Manning, L.Ms.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 8

GEORGE PATRICK M’KILLOP applied for a conditional license for a house on the Kissing Point Road. Mr. Bowden appeared to oppose the application. William Spurway, a resident…

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Licensing Bench. Wednesday, October 20. (Before Messrs. J. E. Manning, L. M., and Captain Goodridge, J.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 3

Renewals of licenses were granted to John Tebbett, Hornsby Junction Hotel, and Adolphus Bergin, Eastwood Family Hotel. George Francis application for a conditional…

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Recent Hotel Improvements in Sydney. How Travellers and Visitors Are Housed. the Oxford Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 26 October 1886 · page 3

American say of the Englishman that he is a good enough kind of man, but he kant run a ho—tel. This has been, and to some extent in true; the American in the best hotelkeeper; but then the…

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The Exchange Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 26 October 1886 · page 3

is, par excellence, the commercial hotel of Sydney, attached as it is, to the Exchange and Chamber of Commerce. Mr. [?], the present lossee, since his tenancy his made important addition. The luncheen…

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Petty's Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 26 October 1886 · page 3

For a quarter of a [?], Betty's has been the [?] Sydney—the [?] where it is [?] supposed it [?] something to draw a [?] breath. It is last of Wynyard [?]. Within…

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