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Hotels & licensing, 1887

413 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 21

Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 6

At the Parramatta Court yesterday([?] Mr. H. Byrnes, L.M.). the license of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Parramatta, was transferred from William Ashby Court to Mrs. Tate…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 August 1887 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph, Evening News

A sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench was held at the Central Police Court yesterday morning. Mr. Clarke, S.M., and Mr. Macintosh, L.M., presided. The following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. Addison and Macintosh. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were…

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Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 3

A meeting of licensing magistrates was held at the Water Police office at noon yesterday. Messrs. Addison and Macintosh, L.Ms., occupied the bench. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted in the following cases:—Edward…

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Grievances of License Drivers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 6

A deputation representing the cabmen of Sydney waited yesterday an the Minister for Justice to draw his attention to the severe penalties inflicted upon drivers who are…

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A Hotel Thief

Evening News · Tuesday 6 September 1887 · page 5

In the Central Police Court this morning, Joseph Faber, an old man, was charged with having stolen £14, the property of James King. It appeared from the evidence, that on Saturday…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 September 1887 · page 5
Also in Evening News

A meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench was held at the Central Police Court yesterday morning. Messrs. Clarke and Abbott, S.Ms., and Mr. J. Macintosh, L.M., presided. The following applications for the transfer of…

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A Newcastle Publicans' Agreement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A number of publicans here have signed an agreement binding themselves not to sell spirits at less than 4d. per glass, under a penalty [?]…

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Licensing Bench

Evening News · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 7

Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at the Water Police Court, yesterday:—From H. C. Mortley to Thomas Pearson, for the Albert Hotel, Yurong and Stanley streets. From Albert…

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Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 3

A licensing meeting was held at the Water Police Court yesterday. Present—Messrs. Marsh, Addison, Yates, and Macintosh, L.Ms. The following transfers of publicans' Licenses were granted:—From Henry C. Mortley to…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. Marsh. Addison, Macintosh and Yates. The following transfers of publicans'…

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Licensed Assignation Houses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 4

In an unequivocally-worded letter, printed elsewhere, a leading Sydney hotelkeeper puts his name to a charge against the administration of our…

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Lawless Publicans. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 9

Sir,—The shameful carelessness of the authorities in allowing publicans and their customers to break the law by after-hours and Sunday trading (?) is a common subject of remark. And what about selling liquor to drunken…

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The Newcastle Publicans' Agreement

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The local publicans have failed to agree over the selling price of spirits, and at a meeting held this morning it was decided that each publican should please…

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Hotel Accommodation. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 September 1887 · page 4

Sir,—You will oblige by allowing me a small space in your paper for a few words on this subject. Having had occasion to visit a Sydney suburb several times lately, I have been forced to proceed to the city to…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 3

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., James Sharp, senior, of Mortlake, Parramatta River, was summoned, on the information of Sub-Inspector Larkins, for having sold liquor without a…

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The License of Her Majesty's Theatre Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1887 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the adjourned, application of Albert Chapman for the confirmation of the conditional license of the new Her Majesty's Hotel, Pitt-street, was brought forward. The previously…

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