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Hotels & licensing, 1887

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 December 1887 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday (before Messrs. Marsh, Addison and Fisher). Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted…

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A Licensing Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 December 1887 · page 3

At the Redfern Court yesterday, Joseph Fitzgibbons, licensee of the Clifton Hotel, Botanyroad, was charged with employing a person to sell liquor at unlicensed premises, No. 1…

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Government House. a Complaint From the City Hotels

Evening News · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 4

There has long been a feeling of discontent among the hotel people of Sydney at the unfair way in which Government House enters into competition with them…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 6

At the Licensing Court held to-day at the Central Police Court, Mr. Clarke, S.M. (Chairman), J. M. Macintosh, L.M., and W. Johnson, S.M., were present…

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Important Licensing Case

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 6

AT the Licensing Court, held to-day in the summons division of the Central Police Court, Robert Berry, Darling Harbour Hotel, applied to be allowed…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench was held at the Central Police Court yesterday. The presiding magistrates were Messrs. Clarke and Johnson, S.Ms., and Mr. Macintosh, L.M. The following application for the…

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The Emu Hotel Case. Curious Disclosures. an Important Law Point

Evening News · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 6

TOOTH AND OTHERS V. LAWS.-This was a case in which the plaintiffs claimed £150 for goods sold and delivered. The defendant pleaded never indebted…

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Tobacconists' License Fees. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 10

Sir,—Much neglect exibts in connection with the collection of the above. It would add materially to our revenue to see to it at once. Every vendor of tobacco, as far as practicable, should be called upon…

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Fire at Dunn’s Hotel

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 3

A FIRE, which at its commencement threatened to do considerable damage, broke out in a hay loft at the rear of Mr. Dunn’s Currency Lass Hotel, Parramatta North, just before 8…

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Licensing

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 December 1887 · page 6

Their Worship Messrs. Addison S. M.., Captain [?] D. S. M. and the Hon. John Macintosh L. M. formed the licensing Bench at the Water Police…

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Interior of the Empire Hotel

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 15 December 1887 · page 20

WE present our readers with some of the principal interior features of the Empire Hotel. In our November issue, we illustrated the exterior of this imposing addition to the first-class hotels of Sydney, and furnished…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 December 1887 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

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

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Packet Licenses. Important Decision by the Full Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 December 1887 · page 9

In Banco yesterday judgment was delivered on the appeal of James Began against his conviction by the Gosford magistrates. The Chief Justice said this was an…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Thursday, December 15. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes and J. E. Manning, L.M’e.) Working Men’s Clubs

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1887 · page 6

THOMAS Hood pleaded not guilty to selling a bottle of schnapps on the 12th of November, he not being the holder of a license. Mr. J. E. Bowden appeared for the…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1887 · page 4

Mr. Clarke, S.M., presided at a sitting of the Licensing Bench at the Central Police Court yesterday. The following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses were granted, viz.:—George Mustchin to James Byrne, George…

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Workmen’s Clubs and the Licensing Act

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1887 · page 2

THE decision of the Licensing Bench in the recent case against the manager or proprietor of the “Workmen’s Club,” at Clyde, was based on…

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Second Edition. Star Office. 4 p.m. Australian. Victoria. Serious Accusation against a Publican. A Shocking Case

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 December 1887 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--A shocking case came to light at a magisterial inquiry at B[?]n B[?]n yesterday, into the death of one Malcolm Kirkwood, an…

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