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Hotels & licensing, 1888

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A Licensing Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1888 · page 3

James Thornton, licensee or the Railway House Hotel, Botany-road, was charged at the Redfern Court yesterday with Sunday selling. Constables Vane and Bowler gave evidence to…

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Licensing

The Australian Star · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 6

A meeting of the Water Police Licensing Bench, consisting of their Worships Messrs. Addison and Fisher, S. M.'s, and Mr. Mackintosh, D. M., was held to-day,…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 3
Also in Evening News

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

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Compensation for Publicans. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 3

Sir,--The discussion which has been going forward in Great Britain upon Mr. Ritchie's now abandoned compensation clauses in the Local Government Bill should clear the air of a…

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Compensation for Publicans. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 August 1888 · page 7

Sir,--Your correspondent "Omega" is not far out in assuming that the abandonment by the Government of the compensation proposals has cleared the "air of a good deal of fog upon…

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An Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Australian Star · Monday 13 August 1888 · page 5

AUCKLAND, This Day.--A large fire occurred at Invercargill yesterday, when Heywood's Albion Hotel was destroyed, and Messrs. Lewis and Co.'s drapery…

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A Hotel Destroyed by Fire. an Inmate Roasted Alive. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 August 1888 · page 6

WILCANNIA, Monday.--Early on Sunday morning a man named Paul Smith, employed as groom at Cobb and Co.'s changing station on the Bourke-road, 20 miles from Wilcannia,…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Central Court yesterday, before Messrs. Abbott, Lee and M'Intosh, Ls.M. Transfers of publicans' licenses were…

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Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 4

A meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Central Police Court yesterday Present Messrs. Ablot, Macintosh, and Lee, L.Ms. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted from James Byrne George Hotel, Waterloo to…

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Cards in Hotels

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 5

ORANGE, This Day.--Two publicans were fined to-day for allowing card-playing in their hotels. The Bench held that the mere playing in a room open to the public,…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Thursday 16 August 1888 · page 3

The usual weekly meeting of the above Court was held on Tuesday at the Central Police Court, Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M., Mr. B. Lee, D.S.M., and Mr. John Macintosh, L.M., presiding…

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Licensing

The Australian Star · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 6

A meeting of the Water Police Licensing Bench, consisting of their Worships Messrs. Addison and Fisher, S.M.'s, and Mr. Mackintosh, L.M., was held to-day…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday, there being present Messrs. G. W. F. Addison, S.M. (chairman), A. M. Fisher, S.M., and the Hon. John Macintosh, L.M. The transfer of a publican's…

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Yesterday's Licensing Court

Evening News · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 3

On Thursday, in the Water Police Court, the Licensing Bench, comprising Mr. Addison, S.M., Captain Fisher, S.M., and Mr. Macintosh, L.M., sat and disposed of the following business:—…

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Riot at a Wilcannia Hotel. Two Men Committed for Trial. (By Telegraph)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 August 1888 · page 4

WILCANNIA, Friday.--Today Robert Bush, a half-caste aboriginal, was committed for trial for having, together with Patrick Flanagan (already committed), made a riot at Benton's…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1888 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The licensing bench met yesterday at the Central Police Court. Mr. C. Delohery, D.S.M., Mr. Benjamin Lee, D.S.M., and the Hon. J. Macintosh presided. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—…

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