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Hotels & licensing, 1888

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The Publicans, and Alleged Local Option

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 6

Melbourne, This Day.—the licensed victuallers are determined to oppose all polls taken in the interests of local option Mr. Harrison stated that his former…

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Quarterlt Licensing Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 3

Messrs. Marsh, Addison, and Macintosh presided at the quarterly licensing meeting held at the Water Police Court yesterday, and disposed of the following business:—G. B. Whiting, who holds a conditional publican's license for an…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday before Messrs. Marsh, Addison and Macintosh, L.Ms. Transfers of publicans…

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Parramatta Licensing Bench

The Australian Star · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 6

PARRAMATTA, This Day.--The quarterly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held this morning. A license was granted to Patrick Hayes for a house in…

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Licensing

The Australian Star · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 6

THE Licensing Court was held [?] Water Police Court to-day, M[?] Marsh, Addison, and Mackintoch presiding. The following were granted--…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Thursday, January 19.(Before Messrs. H. Byrnes and J. E. Manning, L.M’s.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 8

ELIJAH MURRAY was called upon to show cause why certain liquor [?] on his premises, Phillip-street, should not be confiscated. —By request of the solicitors engaged in the…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 4

Before.Messrs. J. K. Lethbridge, Drs. Bond and Duncan. J.P. The inspector's quarterly report was received. An application from John Joseph Power for…

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Latest Cables. The following appeared in our Third Edition of yesterday. the Jockeys Wood and Barrett. Their Licenses Withdrawn. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 8

The stewards of the Jockey Club, having had under consideration complaints made against the jockeys, Charles Wood and George B[?]rett, have…

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Cable News. Jockey's Licenses Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- The Jockey Club have refused to renew the licenses of two well-known jockeys, named Charles Wood and George Barrett, complaints of suspicious…

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Licenses Refused to English Jockeys. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 9

The Jockey Club has refused licenses to the well-known jockeys Charles Wood and George Barrett, on the ground that they had been guilty of unfair riding…

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Licensing

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 6

The adjourned quarterly Licensing Court was held to-day in the Summons division of the Central Police Court. Four colonial wine licenses were granted. A transfer…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 18. (Before Messrs. J. E. Manning (Chairman), and J. Rodd, J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 3

A packet license was granted to John Finlay son, master of the steamer “General Gordon,” plying between Peat's Ferry and Mullet Creek. (Before Messrs. J. E. Manning, J. T. Bodd,…

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The Hotels and Clubs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1888 · page 9

These representative institutions made a substantial bid for prominence in the display of light and colour. Several of the largest had prepared very striking illuminations, and, taking them all round, they provided a marked variety…

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Consideration Hotel Cleek

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 6

Clerk (to a gentlemen who has just registe[?] for himself and wife)—“You have not wri[?] where you are from.” Guest (whispering confidentially)—“I…

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The New Victorian Licensing Act

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 8

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Next week the first case under the new Licensing Act will be heard. A publican, twice convicted of Sunday trading within a year will…

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Fire at a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 4

Newcastle, Monday.--A fire occurred Tennyson's Lambton Arms Hotel, Lambton, at a 3 o'clock this morning. The fire broke out in the pantry, under the staircase, and spread…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

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

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Licensing

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 8

AT the usual Licensing Court held to-day at the Central, a transfer was granted from Albert Morris to Christopher Knight, Engineers' Hotel, Hay-street also from…

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The New Victorian Licensing Act. The Alleged Flaw in it

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE,This Day.--Alluding to the technical deficiency in the Licensing Act discovered so surprisingly in Court yesterday,the A[?] explains that it…

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