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Hotels & licensing, 1888

607 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 31

Sudden Death in a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 November 1888 · page 6

Yesterday morning Mr. H. T. Wilkinson. J. P., held a second inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue, the subject of which was the death of an elderly man named Phillip Jones, who…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 28 November 1888 · page 6

The usual weakly meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held at 12 o'clock on Tuesday at the C.P.C. Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M., presided. The business transacted was as follows:—…

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Licensing Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 November 1888 · page 13

A Licensing Court was held at the Central Police Court yesterday. Mr. T. K. Abbott, S M., presided. New transfers were grantee, from J. H. Tremayne to Henry Cole, West End Hotel, Bathurst-street; from Mary Cummins to…

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Licensing Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 November 1888 · page 11

A meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday. Present: Messrs. Addison, Macintosh, and Fisher, L.M: The colonial wine license of Thomas Davis, of Bourke-street, Surry Hills, was transferred to…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Friday 30 November 1888 · page 6

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Court was held in the Water Police Court at noon on Thursday Mr. Addison, S.M., Captain Fisher, S.M., and Mr. Macintosh, L.M., presiding…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. THURSDAY, 20th NOVEMBER (Before Messrs H. Byrnes, N. Stewart, and J.E. Manning, L.M's)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 8

John Baker, [?] of Baker's Hotel, Blacktown, pleaded guilty to having sold liquor to John Snell, on Sunday, 11th November. Defendant said he had nothing to say in…

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A "Palace" Hotel for Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 10

THE splendid new hotel which has sprung up on picturesque Church-hill, overlooking the harbour, is a welcome addition to the hotel architecture of the city. The Grosvenor is designed on the…

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The Grosvenor Hotel

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 1163

The opening of the Grosvenor Hotel on Church-hill was formally celebrated on the 22nd by a banquets Tables were laid for a large number of guests, including several of the prominent citizens and visitors. Mr. D. O'Connor, M.L.A…

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N.S.W. Licensed Victuallers

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- The next conference of the New South Wales Licensed Victuallers' Association is to be held at Albury…

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Australian. Victoria. Important Licensing Point

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- The Licensing Court decided yesterday that section 25 of the Amended Licensing Act was mandatory and not directory. The effect of this is…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Thursday, November 29. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewart, and E. J. Manning L. M’s.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 2

JOHN BAKER, who had applied for a transfer of his license, stated, in reply to the Bench, that the matter of the transfer was “ off and a dead letter.”…

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Licensed Drivers

The Australian Star · Monday 3 December 1888 · page 6

A special meeting (half-yearly) of the Licensed Drivers Union was held in the Trades Hall, Dixon-street, last evening, Mr. A. Parbery presiding. Some small…

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Daring Robbery From a Hotel. a Safe Annexed. £250 in Money and Jewellery Stolen

The Australian Star · Monday 3 December 1888 · page 5

A DARING robbery was perpetrated on Saturday night, or rather Sunday morning. It appears that a safe containing money and jewellery to the value of £250 was carried…

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Daring Hotel Robbery. Carrying Away an Iron Safe. £400 STOLEN

Evening News · Tuesday 4 December 1888 · page 3

Between Saturday night and Sunday morning last one of the most barefaced robberies that have occurred in Sydney was effected. The premises broken into were those of the Vicar of Wakefield Hotel,…

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Audacious Robbery at a Hotel. an Iron Safe Stolen and Rifled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 December 1888 · page 5

One of the most audacious and at the same time most cleverly planned robberies recorded in Sydney for some time past was effected at the Vicar of Wakefield Hotel, Harbor-street,…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 December 1888 · page 6
Also in Evening News, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star

The usual weekly meeting of the central division of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench was held at the Central Court yesterday, Messrs. W. Johnson, S.M., C. Delohery, D.S.M.,…

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Licensing Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 4

A meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday Present Messrs G. W. F. Addison, A. M. Fisher, and J. Macintosh, L.M's. A spirit merchant's license was granted to Henry S. Smith, trading…

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