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Hotels & licensing, 1888

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Hotel and Assembly Hall Burnt Down

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 December 1888 · page 5

MURRUMBURRAH, Saturday.--Johnstone's Railway Hotel and also the assembly-hall adjoining it were totally destroyed by fire at about 2 o'clock this morning. The origin of the…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 December 1888 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A Licensing Court was held yesterday at the Central Police Court. Present—Mr. Johnson, S.M. (chairman), and Mr. Macintosh, L.M. Transfers were granted from J. C. Ryan to Hugh Sweeney, Friendship Hotel,…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Thursday 20 December 1888 · page 6

A meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held at the Central Police Court, Mr. Abbott S.M.; Mr. Johnston, S.M.; and Mr. John Macintosh, L.M., presiding. The following business was…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 December 1888 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph, Evening News

The weekly licensing meeting was held at the Water Police Court yesterday, under the presulency of Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S. M. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—From Margaret Phelps to James Adamson…

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Breach of the Licensing Act. Accused Fined £30

Evening News · Friday 21 December 1888 · page 6

In the summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday a woman named Mary A. Ritchie, residing at 85, Princess-street, pleaded guilty to selling spirituous liquor without a license. No evidence was taken, and…

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A Champion Hotel

The Australian Star · Friday 21 December 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- Wilson's Palace Hotel, Bourke-street, containing 350 rooms, opened yesterday with an imposing inaugural banquet…

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The Licensing Laws

The Australian Star · Friday 21 December 1888 · page 6

IN the Summons Division of the Water Police Court to-day, Mary Ann Ritchie, the landlady of a house in Princess-street, was, at the instance of Mr. Sub-Inspector…

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Visitors List. For the week ending Thursday, December 20th. Commercial Hotel

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 6

Messrs. F. Gannon, J. W. McLaughlin, L. Lewis, D. A. McClennon, J. Price, D. Archer, G. Quinton, H. Hodgins, G. George, H. A. Dickinson, J. Murry, G. Love, L. Lemaire, A. Moore, G. Mortune, B…

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Licensing Court. Wednesday, December 19. (Before Mr. John E. Manning, Licensing Magistrate.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 2

The license of the Steam Boat. I[?] was transferred from Joseph Waters to John Frey, for term of license ending on the [?]0th, June, 1889…

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Breach of the Licensing Act

The Australian Star · Monday 24 December 1888 · page 6

NOWRA, This Day.--Henry J. Cork, licensee of a hotel at Ulladulla, has been convicted and fined £7 and costs by the Milton Bench for breaches of the Licensing…

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Terrible Fire in the City. Wentworth House Hotel Gutted. Two Lives Lost

Evening News · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 4

Christmas Day was ushered in gloomily in the neighborhood of Church Hill. At about 4.55 a.m. a serious fire occurred on premises situate at No. 13, Church Hill, occupied by Mrs. Mary Hayes,…

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An Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Two Boarders Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred early yesterday morning, when the Wentworth House Family Hotel, situated at No. 13, Church-hill, was destroyed in less than two hours, during which time two young Englishmen, who were boarding at…

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Disastrous Fire at Church-hill. Wentworth House Family Hotel Destroyed. Two Lodgers Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 5

The quiet neighborhood lying between Jamieson-street and Charlotte-place was aroused early yesterday morning by an alarm of fire. The day had not yet begun, and the streets,…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star

The usual weekly meeting of the Water Police Court Licensing Bench was held at noon yesterday. Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., presided. Transfers of publicans' licenses were…

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