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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1889

727 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 37

The Late Fire at Wentworth Hotel. (To the Editor of "The Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 3

Sir,--While the late fatal fire at the above hotel is fresh in our minds, will you allow me to suggest a very simple plan that would be more effectual than any…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 6

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Central Court yesterday, before Messrs. Abbott and Delohery, L.Ms. A large number of billiard licenses were renewed and…

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The Late Fire at Wentworte Hotel. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 6

Sir,—While the fatal fire at the above hotel is fresh in our minds will you allow me to suggest a very simple plan that would be more effectual than any plan of street fire-escapes for the saving of life in case of fire?…

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Kiama Temperance Hotel

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

KIAMA, This Day.-- Mr. Muir, whose stores were burned down a while ago, has opened a splendid temperance hotel here…

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The Late Fire at Wentworth Hotel. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 7

Sir,--While the late fatal fire at the above hotel is fresh in our minds, will you allow me to suggest a very simple plan that would be more effectual than any plan of street fire…

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Suspicious Death of a Hotel Employe

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE; Tuesday.--A man named Edward Williams was discovered this morning with his neck broken in the Yarra Royal Standard Hotel where he was employed. It is…

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An Hotel Tragedy in America

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 3

According to a New York correspondent, the tragedy at the Paxton House Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska, has created a most painful sensation. Henry W. King is a member of a wealthy and…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 6
Also in Evening News, The Daily Telegraph

THE regular meeting of the Water Police Court Licensing Bench, consisting of their Worships Mr. Addison, S.M., and Mr. Mackintosh, L.M., was held to-day at…

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A Stupid Practical Joke. Panic at the Grand Hotel

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 5

A REPREHENSIBLE trick was perpetrated shortly after midnight on Tuesday in the Grand Hotel, Spring-street (says the AGE of yesterday), and caused a serious panic…

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Rallies in Hotels

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- James Trainor, landlord of the Zanoni Hotel, North Fitzroy, was fined £2 aud costs for allowing a raffle on his licensed premises…

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Publicans and the Orange Institution. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 8

DEAR SIR,--Permit me to ask, through your very valuable paper, the following question-- " Can a man be a member of the Orange Institution and bold a publican's license ?"…

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The Palace Hotel, Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 24

Melbourne has been singularly fortunate during many years in possessing large and well-conducted hotels Within the past week or two, however, the most extensive premises of this description in…

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Panic at a Melbourne Hotel. "Fire! Fire!" a Serious Practical "Joke." the "Joker" Wanted

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1889 · page 7

The Melbourne Age of Thursday says: A reprehensible trick was perpetrated shortly after midnight on Tuesday in the Grand Hotel, Spring-street, and caused a serious panic amongst the…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 5

A preliminary meeting of gentlemen favourable to the formation of a Licensed Victuailera' Association, which had been convened by circular, was held at the Mercantile Mutual-chambers, 118, Pitt-street,…

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A Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 3

A preliminary meeting of hotel-keepers was held In the Mercantile Mutual-chambers, Pitt-street, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of taking steps towards forming a licensed…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 11
Also in Evening News, The Australian Star

A Licensing Court was held at the Central Police Court yesterday. Present—Mr O'Malley Clarke, S.M. (chairman), Mr. Johnson, S.M., and Mr. Macintosh, L.M. The application of Elizabeth…

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