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Hotels & licensing, 1889

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 May 1889 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Evening News

THE adjourned quarterly meeting of the Central Police Licensing Court was held at the Central yesterday, their Worships Messrs. O'Malley Clarke and Fisher,…

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Sudden Death of a Publican

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 May 1889 · page 5

LITHGOW, This Day.--Mr. John Connell, litensee of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Lithgow, died suddenly at his residence this morning. Mr, Connell had been in…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 5

THE following transfers of publicans licenses were granted at a sitting of the Licensing Bench at the Water Police Court to-day:-- Joseph Murphy to Henry…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 3

An adjourned meeting of the Quarterly Licensing Bench was held at the Central Court on Tuesday before Messrs. Clarke, Fisher and Macintosh. Transfers of publicans' licenses…

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The Imperial Hotel, Wynyard Square

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 24

WYNYARD SQUARE has always been a popular locale with country visitors. Away from the 'madding crowd' and the rattle and noise of the streets, it is yet sufficiently near the…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 6
Also in Evening News

THE following transfers of publicans licenses were granted at a sitting of the Licensing Bench at the Water Police Court to-day :--Joseph Murphy to Henry…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 3

In the Summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday a number of publicans were fined for selling liquor during prohibited hours. Joseph Murphy, licensee of the Windmill…

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Suicide of a Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.--Mr. John Alunro, proprietor of the Royal Exchange Hotel, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself. He went into the back yard, into an outhouse…

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Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 4

Mr. Benjamin Lee, D.S.M., presided at the meeting of the Licensing Bench held at the Water Police Cour[?] yesterday. Transfers of licenses were granted as follows: —From Joseph Murphy to Henry Dixon, for the Old…

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Penrith Adjournal Licensing Court. TUESDAY. Before Messrs. J. K. Lethbridge and Stephen

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 3

The adjourned application of Joseph Hay for a license for an hotel at Lawson was postponed till 12 o'clock for the presence of Dr. Bond, the other licensing magistrate who also heard the previous…

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A Publican Suicides

Evening News · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 6

GUNNEDAH, Friday.-Mr. J. Munro, proprietor of the Royal Exchange Hotel, committed suicide on Thursday morning by shooting himself. He went into the bact yard, in an outhouse, and shot…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Thursday, May 2. (Before Messrs H. Byrnes, N. Stewart and J.E. Manning, Ls.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 3

An application for the transfer of the license of the General Bourke Hotel, Church-street, from Robert Horwood to Timothy Scanlon, was granted…

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Should Publicans Receive Compensation? to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 4

Sir,—At the gathering of the Independent Order of Good Templars in Sydney, last week, the Rev. W. H. Beale declared that their "test question for the future would be 'full local option without compenstation,'"…

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Hotel Thieves

The Australian Star · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Fernando Kaeppil and James S, Taylor, two stylishly dressed hotel thieves, were before the City Court to-day. Detective Griffin's evidence…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star, The Sydney Morning Herald

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Central Court yesterday before Messrs. Clarke, Abbott and Macintosh. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted from…

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