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Hotels & licensing, 1889

727 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 37

Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1889 · page 6
Also in Evening News, The Australian Star

A meeting of the Licensing Bench for the central division of the metropolitan district was held at the Central Court yesterday, Messrs. T. K. Abbott and W. Johnson, S.M.'s,…

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A Hotel Barber

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1889 · page 3

A young Hindoo, named Williams (no Christian name), who had been employed at the Imperial Hotel, Wynyard-square, as a curry cook, was, on Tuesday, at the Water Police Court, charged…

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A License Difficulty

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 February 1889 · page 6

THE Full Court heard arguments to-day in Keefe v Clarke, an action which was tried before Mr. Justice Innes, at Goulburn, in October last, and resulted in a verdict for…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald, Evening News

A meeting of the "Water Police Court Licensing Bench, composed of Captain Fisher, S.M., was held to-day. The following publicans' licenses were granted:…

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Hotel Life in China. Companions Who Smoke and Eat Peanuts

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 7

Sleeping on a Rude Bench Covered with Reed Mats and Provided with a Wooden Pillow—Bill of Fare for Sapper—A Wakeful Night…

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Narrow Escape of a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNB, Monday.--Hosie's new hotel and cafe, opposite Flinders-street station, narrowly escaped destruction this afternoon. A fire broke out in the ton storey, which was…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Central Court yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. Johnson, S.M. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted from John…

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Boiler Explosion. an Hotel Wrecked. Fifty Inmates Killed

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, February 18.—A boiler explosion, which occurred at the Park Central Hotel, Hartford, U.S., killed fifty of the inmates—many of whom were burned alive—and wrecked the hotel…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star, Evening News

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. Addison, Fisher and M'Intosh, L.M's. Transfers of publicans' licenses were…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 7

THE following applications for transfers of publicans' licenses were granted yesterday at a special meeting of the Central Court Licensing Bench:--James Irwin,…

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