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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1890

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Compensation and Publicans' Licenses. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 3

Sir,--Mr. Nelson P. Whitelocke, having proved himself to be altogether at sea in attempting to dismiss local option and prohibition, is now just as hopelessly…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 5
Also in Evening News

Mr. W. Johnson, L.M., presided in the Licensing Branch of the Central Police Court yesterday. A transfer of publican's license was granted from Catharine Ne[?]an, of Boundary Hotel, Alexandria, to…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Monday, December 30. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewart, and J. E. Manning, J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 3

Andrew Wakely proceeded against C. Summons for a breach of the Licensing Act in editing liquor at the Rosehill race course on the 21st inst., he at the time being neither the holder…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 6

IN the Licensing Court at the Water Police Court this morning, on the application of Mr. F. W. Lloyd, official assignee, N. E. Olesen was appointed as agent to carry on…

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The "Daily Telegraph" and the Licensed Victuallers. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 8

Sir,--Some three months ago I wrote in my official capacity of General Secretary of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association a letter to the DAILY TELEGRAPH…

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Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday. Present: Mr. Benjamin Lee, S.M., and Mr. Macintosh, L.M. Mr. Lloyd, official assignee, made an application to…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Water Police Licensing Court was held yesterday, Messrs. Lee and M'Intosh, L.Ms. presiding. Permission was granted F. W. Lloyd, official assignee, to…

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Rooty Hill. Another Meetting Re Publican's Licenses

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 4

A meeting was held in the Baptist Hall, Rooty Hill, on Monday night last at which Mr. J. D. Brown presided, for the purpose of protesting against the granting of a publican's license for…

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Parramatta Licensing Bench. Monday, December 29. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Steward, and J.E. Manning, J's.P.)P

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 8

A. Wakeley proceeded against Chas. Summers for selling. liquor on the Rosehill Racecourse on 21st December last without holding a publican's license…

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Fall of a Building. a Hotel Collapses. a Woman Killed. a Lawyer Missing

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

At about half-past 6 o'clock last evening a startling and fatal accident occurred in Lower George-street. A public-house, known as the Artillery and Volunteer Hotel, collapsed…

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Cyclonic Storm in the City. Collapse of a Hotel Building. Loss of Life. Remarkable Escapes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 7

Between 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday evening a storm, which had been browing for the greater part of the day, burst upon the city. The wind blew fresh from the N.E. in the earlier part of the day, but…

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Collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel. Further Particulars. A Rotten Building

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 6

THE terrible collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel, with its accompanying lies of life, has been the one theme of discussion during the day, and, indeed,…

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Collapse of a Hotel Building. Loss of Life. the Artillery and Volunteer. Hotel Totally Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

There was a terribly sudden collapse of a building in Lower George-street last evening which startled the neighborhood, and resulted in a shocking fatality. The building was…

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That Hotel Collapse

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 4

The collapse of the Artillery and Volunteer Hotel in Lower George-street is a significant commentary upon the defective state of the law in regard to city…

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The Collapse of a Hotel

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

No bodies, other than that of the unfortunate woman recovered on Saturday, have been found in the ruins of the fallen hotel in George-street, Up to the afternoon it appeared to be no persons…

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Death of a Publican

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

LAMBTON, Monday.--Mr. W. Ralph, landlord of the Goldminers Home Hotel, who was paralysed on New Year's morning, died oil Saturday morning, and was interred…

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Collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel. Recovery of Mr. Cook's Body

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 3

WHEN our last edition went to press on Saturday the men engaged at the instance of the Mayor were still searching for the body of Mr. Nat. Cook, who, we stated, was…

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Collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel. Commencement of the Inquest

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

An inquest was this morning commenced at the Croydon Hotel, Circular Quay, on the bodies of Susan Hogan and Nathanial Cook, who met their death through the collapse of…

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Collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel. Further Particulars

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

The police and fire brigade, after the body of the barmaid, Susan Hogan, had been extricated from the ruins this morning und removed to the…

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