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Hotels & licensing, 1890

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Fire at a Launceston Hotel. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

HOBART, Sunday.--A narrow escape from a serious conflagration happened at the Brisbane Hotel at Launceston yesterday. A spark from a chimney alighted on the shingles on the roof…

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The Collapse of an Hotel. the George-street Fatality. Recovery of Two Bodies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

From early morn till late at night on Saturday large crowds of people watched the search for bodies amongst the ruins of the Artillery and Volunteer Hotel. One of the first steps…

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The Collapse Op an Hotel. Inquest on the Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

Mr. Coroner Woore held an inquiry yesterday morning at the Croydon Hotel, George street, Into the circumstances surrounding tee deaths of Susan Hogan and Nathanlel Wedd Cook,…

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The Collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

The Municipal Council of Sydney gave notice, in May, 1886, to Mr. T. Curley, the then occupier of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel, that it was unfit for human habitation, and that…

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Collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel. Conclusion of the Inquest. The Verdict

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

AFTER our first edition went to press the inquest on the bodies of Susan Hogan and Nathaniel Wedd Cooke, killed by the collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel, was…

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A Question of Caste. Important to Publicans

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

JAMES CULL, licensee of the Salutation Hotel, Botany-road, was charged at the Redfern Police Court this morning with having served an aboriginal with liquor contrary to…

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Collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel. Inquest on the Victims

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

THE adjourned inquest into the cause of the death of Susan Hogan and Nathaniel Wedd Cooke, who lost their lives through the collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel,…

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Licensing Court

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

Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewart, and J. E. Manning, Js.P., disposed of the business at the Parramatta Licensing Court yesterday. G. W. Austin was proceeded against by Andrew Wakeley for selling certain…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 6
Also in Evening News

The usual meeting of the Central Police Division Licensing Court was held yesterday morning, Messrs. Delohery and Macintosh, LMs., presiding. Transfers were granted:--…

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The Hotel Collapse. City Improvement Board

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon a special meeting of the City Improvement Board was held at the office of the board, 131, Macquarie-street, to take into consideration a letter from the City Building…

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Interesting to Publicans. Aboriginal or Half-castes ? a Difficult Question

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 6

A case of considerable interest to publicans caine before Captain Fisher, S.M., in the Redfern Police Court on Tuesday. James Cull, licensee of the Salutation Hotel, Waterloo, was…

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Inquests. Collapse of the George-street Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 11

The inquest into the circumstances attending the death of Nathaniel Wedd Cook and Susan Hogan, who were killed on Friday last by the collapse of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel, George-street, was resumed at the…

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An Hotel Robbery. a Boarder Arrested. COBAR

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 6

An extensive robbery was committed at the Courthouse Hotel on Sunday evening last, during the absence of the host and hostess. Over L100 is said to have been…

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The Hotel Collapse

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 4

It seems to be dismally true that we only learn by means of suffering. When an accident has happened, when one train has dashed into another or when a…

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The Collapse of an Hotel. Adjourned Inquest on the Victims. Strong Comments by the Jurors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 5

The coronial inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of Susan Hogan and Nathaniel Wedd Cook, whoso bodies were recovered on Saturday last from the rains of…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewart and J. E. Manning, J’s.P

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

A. Wakeley v G. W. Austin.—Mr. G. E. H. Sasders for complainant; Mr. F. Gannon for defendant. The complaint against defendant was that on the 21st day of December, at…

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An Hotel Robbery. a Boarder Arrested. COBAR

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 6

An extensive robbery was committed at the Courthouse Hotel on Sunday evening last, during the absence of the host and hostess. Over L100 is said' to have been…

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The Hotel Collapse. Demolition at Expense of the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 5

A body of corporation laborers were set to work yesterday to clear away such portions of the debris of the Volunteer Artillery Hotel as lay upon the road and footpath. In all 38 loads…

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Licensing Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 7

A meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday. Present: Mr. Addison (in the chair) and Mr. B. Lee. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted as follows:—From Samuel…

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