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Hotels & licensing, 1890

920 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 46

Breaches of the Licensing Laws

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

A number of publicans were dealt with at the Water Police Court yesterday before Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M., for breaches of the Licencing Act. Samuel Van Van's Hotel, Waverley, for…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6
Also in Evening News

The usual weekly meeting of the District Licensing Court was held yesterday morning at the Water Police Court, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., when transfers of licenses were…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

In the S[?] of the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. K. Abbott, the following [?] were easy with for [?] of the Lib[?]…

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The Hotel Collapse. Deputation to the Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

The members of the City of Sydney Improvement Board, Messrs. Benjamin Backhonse (chairman), Wm. Bailey, Fk. Senior Js.P. Dr. Craig Dixson and F. C. Rooke (registrar),…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 3

Agnes Matilda Squires applied for a renewal of her publican's license. Granted. T. F. Vellenoweth applied for a publican's license. for part of the old buildings occupied by him,…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Monday January 6. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, N. Stewant and J. E. Manning. J, sP.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 8

G. W. Austin was proceeded against by Andrew Wakely for selling certain liquor, viz., ale in a booth on the Rosehill Racecouree on 21st Deer.—he,…

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The Hotel Collapse

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 13

WHILE new Sydney is rising around us with a splendour of stone and stucco which promises to equal if not eclipse some of the finest cities of the world, old Sydney, as if…

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Fatal Collapse of an Hotel

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 76

During a very severe storm on the the 3rd instant, an unexpected and most unusual occurrence happened in George-street North. It was about 20 minutes past 6 o'clock when the building known as the Volunteer…

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Fatal Collapse of a Hotel

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 9

After a day of extreme heat, a southerly storm suddenly swept over Sydney at about 6 o'clock on the 3rd inst., with unusual violence. The wind, though remaining…

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Terrible Disaster in Sydney. Collapse of a Hotel. Two Persons Killed. (See illustration on page 31.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 10

On Friday evening, Janunry 3, between 6 and 7 o'clock, a house known as the Volunteer Artillery Hotel, in Lower George-street, Sydney, suddenly collapsed. The process known as…

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The Recent Hotel Disaster. An Incident of 1863

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 3

IN 1863 the Volunteer Artillery Hotel was kept by a Portuguese named Thomas Brown. On the Anniversary Day of that year Mr. Thos. Brown and his wife, with their three…

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Licensing Laws

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--In conformity with a request from the English Government the police authorities have sent home information as to the working of the…

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The Hotel Metropole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 5
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph

The high-water mark of the year's advance in city improvements may safely be said to be in the palatial premises Which have been built for the Australian Coffes Palace Company, and which will to-day be…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 6

The regular weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench was held at the Central Police Court on Tuesday, when Messrs. Fisher, Delohory, and Macintosh, L.M.'s, presided, and…

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Opening of the Hotel Metropole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 5

The handsome premises built for the Australian Coffee Palace Company in Bent-street, Sydney, and known as the Hotel Metropole (a description of which has already been published) was formally opened to the public…

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The Hotel Metropole

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 7

YESTERDAY afternoon at the invitation of the directors, about 400 ladies and gentlemen attended at the Hotel Metropole, Bent and Phillip streets, to witness the formal…

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