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Hotels & licensing, 1890

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 3

THE usual weekly meeting of the Licensing Court was held at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Addison, S.M. Thomas Keibone was granted a transfer of…

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Visitors' list. Commercial Hotel

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 4

Mr. Atkins, Sydney; Mr. S. E. Lees, Sydney; Capt. W. J. Hill, Sydney; Mr. Thomas, Sydney; Mr Edwards, Sydney; Mr. A. E. A. York, Sydney; Mr. Wade, Sydney; Mr. Jeffrey, Sydney; Mr…

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Theft From a Hotel. Mays Gives Himself Away

The Australian Star · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 5

A MIDDLE-AGED man named David Mays owned up at the Water Police Court this morning to a charge of having stolen a waterproof covercoat, valued…

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Caution to Publicans

Evening News · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court, on Monday, James Gongh, licensee o£ the Alma Hotel, Parra-matta-road, Petersham, was summoned for delaying admittance to the police. From…

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Licensed Victuallers' Secretary

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 4

Mr. NELSON P. WILITELOCKE, whose resignation as secretary to the Licensed Victuallers' Association was notified a fow days since, has, wo learn, accepted the…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 4

The weekly licensing court was held at the Central Police Court yesterday. Messrs. A. M. Fisher and J. Macintosh L.Ms., presided. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted from James King, of the Bellvue…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 6

The usual weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held on Tuesday, before Captain Fisher, S.M. (who presided), and the Hon. J. Macintosh, L.M…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 February 1890 · page 6

THE usual weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court this morning before Messrs. Addison and Abbott, S.M.'s, and B. Lee, D.S.M. The…

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The Licensing Laws

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 27.—In the House of Commons last night a discussion took place on the bill introduced by Lord Randolph Churchill, conferring upon popularly…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday. Present: Messrs. Addison and Abbott, L.Ms. The license of the Sailor's Return Hotel, Harrington-street, was…

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By Yarra's Banks. Our Melbourne Message. Colossal Parliament Buildings. A Bolt from a Battery--The Beaconsfield Hotel Burning -- Rabbit Extermination--Crimps, Thieves, and Blacklegs -- A Desperate Barmaid

The Australian Star · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 6

THE Victorian Public Works Department is pretty well satisfied that Melbourne will be the capital of Australia, and that the Federal Parliament will sit, and deliberate,…

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Mrs. Somner's Hotel. a Suspicious Fire. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 5

The destruction by fire of the Beaconsfield Hotel, formerly owned by Mrs. Somner, who figured in the Moss will case, is surrounded by peculiar circumstances. The…

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Robbery at an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 3

George Massey, a young Cingalese, pleaded not guilty at the Water Police Court yesterday to having stolen a quantity of clothes and jewellery, the property of Richard Wynne. The…

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A Hotel Destroyed Near Queanbeyan. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 5

QUEANBEYAN, Thursday.--Williamson's Molonglo Hotel, at the junction ef Molonglo and Captain's Flat roads' which was completed about four months ago, was totally destroyed…

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The Licensing Laws. Lord R. Churchill's Amending Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--In the House of Commons last night a discussion took place on the bill introduced by Lord Randolph Churchill conferring upon popularly elected…

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Visitors' List. Commercial Hotel. For the week ending Thursday February 27th, 1890

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. De Mestre, Sydney; Mr. L. Reynolds, Sydney; Mr. A. W. Stephen, Petersham; Mr. W. J. Hill, Sydney; Mr. W. J. Bull, Sydney; Mr. Quinton, Sydney; Mr. Pascoe, Sydney; Mr…

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By Yarra's Banks. Our Melbourne Message. Colossal Parliament Buildings. A Bolt from a Battery--The Beacons-field. Hotel Burning -- Rabbit Ex-termination--Crimps. Thieves and Blacklegs -- A Desperate Barmaid

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 6

THE Victorian Public Works Department is pretty well satisfied that Melbourne will be the capital of Australia, and that the Federal Parliament will sit, and deliberate,…

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Auction License Abuse. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 12

Sir,—Ever willing as you are to expose abuses, kindly favour me with space to show that the granting of auctioneering licenses for short periods, say the last three months of the year, at a relatively small…

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A Gilded Sixpence. And an Observant Publican

The Australian Star · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 6

ANN COGULAN, an elderly person, was charged at the Quarter Sessions to-day with having on February 25, at Sydney, uttered to Chas. Holmes, publican, a counterfeit…

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A Parramatta Lawsuit. The Publican and Storekeeper

The Australian Star · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 5

AN application for a rule nisi for a new trial was made in tho action of Ferris and another v. Francis, a case of dispute between a publican and storekeeper at…

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