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Hotels & licensing, 1892

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 2

At the usual weekly meeting of the Metro politan Licensing Bench at the Water Police Court yesterday morning, before Captain Fisher and Mr. Benjamin Lee S.Ms., the…

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Breaking and Entering an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 3

Owen M'Sorley appeared before Captain Fisher, S.M., in the Water Police Court yesterday, charged with (1) having burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Michael George Brown, Sea View…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Australian Star · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 3

ON Wednesday last the usual fortnightly meeting of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association was held at the rooms, 404 George-street, the president, Mr. F. H…

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Ryde Licensing Court. Saturday, April 23. (Before Mr. Edwards, P.M., and Messrs. H. D’Ardier and Jeanneret, L.Ms.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 2

Robert Bosch applied for a license for the premises known as the “ Marine Club,” Dangar Island, Hawkesbury river.. Mr. H. Levien appeared on behalf of the…

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Scarboro Hotel, at Doll's Point

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 29

The subject of our illustration is the hotel recently erected at Doll's Point. The position of the hotel is one of the most charming in the vicinity of the metropolis. The building has…

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A Woman in a Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 19

A woman in a hotel is worth seeing, says a brutal man in the Kansas city STAR. She rings the bell three times to a man's once. She apologises and explains so profusely to the bellboy…

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Licensing

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 May 1892 · page 6

THEIR Worships, Messrs. Johnson, S.M., and Graham, L.M., presided at the Central Licensing Court to-day. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:…

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Fire at Wollongong. a Hotel Destroyed. a Racehorse Roasted Alive. Others Badly Burned -- A Swift Conflagration -- Efforts of the Fire Brigade. WOLLONGONG

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 May 1892 · page 5

A fire broke out about midnight at Roxby's stables, resulting in the complete demolition of the building and the loss of the racehorse Dick, and probably the loss…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the central division of the Licensing Court was held in the Central Police Court yesterday. Transfors of publicans' licenses were granted—from Joseph Littlebury, of the Rosehill…

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A Publican in Trouble

Evening News · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 6

John Fitzgerald, a publican, was summoned at the North Sydney P. Court yesterday for having used indecent language in his hotel at Milson'e Point, on 'April 19, in the hearing of…

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A Publican's Present

Evening News · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 2

David Follet, licensee of the Somerset Hotel, Pitt-street, Bedfern, was charged at the Redfern Police Court on Tuesday with selling a bottle of liquor on Sunday, April 24. Mr. Bull appeared…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 6

The usual weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held Tuesday before Mr. W. Johnson, S.M. (presiding) and Mr. J. Graham, L.M…

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United Licensed Victuallers' Association. Redfern Branch

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 7

DESPITE the downpour there was a good attendance at the meeting of the Redfern branch of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association on Monday…

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United Licensed Victuallers' Association, Redfern Branch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 6

There was a good attendance at the Redfern branch of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association on Monday last, held at the Belle Vue Hotel, Redfern. The balance-sheet for the year ended the 27th April,…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association. Balmain Branch

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 2

AN influential meeting of this branch was held at the Beach Hotel, the president, Mr. F. A. Allen, in the chair. The president of the association announced with reference to…

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Water Police Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 3

Mr. G.W.F. Addison, S.M., presided in the Water Police Licensing Court yesterday, and was supported by Mr. Benjamin Lee, S.M., and Mr. J. Graham, L.M. The following transfers of publicans' licences were…

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Painful Lift Accident at the Hotel Australia

Evening News · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 4

The serious lift accident that recently befell Mr. A. W. Robertson (one of the directors of Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company}, at the Hotel Australia, has happily been unattended with…

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A Woman in a Hotel

Evening News · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 7

A woman in a hotel is worth seeing, says a brutal man in the Kansas city STAR. She rings the bell three times to a man's once. She apologises and explains so profusely to the bellboy…

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Offending Publicans

The Australian Star · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 6

BEFORE Mr. Delohery, S.M., at the Central Summons Court to-day, Isaac Wright was fined £2, with 5s. 6d. costs, for having kept his premises open during prohibited hours…

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Hotel Robbery

Evening News · Saturday 7 May 1892 · page 6

A robbery was discovered at Bowden's Hotel, Elizabeth and Hunter streets, yesterday morning, by which Messrs. Gilfort Brothers have lost some valuable property. The gentlemen in…

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