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Hotels & licensing, 1893

696 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 35

Water Police Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Court was held yesterday. Captain Fisher, S.M., and Mr. J. Graham, L.M., presided. Transfer, of publicans' licenses were granted from Jamas Fallon to Owen Silk,…

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Fire at a Hotel in America. London, April 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 702

A fire broke out in a large hotel at Bradford, Pennsylvania, the building being entirely destroyed. Many persons who were staying at the hotel lost their…

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B0urke-st. Murder. the Coroner's Inquest. To-day's Proceedings. Evidencs of W. H. Jeater. Important Testimony by a Publican. Evidence of a Boy

The Australian Star · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 5

The inquest on the body of the unfortunate woman Emma Harrison, who was outraged and murdered in a house at 321 Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo, on the night…

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Disasters in America. Tidal Wave and Blizzard at Chicago. Two Large Hotels Destroyed. London, April 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 5

The Chicago River has been visited by a tidal wave, which tore 30 vessels from their moorings. The tidal wave was followed by a…

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Burglary at a Hotel

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 2

An extensive burglary was successfully carried out at the A. J. C. Hotel, Randwick, on Sunday night. Mr. Foster, the licensee of the hotel, had a large amount of…

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Quarterly Licensing Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the central division of the Metropolitan. Licensing Court was held yesterday. Publican's licenses: -- Transfers applied for from Michael Whelan…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 4

The quarterly meeting of the Central Division of the Metropolitan Licencing Court was held,at the Central Police Court yesterday. Messrs. Geo. O'Malely Clarke, G. W. F. Addison, S.Ms., and…

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Claim for Hotel Fixtures

Evening News · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 3

The suit brought by Charles Henry Wm. Bath and others against George Alfred Cox and another came on for hearing before the Primary Judge in Equity yesterday. It was a suit to recover…

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Important to Publicans

Evening News · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 3

William Hanley, of the United States Hotel, Druitt and Sussex streets, was summoned at the Central P. Court yesterday, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., for having engaged an unlicensed…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held Tuesday before Mr. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., in the chair, and Messrs. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., and Mr. J. Graham, L.M…

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Police Supervision Over Hotels

Evening News · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 3

In the Assembly last night Mr. Darnley, for Mr. Black, asked the Minister for Justice: 1. Are the police instructed to count those who pass in or out of the smaller hotels on Sunday, including…

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Parramatta Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 3

Messrs. F. W. Edwards and R. Harper, Ls.M., disposed of the business of the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, when a transfer of the license of the Diggers' Return Hotel, Church-street,…

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Police Supervision of Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 4

In reply to questions by Mr. Black in the Assembly yesterday as to whether the police were instructed to count all persons who passed in or out of the smaller hotels on…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 3

Messrs. Johnson, Fisher, Delohery, S.Ms, and Graham, L.M., sat at the quarterly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday. Transfers of publicans' licences were…

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Water Police Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 7

The quarterly meeting was h[?]ld yesterday, there being present Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., in the chair; Captain Fisher, S.M., Mr. O. Dolohery, S.M., and Mr. J. Graham, L.M. The following…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court. Quarterly Meeting

The Australian Star · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench, Water Police division, held the quarterly meeting at the Water Police Court to-day, Messrs. Whittingdale Johnson and C. Delohery, and…

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Robbery of £1117 From a Randwick Hotel

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 8

It was reported to the police on Monday evening that the bedroom of Frederick Foster, licensee of the A.J.C. Hotel, Randwick, had been entered on the previous evening, and a sum of £1117 was…

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Parramatta Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 13

The quarterly meeting of the Parramatta Licensing Court was held yesterday. Messrs. F. W. Edwards, R. Harper, and N. Stewart, L.Ms., presiding. Rober Horwood applied for a renewal of his hotel,…

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Robbery From a Hotel. Two Arrests on Suspicion. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 6

Between 8 and 10.30 o'clock last night, whilst Mrs. Kane, proprietress of the Clarendon Hotel, was absent, a desk in her office was broken open and £70 was stolen…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, April 12. (Before Messrs. F. W. Edwards and R. Harper, L.Ms.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 4

The license of the Diggers’ Return Hotel, Parramatta, was transferred from L. Tiernan to H. Thorpe. FRIDAY, 14TH APRIL…

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