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Hotels & licensing, 1893

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 6

Their Worships Messrs. O'Malley Clarke, S. M., and Giles, D.S.M., presided at today's meeting of the Central Licensing Court. The following transfers of publicans'…

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The Modern Hotel

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 3

Following a custom which obtains at most of the leading continental hotels the management of the Australia has just had organised for its own exclusive purposes a string band…

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Water Licensing Bench

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 6

The licensing business at the Water Police Court to-day was disposed of by Messrs. Johnson and Smithers, Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted from…

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The Licensing Laws. the Bishop of Chester and the Gothenburg System a Bill in the House of Lords

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The Bishop of Chester (Dr. F. J. Jayne) introduced a bill into the House of Lords yesterday adopting the Gothenburg licensing system. The…

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Ryde Police Court. Saturday, February 25th. (Before Mr. G. M. Pope, J. P.) Hawking Without a License

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 3

William Goss was charged with hawking goods without a license in Glebe-street, Hyde, and was fined 5s, or to be imprisoned till 6 p.m., which time be took out…

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Ryde and District. Ryde Licensing Court. Tuesday, February 28. (Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, P.M.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 3

S. Bulkin applied for a billiard license. Senior-constable Banks objected on the ground that the good order of the neighbourhood would be disturbed…

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News by Cable. The Licensing Question. Local Option. Meeting of Publicans

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 4

LONDON, March 6.—A gigantic meeting of the holders of liquor licences in London was held to-day to consider the provisions of the Liquor Trade Local Veto…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 4

The weekly meeting of the Central Division of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held in the Central Police Court at noon yesterday. Messrs. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., and James Giles, D.S.M.,…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 6

The usual weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday Mr. J. Giles, D.S.M. (presiding), and Mr. J. Graham L.M., with Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., in an objected…

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Jim Corbett. The Champion and Big Joe Goddard Come Face to Face. They Have It Out. Loud Talk in the Grand Pacific Hotel Lobby. Challenged to Fight. The Conqueror of Sullivan Refuses to Meet the Australian. An Exciting Scene

Referee · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 6

An exciting scene occurred in the Grand Pacific [?] yesterday afternoon between Champion Jim Corbett and Joe Goddard, when the latter personally challenged the…

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The Fatal Fights. Legislation Unnecessary. Licenses Can be Cancelled

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 2

The question of legislation to deal with the matter of boxing contests, which have recently gained an unenviable notoriety, has been under the consideration of Ministers…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 6

The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court to-day. Messrs. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., G. H. Smithers, D.S.M.,…

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Hotel Charges in Chicago

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 487

A squabble has been in progress at Chicago between the local hotel proprietors and the managers of the different railway lines centring on the World's Fair city. Some weeks ago a…

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A Licensing Decision in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 5

Recently the Metropolitan Licensing Bench refused to grant a colonial wine h[?]se to one James Curtin, on the ground that his premises were within 300 yards or 400 yards…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1893 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star

The weekly meeting of the Central Division of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held in the Central Police Court at noon yesterday. Messrs. George O'Malley Clarke and Whittingdale Johnson, S.Ms.,…

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Special Edition Local Option. Mass Meeting Op Publicans. Denounced by Lord Burton. LONDON, March 14

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1893 · page 6

A mass meeting of publicans was held today to protest against the Local Option Bill now before Parliament. The gathering was attended by 20,000 persons, and…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 6

The following applications for transfers of publicans' licenses were to-day granted by the Water Police Court bench of licensing magistrates:-- Frederick J. Riley to…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Fires at Broken Hill. Destruction of the York Hotel. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 6

Another fire epidemic, similar to that which devastated the town last year, has overtaken Broken Hill, and many ancient landmarks are slowly disappearing, their places being occupied by desolate…

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Fires at Broken-hill. a Large Hotel Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--At an early hour this morning the York Hotel, situated at the corner of Oxide and Blende streets, was burnt to the ground. Some men going…

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