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Hotels & licensing, 1894

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Penny 'Buses. Application for License

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 April 1894 · page 3

The proposal of Mr. F. Saywell to form a co-operative company to run a line of penny 'buses from the railway station to Circular Quay has so far advanced that Mr. Saywell…

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Licensing' Court. The Quarterly Meeting

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 April 1894 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Water Police Court Licensing Bench was held today, Messrs. Fisher, Smithers,. Giles, S.M's., Edwards, D.S.M., and Penny, L.M.,…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Thursday 19 April 1894 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, Captain Fisher (chairman), Messrs. Smithers and Giles, S.M.'s, Edwards, D.S.M., and Penny, L.M., occupying…

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The Renewal of Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 4

The following circular has been issued by the Justice Department to licensing benches of magistrates throughout the colony:--"Attention having been drawn by the…

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Jerry Won His Bet. How a Wayback Publican Scored One. The Nigger Was Out of It

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 5

This is a wide and woolly West story. It comes straight from the spinifex country, where the guileless aboriginal still pursues the early spring rabbit for…

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Correspondenzen. Die Ursachen der schlechten Zeiten und die Dehatte im Hotel Metropole. (Eingesandt. Von E. LISCHKE.)

Deutsch-Australische Post : Wochenschrift = German-Australian Post : Weekly · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 8

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 6

Their Worships Messrs. Johnson, Giles and Smithers, S.M., and Mr. Penny L.M., presided at to-day's meeting of the Central Division Licensing Court. The following…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 5

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held Monday before Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., presiding, Messrs. J. Giles. S.M., G. H. Smithers, S.M., and W. Penny. L.M…

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Selling Tobacco Without a License. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 8

Nine persons, including a large firm of storekeepers, were proceeded against at the police court to-day for selling tobacco without a license. All the defendants were fined in small sums, ranging from…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 6

Transfers of publicans licenses were granted by the Water Police Court Bench of licensing magistrates to-day from Arthur G. Ebsworth to Thomas J. Powell, Victoria…

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S.A. Licensing Law

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A large deputation,consisting principally of teetotallers, waited on the Colonial Treasurer this morning and asked for the passing of an Amending Licensing Bill,…

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Queensland. Suicide of a Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Thursday.--James Brown, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, committed suicide by shooting himself with a rifle late last night. He had been a resident…

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Ryde Licensing Court Tuesday, April 24. Before Mr. Badham, P.M., and Mr. II D'Ardier,L.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 6

Sarah Jane Matthews appeared after after an adjournment of a fortnight to again apply for a publican's license for the promises known as the Steamboat…

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Ryde Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 24. (Before Mr. C. L. C. Badham, Chairman, and Mr. D’Ardier, L.m.) Steamboat Hotel. Local Option Vote Decision

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 4

Sarab [?] Matthews again appeared in support of [?] application for a license for the Steamboat Hotel, Ryde, which was twice previously adjourned…

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Mysterious Murder. Of a Liverpool Publican. a Desperate Death Struggle. a Daughter's Dread Discovery. London, April 27

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 5

A murder of a most shocking description is reported from Liverpool. A publican in that city discovered a man under suspicious circumstances…

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Correspondenzen. Die Ursachen der schlechten Zeiten und die Debatte im Hotel Metropole. (Eingesandt. Von E. LISCHKE.) (Schluss.)

Deutsch-Australische Post : Wochenschrift = German-Australian Post : Weekly · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 8

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The Hotel de Ville. the Town Hall of Paris. (See illustration on previous page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 29

The illustration of a foreign place which we give this week is of the Hotel de Ville, the celebrated Town Hall of Paris, which was burned by the Communists in 1871, but was…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday April 25. Before Mr. Badham, P.M., and Mr. R. Harper, L.m) a Cross Application

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 2

Benjamin O'Brien, licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Church-street, Parramatta north made application that he being desirous of retiring from business, begged respectfully…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Friday, April 27. (Before Mr. Badham, P.M., and Mossrs N. Stewart, and R. Harper, L's.M.) a Peculiar Complication

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 4

Benjamain O'Brien, licensse of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Church-street, Paramatta, being about to relinquish business, prayed that the license be transferred to James G. Fyall and…

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Daring Robbery at North Sydney. at the Milson Point Hotel. The Thief Leaps the Balcony. A Height of Thirty Feet. And Gets Badly Left

Truth · Sunday 29 April 1894 · page 5

YESTERDAY evening about 6 o'clock, a during robbery was committed at Mr. J. J. Wyatt-Patten's well-known hostelry, the Milson's Point Hotel, North Sydney. Mr. Wyatt-Patton, by…

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