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Hotels & licensing, 1894

750 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 38

Fire at Merewether. Hotel Burned Down

Evening News · Monday 29 October 1894 · page 6

A telegram from Newcastle this morning states that the Albert Victor Hotel at Merewether has been totally destroyed by fire. The insurances were £600 on the…

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The Licensing Act

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 October 1894 · page 6

Four charges of having sold liquor without being the holder of a license were preferred against Henry Smith at the Newtown court to-day. The hearing of the cases was…

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Limitations Oe a Tobacco License

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 October 1894 · page 5

MITTAGONG, Monday.—A. I-Iegard, a tobacconist's traveller, was to-day lined 10s and costs for hawking without a hawker's license. Hegard pleaded ignorance of the law, considering that a tobacco license was sufficient for the sale of cigars…

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Fire at Flemingtion. The Racecourse Hotel Destroyed. Narrow Escape of Horses. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 6

Shortly after 6 o'clock this morning the stables connected with the Racecourse Hotel at Flemington were found to be on fire. Before the fire brigade put in an…

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The Police Courts. a Publican Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 12

'"I told him he was doing a big Sunday trade, and that he had an ex-publican to tout for him," said Sergeant Harvison yesterday in the Balmain Court. The case…

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Wine Licenses

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 7

Apropos of the recent discussion in our col[?]ms re granting of wine licenses, it may be mentioned that Mr. Morgan, member for Dubbo, has a one-clause Bill now before the…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Monday 5 November 1894 · page 5

The usual weekly meeting of the Cen­tral licensing Court ma held at noon to­day before Captain Fisher. S.M., Mr. C. Delohery, D.S.M., and Mr. Pinhey, S.M…

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A Publican Garroted Albury

The Australian Star · Monday 5 November 1894 · page 5

A garroting case occurred on Friday night, a publican named John Flynn being set upon by two men, one of whom kicked him in the stomach, disabling him. They…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 6

Their Worships Captain Fisher, S.M., Mr. Edwards, S.M., and Mr. Penny, S.M., formed the bench at today's meeting of the Central Division Licensing Court…

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Publicans, Local Optionists and Alcohol

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 4

The Premier will receive three deputations on Saturday, all having reference to alcohol. Two will deal with the question as an article of consumption: the other…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 7 November 1894 · page 5

Captain Fisher, and Messrs. Giles and Penny, L.M,S., presided at the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court, to-day, when the transfer of the Port…

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DEPUTATIONS. Local Option. The Licensed Victuallers' View. Reply of the Premier

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 November 1894 · page 6

A deputation of representatives from the Licensed Victuallers' Association waited on the Premier this morning on the question of local option. Mr. V. Parkes, M.L.A.,…

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Local Option. Deputations to the Premier. the Licensed Victuallers Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 3

Two deputations waited on the Premier yesterday regarding the question of local option. The first represented, the Licensed Victuallers' Association, who protested…

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DEPUTATIONS. Local Option. The Licensed Victuallers' View. Reply of the Premier

The Australian Star · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 6

A deputation of representatives from the Licensed Victuallers' Association waited on the Premier this morning on the question of local option. Mr. V. Parkes, M.L.A.,…

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Sensational Robbery Case. Windsor Committed. Bradford’s Hotel Ralded and the landlady’s Jewellery Taken. Small Bail

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 4

On Thursday morning at the Parramatta Police Court, a man not unknown in Parramatta, Charles Perry, alias Robert Morris, alias Thomas Davis, alias Jas. Windsor, was…

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Ryde Licensing Court. Tuesday, November 6. (Before Mr. W. M. Macfarlane, L.m.) Packet License

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 2

A license was granted to Alex. S. Murray, [?] of the General Gordon, plying between the Hawkesbury River and Windsor, in connection with the Government railway, under…

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The Licensing Act. Publicans Fined

Evening News · Monday 12 November 1894 · page 4

In the summons division of the Central Police Court to-day. before Mr. Edwards, D.S.M, Inspector Potter proceeded against Joseph Thomas…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Monday 12 November 1894 · page 5

Messrs. Addison, S.M., and Penny, L.M., disposed of the business at the Central Licensing Court this morning. The following transfers of publicans'…

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Sensational Double Suicide. Two Brothers Shoot Themselves in the Oxford Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon two brothers, Max Munch and Julius Munch, skin morchants, ended their lives in a tragic manner in the Oxford Hotel, King-street. They had been stopping in the hotel about a week…

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The Double Suicide. At the Oxford Hotel. A Puzzling Double Tragedy. Two German Brothers Commit Suicide -- Their Peculiar Conduct

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 5

A terribly tragic occurrence, which is so far somewhat enigmatical, was discovered at the Oxford Hotel last evening. Some days ago two brothers, Max and Julius Munck,…

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