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Hotels & licensing, 1894

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Tarragon Hotel Arson Case. Prisoners Sentenced

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

As already briefly announced John O'Neill and Adam (Match, convicted at the Central Criminal Court, Thursday, the former of wilfully setting fire to the Tarragon Hotel, King and…

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Tempting the Tourists. the Irish Highlands Hotel Company Limited

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

An important project in connection with the development of tourist traffic in the North will, we understand, be shortly brought prominently before the public. A company is…

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Licensed Victuallers' Picnic

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 3

The United Licensed Victuallers' Association does not intend to allow the victories gained in the last session of Parliament to piss without special recognition. It has…

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Fire at Muswellbrook. The Shamrock Hotel Destroyed. MUSWELLBROOK

The Australian Star · Monday 26 February 1894 · page 5

Mr. Phillips Shamrock Hotel was burned to the ground this morning. The inmates fortunately escaped, and part of the furniture was saved. The damage is estimated…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

The weekly meeting of the Central Division of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held at the Central Police Court at noon yesterday. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted from Augustus…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 3

The usual weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held on Monday, before Mr. Edwards, D.S.M., and Mr. Penny, L.M. The following transfers of publicans' licences…

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A Hotel Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 5

MUSWELLBROOK, Monday.--James Phillips's hotel, William street, was burnt down yesterday morning. The fire was first discovered at about 4.30, and it started in the…

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Death of a Baron. In a Melbourne Hotel. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 6

An inquest touching the death of the Austrian nobleman, Richard Barou Poche Lett- mayer, who was found dead in bed at the Grand Hotel, was held to-day, when a…

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A Hotel Theft

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 6

A man named Daniel Green was sentenced to six months' gaol with hard labor at the Glebe Court to-day on a charge of stealing 19s 6d from the College Hotel,…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 6

The following transfers of licenses were granted by tho Water Police Bench of licensing magistrates to-day:-- Henrich C. Matheson to Mari Enof, Rose Hotel,…

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Burglary at a Hotel. Armed and Masked Thieves. "Your Money or Your Life."

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1894 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Early yesterday morning a daring burglary occurred at the Paragon Hotel, Hunter-street. Mrs. Clough, the licensee, was awakened by a noise at 4 o'clock, and was…

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Armed Burglars at Newcastle. Bobbery at the Paragon Hotel. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1894 · page 5

This morning Mrs. Clough, licensee of the Paragon Hotel, Newcastle, informed the police that her house had been entered about 4 o'clock a.m. by two men in long waterproofs and wearing black masks…

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Armed Burglary. the Revolver at Newcastle. Robbery at the Paragon Hotel. Masked and Armed Robbers-- Revolvers as Intimidators-- A Woman Chloroformed -- The Burglars Miss £100

The Australian Star · Monday 5 March 1894 · page 5

Early yesterday morning a daring burglary was committed at the Paragon Hotel, Hunter-street, by two men were long waterproofs and black masks. Each had a…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1894 · page 5

The usual weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday before Mr. G. F. Addison, S.M. (presiding), and Mr. Penny, S.M…

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A Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1894 · page 5

PAMBULA, Monday.--A hotel at Rocky hall, kept by Mrs. Arnold, was burned to the ground early on Saturday morning. The inmates barely escaped with their lives, and…

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Auctioneers' Licenses

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 March 1894 · page 8

The mode of issuing auctioneers' licenses was the subject of a series of questions asked in the House last night by Dr. Ross. Mr. Slattery replied that a Recuse granted…

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Occupation Licenses

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 March 1894 · page 8

The Minister for Lands stated in the Assembly last. night in reply to Mr. Dickens inst 48 occupation licenses of the present area of 3,979,907 acres in the…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 March 1894 · page 6

The Water Police Court bench of licensing magistrates to-day granted the two following transfers, viz, William Ferguson to Jabez Lean, Dick's Hotel, Balmain, and…

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Case Under the Licensing Act. (From Our Correspondent.) Warren

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 10

An important case under tne Licensing Act was decided here to-day before Mr. Love, police magistrate, aad Mr. Tompson, J.P. The defendant, a man named Berger, a storekeeper of Forbes and…

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