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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1896

790 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 40

How Prohibition Works. a New Zealand Example Experience of a Hotel-keeper. Sly Grog-Selllng--Inconvenience to Travellers--Injustice to Individuals

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 June 1896 · page 3

The operation of the prohibition law in New Zealand is of deep interest to the reformer in Australia How the system works out is described in an interview with…

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Central Licensing Court. Field Day in Court. The Police Objections. A Heavy List Unobjected to--A Record of 331--Evidence of Sabbath Trading

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 June 1896 · page 6

Field day at the Central Licensing Court brought a host of licensed victuallers to the precincts of the chamber, and the scone was one of bustle and excitement. The…

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Annual Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1896 · page 3

The annual sitting of the Central Division of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held yesterday, before Mssrs. G. W. F. Addison (chairman), W. Johnson, C. Delohery, and G. H. Smithers, S.Ms.,…

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Testimonial to Mr. Dion Boucicault. Meeting at the Australia Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1896 · page 3

A meeting called by Mr. Critchett Walker,. Mr. B. R. Wise, and Mr. Adrian Knox, M.P., was held at the Australia Hotel yesterday evening, to arrange for a testimonial to Mr. Dion Boucicault,…

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Watch Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1896 · page 3

A meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday before Messrs. Johnson, Smithers, Edwards, S.Ms., and Mr. Penny, L.M. The following transfers of publicans licenses were granted:—…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1896 · page 3

Messrs. w. Johnson (chairman, G. H. Smithers, and F. W. Edwards, S.Ms., and F. Penny, L.M., presided at the Water Police Court yesterday, to consider applications for renewal of publicans' licenses…

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Licensing Court. Annual Meeting

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 June 1896 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held at the Water Police Court yesterday. Mr. Johnson, S.M., presided, and there were also present…

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The Licensing Bench. Objection to Mr. Lormer, J.P., Sitting. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 5

At the District Court to-day several licensing cases were listed, and Mr. David Gaunson, who appeared for several defendants, objected to Mr. Lormer, J.P., sitting on the bench,…

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A Publican Fined

The Australian Star · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 6

John Blines, licensee of the Native Rose Hotel, Leichhardt, was to-day, at the Globe court, fined £2 and 5s 6d costs for delaying admittance to the police when desiring to…

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Gaunson and Lormer. a Teetotaller in Licensing Cases. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 6

Mr. Gaunson, solicitor, who last week took exception to the presence on the District Court bench of Mr. Loriner, J.P., made further objection to-day when…

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Important Mining Decision. What Constitutes a License. INVERELL

The Australian Star · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 8

An important mining decision was given by Judge Coffey to-day. It affected the mining interest to such an extent that the amendment of the Act appears imperative,…

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Our European Letter. The Vienna Mayoralty. The Kaiser as a Hotel-keeper. The Clothing of Eve--A Birthday Celebration in Prison--Fire Brigade Strike in Vienna--Decline of Population in France---Increase in Germany. BERLIN, May 10

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 June 1896 · page 8

Dr. Lueger, the anti-Semitic burgomaster of Vienna, who has now been elected Mayor four times, has had an interview with the Austrian Emperor. The result…

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An Hotel Intruder

Evening News · Monday 15 June 1896 · page 6

A man named George Smith was found in one of the rooms at the Railway View Hotel last night under circumstances that resulted in his being handed over to the police. Smith, with two…

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The Courts. Central Licensing Court. Annual Meeting

Evening News · Monday 15 June 1896 · page 5

The adjourned annual meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held to-day. Messrs. Addison (chairman), Johnson, and Smithers, S.Ms., and Mr. Penny, L.M., occupied the bench. The…

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Captured in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 June 1896 · page 5

Shortly before 7 o'clock last evening, Mrs. Chapman, wife of the licensee of the Railway View Hotel, Eveleigh Bridge, heard a knock at the door, which she answered. Directly she opened the door…

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph

The Central Licensing Court met this afternoon. Messrs. Addison and Johnson, S.M's., and Penny, LM., occupied the bench…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 5

A meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held this afternoon, before Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., and Mr. F. Penny, L.M. The following transfers of publicans' licences…

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Charge of Conspiracy. a Hotel Transaction. Defendants in Court. An Interesting Cas--Alleged Fraud at a Deathbed--The Case Adjourned

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 2

A prosecution alleging a conspiracy of an extraordinary nature was commenced in the Central Summons Court yesterday before Mr. Smithers, S.M. The defendants…

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