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Hotels & licensing, 1897

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Hawkers' Licenses

The Australian Star · Friday 1 January 1897 · page 3

With rega[?] recently passed by the [?] Council respecting the issue of hawk[?], a meeting was held at the [?] Hotel,…

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Licensing

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 10

Mr. T.E. McNevin, P.M., presided over a meeting of the Licensing Bench on Monday. Sub-Inspector Latimer appeared on behalf of the Police, Billiard licenses were granted or…

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An Interesting Licensing Scheme

The Australian Workman · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 1

The public of West Hartlepool are evin[?]ing considerable interest in the possible outcome of a resolution proposed by the Mayor (Councillor…

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A Quarter Century Suffering. the Case, to All Human Appearances, Incurable—a Richmond River Hotelkeeper Cured by Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 8

Nigh onto three score and ten, but in possession of the health and spirits of youth, after five and twenty years' illness, a life time to many. Such is the strong and reliable testimony of Mr. David…

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Licensing Court Monday, December 28. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P. M., and Messrs. stewart and C. J. Byrnes, Licensing Magistrates.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 7

Renewals of billiard licenses were granted to the following applicants:— Richard Mclntvre, Samuel Scandritt, Henry Mullins, E. M. Marshall (Parramatta), Chas. Henry Curtis…

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Fire Near Hay. a Hotel Destroyed

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 5

HAY, Monday.—The Royal Hotel at Whitton, occupied by William Horne, was totally destroyed by fire at half-past 1 this morning. The stock and Iurniture were insured in the New Zealand Insurance…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 5

The weekly sitting of the Central Licensing Court was held at noon to-day. Mr. Edwards, S.M. (chairman), and Mr. Penny, L.M., occupied the bench. Several applications for booth…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

At the weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court yesterday Mr. Edwards, S.M., and Mr. Penny, L.M., presided. Thirty-seven hawkers' licenses were granted. The application for the transfer of the…

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Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 3

The usual weekly sitting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, the bench being occupied by Messrs. Edwards, S.M., and Penny, L.M. No business of importance was transacted. A number of billiard…

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The Lick House Hotel Riot Severe Sentences

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 6

Another of the three men concerned in the disturbance at the Lick-House Hotel, Lady Robinson's Beach on Christmas Day, was before the Newtown Bench yesterday, on two charges, one of assaulting Edwin Wynn, a…

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Hawkers' Licenses

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 2
Also in The Daily Telegraph

All around the Redfern court yesterday afternoon a crowd of some 300 Syrians, Indians and Afghans gathered in order to obtain renewals of their hawkers' licenses…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 7

At the Redfern Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Inspector Lawless proceeded against Peter Orchard and Susan Amie upon a charge of drinking in the Boundary Hotel, Wyndham-street,…

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Hawkers and the City Council. a Monster Meeting. a Protest Against the New Licensing Fees

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 6

A gigantic meeting of the fruit, fish, vegetable, garden produce, and every other class of hawkers within the metropolitan area was held in the Freemasons-hall, York-street, last night. Mr. S. J. Law, M.P., presided,…

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1897 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At yesterday's sitting of the Water Licensing Court, the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:--Martin Barlow to George Main Thom, Barlow's Hotel, King and Pitt streets, city; Jane Coates, widow…

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Licensing Business. The Annual Report. One Hotel to Every 519 Persons

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1897 · page 3

The department has received the annual report of the Chief Licensing Officer, Mr. Inspector Lenthall, on the business of the Metropolitan Licensing…

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Water Police Licensing Bench

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1897 · page 5

The weekly meeting of the Water Police Division Licensing Bench was held yesterday, Mr. Isaacs, S.M., presiding. There were also present Mr. Mac-Farlane, D.S.M., and Mr. Penny, L.M. Transfers of…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1897 · page 6

Mr. Isaacs, S.M., presided at the usual weekly meeting of the Licensing Court held at the Water Police Court to-day, and Mr. W. Macfarlane, D.S.M., and Mr…

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