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Hotels & licensing, 1897

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Water Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 December 1897 · page 5

Sitting as licensing magistrate at the Water Police Court this morning, Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., granted a transfer of the license of the Royal Oak Hotel, Erskine-street, from W. M…

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Suicide of a Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 December 1897 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Frederick Williams, the licensee of the Beaconsfield Hotel, St, Kilda, poisoned himself this evening. He complained of feeling ill during the morning, and…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 2

At the weekly meeting of the Licensing Court, transfers of publicans' licenses were granted as follow:--Abraham Watson, Castlereagh Hotel, to Amelia C. Simpson; Tobias O'Toole, Theatre Royal Hotel, to w. Walker: Joseph Williamson,…

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Water Police Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Water Police Licensing; Court on Wednesday the Bench was occupied by Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S.M. (in the chair), F. S. Isaacs, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M. Transfers…

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Transfer of a License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 4

Mr. Smithore, S.M., sitting aa a Liconsing Court in chambers, at the Water Police Court yesterday, granted a transfer of the license for the Royal Oak Hotel, Ereskine-street, from the executors in the…

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Mr. W. Macpherson's Barley Mow Hotel

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 1320

Christmas is once more upon us, and, according to custom, Mr. W. Macpherson, of the Barley Mow Hotel, Park-street, has issued a most elaborate prospectus of the wines, spirits, and beers he has on…

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Stealing From an Hotel

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 5

George Kohn, who yesterday was convicted at the Central of stealing two pairs of trousers, a coat and a handkerchief, valued in all at £2, the property of Charles Prince…

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Roberts' Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 December 1897 · page 22

Roberts' Hotel, at the corner of George and Market-streets, is one of the best known and most highly appreciated in the city. The bottle department, the oldest of its kind in…

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A Peculiar Declaration. Odd Oath of an Hotel Man

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 December 1897 · page 6

Mr. Sydney Woodville, now employed at Yeoman's Agricultural Hotel, Haymarket, Sydney, to a reporter from the Sydney "Worker," said:--"I shall be pleased to give you an account of my cure…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Central Licensing Court weekly meeting was held yesterday. There were present Messrs. Addison (chairman), Delohery, S.M., and Penny, L.M. The following publicans' licenses were…

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A Peculiar Declaration. Odd Oath of an Hotel Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 3

Mr. Sydney Woodville, now employed at Yeoman's Agricultural Hotel, Haymarket, Sydney, to a reporter from the Sydney "Worker" said: "I shall be pleased to give you an account of my cure by Dr…

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W. Macpherson, Barley Mow Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 6

There is something old-fashioned and pleasant in the name Barley Mow. The name brings up memories of hobnailed boots and country lanes, and the smell of sweet hay, and bluff but courteous…

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Roberts' Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 6

The "knowing man" will tell you that no hamper, whether prepared for a picnic or a Christmas box. Is complete without "a bottle or two of something." And the man who knows thus…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 3

For keeping his premises open on Sunday, Michael Maher, licensee of the Quarryman's Arms Hotel, Johnstreet, was, at the Central Court yesterday, and at the instance of Inspector Potter, fined £5. with 5s 6d costs…

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Billiards. Notes From Over the Water. Is Roberts Going Off? a Great Nursery Cannon Player—The Licensed Victuallers' Tournament

Referee · Wednesday 22 December 1897 · page 4

THIS being the festive season, interest in billiards is as dead as Federation. All the city people who can are hieing to the country, whilst the Sydney streets are full…

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Hotel Assault. a Fireman in Custody

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 December 1897 · page 5

The police have effected an arrest in connection with the assault perpetrated late lust night upon Edward D'Arcy. son of the proprietor of the New York Hotel, George-street…

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A Peculiar Declaration. Odd Oath of an Hotel Man

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 December 1897 · page 7

Mr. Sydney Woodville, now employed at Yeoman's Agricultural Hotel, Haymarket. Sydney, to a reporter from the Sydney "Worker" said:--"I shall be pleased to give you…

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Crystal Palace Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 December 1897 · page 10

Fitzgerald's Crystal Palace Hotel, opposite the railway station and Benevolent Society in George-street, properly claims to be one of the best-appointed hotels in the city. The enterprising…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 December 1897 · page 4

At the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday, the bench was occupied by Messrs. W. Johnson, S.M. (in the chair), G. H. Smithers, S.M., F. S. Isaacs, S.M., and Frederick Penny, L.M…

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