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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1898

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Robbery at an Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 5

Robert Burkitt, the licensee of the Nottingham Castle Hotel, Campbell-street, was robbed of £20 in notes and gold some time this morning. The money Mr. Burkitt placed in his bedroom last…

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Robbery From a Hotel. Theft of Notes and Gold

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 5

Early this morning Richard Burkitt, licensee of the Nottingham Castle Hotel, Campbell-street, found that he had been robbed of £20 in bank notes and gold, which…

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Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The usual weekly sitting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, the bench being occupied by Messrs. Smithers (chairman) and Isaacs, S.Ms., and Penny, L.M. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted from John…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 7

The Annual Licensing Court for the police division of Newtown was held yesterday at the local courthouse. Mr. Addison, S. M., presided. Hawkers' foot licenses were granted to Andrew Clarke,…

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Hawkers' Licenses. the Syrian and Indian Applicants. Mr. Addison Decides in [?]Avour of the Coloured People

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1898 · page 7

The Redfern Police Court presented a busy appearance yesterday morning, the occ[?]ion being the holding of the annual Licensing Court for the local police district. Close upon 200 m[?]n and…

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Glebe Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1898 · page 7

The annual Licensing Court for the police district [?]f the Glebe [?] held yesterday at the local court[?]ouse, Mr. [?] S.M., presided. Hawkers' foot [?]nses [?] to Benjamin Allaburton,…

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Assyrian Hawkers' Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1898 · page 4

The exterior of the Redfern Police Court yesterday presented a peculiarly foreign and animated aspect, the occasion being the appearance of Assyrian hawkers for their annul…

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Water Licensing Court. Hawkers' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1898 · page 7

The weekly sitting of the Water Licensing Court was hold yesterday before Messrs. D[?]lohery, S.M., Smithers, S.M., and Penny, L.M. Among the applications, for booth licenses, colonial wine…

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Water Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 January 1898 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

At the Licensing Court held in the chargeroom of the Water Police Court at noon today, Mr. Delohery, S.M.. presided, and there were present Messrs. Smithers, S.M., and…

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A Publican Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1898 · page 7

In the Summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday, Frederick J. Riley, licensee of Riley's Hotel, King and Elizabeth streets, was fined £1 and costs for selling liquor at prohibited hours…

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A "Push" Disturbance. Hotel Affray in Melbourne. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 3

A number of larrikins assailed a hotel in South Melbourne on Boxing Day for drinks, and on being refused admission smashed in the door and entered, armed with stones and…

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H. Peculiar Declaration. Odd Oath on an Hotel Man

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 January 1898 · 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…

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Publicans Fined

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 3

In the summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday Daniel Kearey, licensee of the Kensington Hotel, Kensington-street, for Sunday trading, was tined £5. Hugh M'Goldrick,…

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The Publicans and Mr. Reid

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 9

The "Licensing Guardian," the official organ of tho United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales, states, on what it calls "good authority," that a recent announcement…

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Offences Under the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 6

At the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., Daniel Parry, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Sutherland, was summoned for keeping his premises open for the sale of liquor on Sunday, December 26th last…

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A Peculiar Declaration. Odd Oath of an Hotel Man

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 8

Mr. Sydney Woodville, now employed at Yeomau's Agricultural Hotel, H[?]ymarket, Sydney, to a reporter from the Sydney Worker said: "I shall be pleased to give you an…

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Residential Hotels and Plats

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 15

If I am right in this, one thing is clear at once. Either we must do with less servants, or we must so alter the conditions of domestic service as to approximate them to those of ordinary…

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The Westminster Hotel, London. (See illustration on next page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 29

The Westminster Palace Hotel, Victoria-street, Westminster was built as the outcome of the enterprise of several military officers, among them Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Viscount Chelsea,…

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