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Hotels & licensing, 1898

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 July 1898 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star

The weekly sitting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were grunted:--Annie Walsh to Bridget Barman, Surry-hills Hotel, Campbell and Crown streets city;…

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Water Licensing Bench

Evening News · Thursday 14 July 1898 · page 2

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing bench was held yesterday before Messrs. Addison, Smithers, and Penny, L.Ms. The following transfers of publicans' licences were granted:…

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The Elections. Contest in the King Division, the Licensed Victuallers Support. the Police Vote. the Fight in Bligh. Smart Canvassing. New Candidates. the Premier at Temora. Mr. Barton at Camperdown. Mr. Bruce Smith at the Glebe. Mr. Copeland in Phillip Division

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

Interest in political circles is still centred chiefly in the contest in King Division. It was at first thought that Mr. Barton would have a very severe struggle to secure the seat, but the reports coming to…

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Tasmania. Hotel Destroyed Dy Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 7

HOBART. Thursday.-- Thursday.-- The Wheatsheaf Hotel at New Norfolk, was totally destroyed by fire at noon to-day. It was by the cascade Brewery Company…

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Police and Publicans

Evening News · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 4

It is gravely announced this morning that it is expected that the publican and the police rote in the King Division frill be practically solid for Mr. Reid. This new development in…

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Publicans Fined

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 11

In the summons division of the Central Police Court to-day Alfred Meadham, licensee of the Glasgow Arms Hotel, Harris-street, for selling liquor during prohibited hours,…

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Fearful Fire in Tasmania. a Hotel Destroyed. Six Men Burned to Death. (By Cable. From Our Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 14

LAUNCESTON (TAS.), Monday Afternoon.—A disastrous fire occurred this morning at Gormanston, a mining town on the West Coast. Lynch's Hotel was destroyed, and six of the inmates were burned…

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Disastrous Hotel Fire. Six Men Burned to Death

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 July 1898 · page 6

A catastrophe occurred at Gormanston, Tasmania, about 2 o'clock on Monday morning. Lynch's Criterion Hotel, containing 19 rooms, was burned to the ground…

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The General Elections. Speeches by Messes. Reid and Barton Interviews with Party Leaders. Arrangements for the Campaign. Particulars of Meetings Fixed for the Ensuing Week. the Licensed Victuallers' Vote in King Division

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 July 1898 · page 5

The campaign is now in full blast. Candidates are speaking in every suburb, and their committees are busily engaged in the endeavor to improve their chances on the…

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King Division. the Licensed Victuallers' Vote. Mr. Barton Recognised As a Good Friend to the Trade. But Mr. Reid Has First Call. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 July 1898 · page 5

Sir,—The election news of the daily Press on Friday contained a paragraph to the effect that the vote of the Licensed Victuallers in the King Division would be…

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Saturday Half-holiday for Publicans. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 July 1898 · page 9

Sir,—I saw from a paragraph in the "Herald " a day or two ago that the members of the Licensed Victuallers' Association are on the look-out for men who as Ms.L.A. (when they become such) will do…

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The Elections. the Fight in the King Division. the Police and the Publicans' Vote. the Party Associations. the Premier at Ashfield. Speeches by Mr. Barton. the M'sharry Case. Mr. Bruce Smith Declines to Be Briefed. Two Federalists Returned Unopposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 July 1898 · page 7

Matters in election circles were quiet on Saturday. There are no new developments of any great moment to announce. Speaking was going on in a number of city and suburban divisions, and candidates…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 July 1898 · page 6

The Central Licensing Bench today granted transfers of publicans licenses from William R. Walker to Jessie de Voss, Margaret Hotel, Goulburn street. James Roche to T. W…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 19 July 1898 · page 7

The usual weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday before Messrs. G. W. F. Addison, S.M. (chairman), C. Delohery, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M. The following…

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Election News. (Some the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) the Struggle in King. Licensed Victuallers' Vote. What Mr. Larry Foley Thinks a Reid Panegyric

Evening News · Tuesday 19 July 1898 · page 3

As a "News" representative strolled around town yesterday in search of political information, he happened to run up against Mr. Laurence (better known as "Larry")…

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The Premier and the Publicans. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1898 · page 7

At the Wesleyan Church on Sunday the Rev. W. C. Hughes, preaching on the subject of Divine retributive justice as exhibited in national history, said that New South Wales had fostered the drink traffic…

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The Licensed Victuallers' Association. the King Electorate. Decision As to the Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 7

Mr. F. Bevill requests us to publish the following:—" The decision of the Parliamentary committee of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales to support Mr. Reid for King…

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The Elections. News and Notes. the Licensed Victuallers' Vote

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 5

The announcement that the United Licensed Victuallers. Association of New South Wales would support Mr. Reid for King Division, not having given satisfaction to many…

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