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Hotels & licensing, 1898

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Broken Hill Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 145

The following nominations have been received for the Silver City Cup to be run at the March meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club :—Vakeel, Viking, Supposition, Recoup, Fair Saxon, Damper, Bide-a-wee, Black…

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Assault on a Publican

The Australian Star · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 5

Timothy Carroll, a vandriver, who went into the Brewery Hotel, Oxford-street, and got a drink, for which he refused to pay, and then assaulted the landlord, was at the Water Police…

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Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star, Evening News

The weekly meeting of the Central. Licensing Court was held yesterday, the bench being occupied by Messrs. Edwards and Smithers, S.Ms., and Penny, L.M. The following transfers of publicans licenses were sanctioned:…

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A Terrible Fall. From a City Hotel. a Man-of-warsman's Death. Killed Instantly

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 4

A man-o'-warsman, named Joseph Blundell, belonging to H.M.S. Waterwitch, now in port, met with a shocking death at an early hour this morning. Late last night deceased entered the…

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Central Licensing Court. Administration of the Licensing Act Questioned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 5

Messrs. W. Johnson S.M., (in the chair) F. W. Edwards S.M., and Frederick Penny L.M., occupied the bench at the weekly sitting of the Central Licensing Court yesterday. Transferes of licenses…

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A Terrible Fall. From a Hotel Window. A Man Instantly Killed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 5

A naval seaman named Joseph Blundell met with a sensational death about midnight, by falling from one of the windows at the Metropolitan Hotel, George and Bridge streets. He…

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Police Courts. Breach of the Licensing Laws

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 3

Emily Fletcher, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Woollahra, was charged, on remand, at the Paddington Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Delohcry, S.M., witii having on Sunday, 9th inst., kept her premises open for…

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Disturbance. in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 3

John Farrington (28), a laborer, was yesterday, at the Water Police Court,, charged with assaulting William Pringle. The prosecutor and the accused were having a row in the Brewery Hotel, Oxford-street, and…

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Breach of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 3

In the Summons Division of the Water Police Court yesterday, Michael" M'Auliffe, licensee of the Austral Hotel, Foveaux-street, was fined £3 and costs, with the alternative of a month's gaol, for Sunday selling…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 7

The Water Licensing Bench at its weekly meeting to-day granted transfer of publicans' licenses from C. A. Volkel to R. Dabron, Waverley Hotel, Waverley, L. Burnett to…

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The weekly sitting of the Water Licensing Court, was hold yesterday. Mr. Addison, S.M., presided. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:--. C. A. Volkel lo Robert Dabron. Waverley Hotel…

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Parramatta Licensing Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 3

At the Parramatta Licensing Court on Monday, before Messrs. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., and C. J. Byrnes and N. Stewart, Ls.M., renewals of publicans' licenses were…

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Publicans' Death-roll. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1898 · page 3

Sir,—So much intentionally misleading information was given by interested persons in your columns some time back touching the longevity of drinking folk over total abstainers that the data furnished by…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Australian Star

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday. The following transfers of publicans' licenses wera granted:—Sportsmans' Arms, Waterloo, D. Follett to J. C. Burke;…

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The Issue of Cab Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 4

Many of the cabs submitted for inspection by the Transit Commissioners on the 14th inst. were considered unfit to be licensed for a year, but in view of the fact that certain repairs would be…

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