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Hotels & licensing, 1898

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald

The Central Licensing Court sat today, the bench being occupied by Messrs. Smithers, S. M., presiding, Edwards S. M., and Penny, L. M. The following transfers of publicans' licenses…

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A Hotel Destroyed by Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Monday.—The Royal Exchange Hotel, Swamp Oak, was burnt to the ground at 2 o'clock this morning. The origin of the fire is supposed to have been accidental. William Burt…

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Central Licensing Bench

Evening News · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 7

At the weekly meeting of the Central Police Division Licensing Bench yesterday afternoon the following transfers of publicans' licences were granted: James Danehy to Elise Jerome,…

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Row in a Hotel. a Contractor Stored. Two Men Charged

Evening News · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 5

John M'Guire, 26 and Charles Splatt, 26, were charged at Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Macfarlane, D.S.M., with having assaulted Michael Best…

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The Market Hotel. Whisky of Coffee ?

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 7

The resolution In favour of licensing the coffee palace In the market buildings, which, the City Council passed on,.October 5, was not to the taste of Alderman Jessep,…

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The City Council As Hotel Proprietors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 4

The members of the City Council have definitely decided to become a body of publicans, Alderman Jessep's motion to rescind the resolution previously arrived at in this respect being…

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Theft From a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 8

John Fitzroy (28) and James Fitzroy (16), brothers, abstracted two chairs from the parlor of the Courthouse Hotel, Redfern, on the evening of the 1st inst., and subsequently disposed of the same to a secondhand dealer in…

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Wolfe's Schnapps. Action Under the Adulteration Act. Several Publicans Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 8

Several prosecutions, involving alleged adulteration of Wolfe's schnapps, came on for hearing yesterday, before Mr. Delohery, S.M., in the Summons Division of the Water Police Court. The complainant was James…

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The weekly sitting of the Water Licensing Court [?] held yesterday. Mr. Addison, S.M., presided, The following transfers of publicans' licenses wore granted;-- Amelia Catherine Simpson to Richard A. Burkett,…

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Wolfe's Schnapps Prosecution. Another Publican Fined

Evening News · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 3

In the summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Delohery, S.M., James Urwin Eckford, residing in Dowling-street, Glebe, proceeded against J. M. Stevens,…

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A Municipal Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 November 1898 · page 6

A very unnecessary amount of fuss seems to have been caused by the decision of the City Council to apply for an hotel license for portion of the Victoria Market…

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Alleged Adulteration of Liquor. Publicans Fined

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 November 1898 · page 8

Several charges of alleged adulteration were heard at the Water Police Court. John Gallagher, Frisco Hotel, Woolloomooloo, was charged that he sold,…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Monday 14 November 1898 · page 3

At the Central Licensing Court to-day, before Messrs. C. Delophery, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M., the following transfers of publicans' licences were granted: John Smith to Wm. Ley, Auckland Hotel,…

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Robbery at Pyrmont. £100 Stolen From a Hotel

The Australian Star · Monday 14 November 1898 · page 5

The Criminal Investigation Department has received from the Pyrmont police a report of a robbery of money .and articles of jewellery on Saturday evening from the New York…

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph

The Central Licensing Bench held its ordinary weekly meeting today, the bench being occupied by Messrs. Delohery, S. M. (presiding), and Penny. L. M. The following…

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