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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1899

1,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 52

Parramatta Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 11

At the Parramatta Licensing Court yesterday the license of the Royal Oak Hotel was trnasferred from L. Tiernan to T. P. Kelly. A booth license was granted to W. Barton for the…

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No. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice O'Connor and a jury of four.) a Hotel Agency Dispute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 4

Mr. Teece and Mr. Cowan, instructed by Mr. J. A. Gorrick, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. P. K. White, instructed by Mr. F. R. Cooper (agent for Mr. B. D. Sweetland), for the defendant, William…

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Licensing Prosecution

The Australian Star · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 3

James Sylvester Pithers, licensee of the Lighthouse Hotel, Bathurst and Sussex streets, was fined £3, at the Central Police Court, yesterday for selling liquor on Sunday,…

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A Hotel Transaction. Action for Recovery of Deposits

The Australian Star · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 7

Mr. Acting-Justice O'Connor and a jury of four were engaged in No. 2 Jury Court to-day with an action in which Henry Alexander. Moore sued William Carter to recover…

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A Hotel Property at Junee. Moore V. Carter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 3

In No. 2 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice O'Connor and a jury of four, an action brought by Henry Alexander Moore against William Carter was heard. Mr. Teece and Mr. Cowan (instructed by Mr. J. A. Gorrick)…

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New Residential Hotel for Mosman

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

For some considerable time it has been felt that we should have more hotel accommodotion for residents and visitors in Mosman. In the near future it is…

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Transit Commission. a Runaway Race. Election of Municipality and Licensees' Representatives. a Huge Majority

Truth · Sunday 2 April 1899 · page 2

ON Wednesday last, at the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, Sydney, and at the School of Arts, Ashfield, the usual annual election for seats on the Transit Commission for…

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Tragic Death in a Parramatta Hotel. A Man Expires after a Fight. The Coroner's Jury Exonerate Two Men in Custody

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 2

An inquest was held on Saturday, at noon, on the body of Robert Ogden, who had died suddenly under peculiar circumstances at Kelly's Royal Oak Hotel,…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday, transfers were granted as follows: James French to Alice Flitcraft, Excelsior Hotel, Broughton street, Glebe; Louis Mommesson to Margaret…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 6

Matthew Ryan, the licensee of the George Hotel, Elizabeth-street, Waterloo, was summoned at the Redfern Police Court to-day on a charge of having on Sunday, March 26,…

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Publicans' Transfers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 8

At yesterday's quarterly sitting of the licensing Court Mr. Isaacs, S.M., granted transfers in the following instances:--Excelsior Hotel, Glebe, James French to Alice Fletcraft; Liverpool Arms Hotel, Reservoir-street, Louis…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the bench consisting of Messrs. Edwards, S.M. (chairman), E. H. Wilshire S.M., and F. Penny. L.M. The following transfers of…

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Country News. Fire in a Hotel. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 5

A fire occurred in a bedroom of Hatton's Family Hotel last night, where three children were sleeping. The curtains of two beds were ablaze. Two children were rescued without injury, though the escape was…

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Hotel Furniture at Tilpa. Exparte Perrott, Brown and Others Respondents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 8

An application was made to the Chief Justice in Chambers by Mr. Ferguson (instructed by Mr. T. E. Murphy, agent for Mr. Joseph Dwyer, of Bourke), on behalf of Edward Montgomery Perrott, of Rosedale…

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Newcastle. the Publican and the Tippling Act

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 5

Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., at the Wallsend Small Debts Court, yesterday, A. North, a publican at Killingworth, sued Benjamin Smith for £7 5s 6d, £6 being for board and lodging, and the…

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Rational Costume. Cycling Viscountess and Hotel Proprietress. an Interesting Prosecution

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--A case which created considerable interest in cycling circles was beard yesterday. The Cyclists' Touring Club prosecuted the…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 11

The following publicans were fined at the Central Police Court to-day for breaches of the Licensing Act:--George Henry Davis, of the Lord Jersey Hotel. Castlereagh-street,…

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