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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1899

1,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 52

Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 3
Also in Evening News, The Australian Star, The Sydney Morning Herald

At the weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court yesterday, Messrs. Isaacs, S.M., M'Nevin, D.S.M., and Penny, L.M., on the bench, the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted: -- David Martin to John…

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A Bankrupt Publican. Committed to Darlinghurst

Evening News · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 3

James Alexander Skee, licensce of the Albion Hotel, Elizabeth and Campbell-street, Sydney, whose estate was sequestrated on April 7 last, on the petition of Messrs. J.T. and J. Toohey,…

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Ryde Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 8

At the Ryde Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. S. Murphy, L.M., renewals were granted to Patrick Duffy of the Royal Hotel, Thornleigh, and William Turberville Smith, of the Gladstone Hotel, Hunter's-hill…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The usual weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday. The following i applications for transfers of publicans' licenses were granted: Thomas Leach to Charles Jolliffe, the Commercial Hotel, Darling-street, Balmain;…

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Police Courts. Publicans' Transfers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 8

At the Water Licensing Court yesterday, Means. De[?]ohery, S.M., Edwards, S.M., and Penny, L.M., granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses: -- Thomas Leach to Charles James Jolliffe, Commercial Hotel,…

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A Publican Tricked

Evening News · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 5

ORANGE, Thursday.—Two smart arrests were effected on Monday night by Constables Leonard and Hockley, when a woman named Margaret Bayless, alias Beaton, adn a man named…

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The New York Fire. Destruction of the Windsor. Hotel. Details of the Disaster. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 3

American papers received by the mail to-day contain a long account of the disastrous fire at the Windsor Hotel, New York, on March 17. The fire started, according to the best information, in…

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Parramatta Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 7

At the Parramatta Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. Stephen Murphy, P.M., and Mr. J. W. Withers, J.P., the licence of the Rydalmere Hotel was transferred to Kale Jenkins from the executor…

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Assault on a Hotel Keeper

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 3

Arthur Reader, 29, and Arthur Wilson, 28, were charged at the Glece Police Court, yesterday, with having assaulted Peter Donohue, licence of the Collage Hotel, Pyrmont Bridge-road,…

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The Licensing Laws. the Royal Commission

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 6

LONDON, April 13.—Viscount Peel, formerly Speaker of the House of Commons, has resigned his position as chairman of the Royal Commission on the Liquor Licensing Laws, in…

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Row in a Hotel

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 3

At Paddington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., Peter M'Kinley, 28, dentist, and Thomas M'Cauley, 27, doctor of medicine, were charged with being drunk and disorderly in…

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Liquor Licensing Laws. Retirement of Viscount Peel From the Royal Commission. London, April 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 5

Viscount Peel, late Speaker of the House of Commons, has resigned his position as a member of the Royal Commission on the Liquor Licensing Laws (of which he was…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Australian Star · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 6

Henry James Lawler the licensee of the Grand National Hotel, Elizabeth-street, Paddington, was lined £2 and 5s 6d costs at the Paddington Police Court to-day for…

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A Publican Assaulted

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 2

Arthur Reader (29) and Arthur Wilson (28) were charged at the Globe Court yesterday, before Sir. Isaacs, S.M., with in company assaulting Peter Donohoe, licensee of the College Hotel, Pyrmont Bridge road,…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 11

Charles O'Brien, of the Picton Arms Hotel, who permitted liquor to be sold during unlawful hours, was fined £3, with 5s 6d costs, before the Central Police Court this…

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The Terrible Hotel Fire at New York. Destruction of the Windsor Hotel. Appalling Scenes of Suffering. Heroism of Nurses and Firemen

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 7

By the R.M.S. Alameda which arrived at Auckland from San Francisco on Wednesday, the following details of the burning of the Windsor Hotel were received from the New York…

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