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Hotels & licensing, 1899

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 8

At the weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court yesterday the bench was occupied by Messrs. G. H. Smithers and F. S. Isaacs, S.Ms., and F. Penny, L.M. The following transfers of publicans' licenses…

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Hotel Water Troughs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 4

The hotelkeepers ot the suburbs, having risen in protest against the action of tho Water and Scwcrago Board in deciding to affix meters to the water troughs outside all hotels, the assistance of…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 8

At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Isaacs, S.m., James Epstein, licensee of the Royal Standard Hotel was convicted of selling liquor during unlawfl hours, and fined £2 and coasts, levy and distress, in…

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Water Licensing Bench

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 6

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at yesterday's sitting of the Water Police Court Licensing Bench:--Cliff House Hotel, Bondi, from Thomas M. Davis…

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Licensing Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 8

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday. When Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., and F. Penny. L.M. were present on the bench. The follwoing tranfers of publicans licenses were granted:-- Thomas M…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 4

ThE weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yosterday), the Bench consisting. of Messrs. C. Delohery, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M. The following transfers of publicans' he[?]osas were…

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Mosman's Second Hotel. No Further Licences

Evening News · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 7

It is not often that ratepayers attend council : meetings in very large numbers, except of course at Randwick or Leichhardt, but on Tuesday the…

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Corowa Licensed Victuallers' Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 9

Subjoined are the entries for the meeting to be held on the 31st instant:- Licensed Victuallers' Handicap—Creole, Qualigy, Brown Ribbon, Burglar, Ganymede, Mastertop…

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A Texas Hotelkeeper

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 2

"Please, sir," said the bell-boy to a Texas hotelkeeper, "No. 40 says there ain't no towel In his room." "Tell him to use one of the window…

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The Decadence of a Labor Leader Tom Mann a Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 6

LONDON, April 21.--Antipodeans will be surprised to bear that Tom Mann has thrown up politics and has accepted a call to the bar--of a public-house. On May the 1st he commences his…

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Robbing a Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 8

Alfred Johnston (32), a sailmaker, was yesterday charged at the Central Court with stealing a silver watch, the property of George Bramston,, licensee of the picton Arms Hotel, Campbell-street. The presecutor,…

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The Liquor Traffic in Queensland. Campaign Against the Publicans. Views of a Victorian Visitor. Queensland and Federation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 4

During the recent general elections in Queensland, a strong effort was made by the Queensland Alliance, a body whose object is the suppression of the liquor traffic, on behalf of those…

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Robbery in a Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND,. Friday.-The Exchange Hotel, the licence of which was last week transferred from Captain Holden to Geo. Lane, late of Quirindi, was entered last night by a burglar, who robbed…

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A Publican's Puiyileges

Evening News · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 3

A case in which the privileges and obligations of publicans, when acting the part of private hosts, were discussed at considerable length, came on at the Balmain Court, before Mr. Wihshire, S.M…

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In Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen.) the Question of Timber Licenses. Thorn v. Webb

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 4

Dr. Sly, instructed by Messrs. Pigott and Stiuson (ageuts for Mr. J. R. Edwards, of Broken Hill), appeared for the complainant in support of an appeal from the determination of J.F. Makinson, P.M., and…

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Hotel Water Troughs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 11

At a second meeting of the western suburbs hotelkeepers, held on Tuesday last, it was agreed that all the suburban councils be written to, with a view of securing their co-operation in…

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Corowa Licensed Victuallers' Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1899 · page 5

The weights for the loc[?]l Licensed [?] Victuallers' Meeting are us follows:- Licensed Victuallers' Handicap, 1 mile 141 yards.— Ganymede, [?]st 91b; Burglar, [?]st, Brown Ribbon. 8st,…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 8
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At the above court yesterday, the following transfers of publicans' licences were grante: Arnold Kopff to Margaret Grundy, Star Hotel, George-street, Redfern; Joseph Hewitt, to James…

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The Parramatta District. Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 3

At the Parramatta Licensing Court yesterday morning, before Mess[?]s. T. E. MacNevin and C. J. By[?]ncs, L.Ms., application was made for the renewal of the license of the Royal Hotel, Granville,…

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