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Hotels & licensing, 1899

1,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 52

Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 3

The Central Licensing Court was held yesterday under the presidency of Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M. (chairman), and with [?] were Mr. James Mair, S.M., and Mr. F. Penny, L.M. The following…

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Broken Hill Licensed Victuallers' Races. Uroken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 5

The following are the entries for the Licence Victuallers' Racing Club meeting on July 26:- Welter Handicap, 1 mile.—Zulu, Harold, Monarch, Rhoden, Urchin, Ensign, Hazel, Snapshot, Larry,…

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Fallon's Family Hotel. (Late Bowden's), Corner of Hunter & Elizabeth Sts

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 7

Proprietress.—Mrs. B. M. FALLON, late o Steyne Hotel, Manly, MRS. FALLON begs to draw attention to the fact that she has leased this old-established…

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The following renewals of publicans' licenses were granted &6 the Water Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. Smithers presiding:--Patrick Gordon, New Zealand Hotel, Woolloomooloo; James Green, Imperial Hotel,…

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Cyclists and Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 4

Judge Docker does not regard cyclists in the same light as ordinary travellers. At the Quarter Sessions yesterday, dealing with an application for tho granting of a publican's license, his…

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Important Licensing Case. a Residential Hotel

The Australian Star · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 3

His Honor Judge Docker, silting in the Darlinghurst Appeal Court yesterday, had before him a case round which considerable, interest centred. The matter was an appeal…

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The Mosman Licensing Case. an Important Investigation. the License Granted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 3

The Darlinghurst Appeal Court, which was presided over by his Honor Judge Docker, was occupied with an important licensing case,in which an appeal was lodged against the decision of the Water…

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A Hotel Australia Case Charges Op Assault

Evening News · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 6

In the summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., Hugh Edwin Moore, manager of the Australia Hotel, was proceeded against by summons by Harry…

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Water and Sewerage Board. Publichouse Water Troughs. Proposed Charges to Licensees to Licensees. the Question Postponed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 6

The weekly meeting of the Water and Sewerage Hoard way lurid yesterday, under the presidency of the chairman, Mr. Jacob Garrard. A communication was received from the Board of Health, submitting the results of…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Victorian Licensed Victuallers' Association was held to-day. Mr. J. F. Deegan, president, urged the necessity for a strong trade organisation to achieve the speedy…

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His Last Meal. Sudden Death in an Hotel

Evening News · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 6

A man named Alexander Cockburn, who is said to have been a recent arrival from England, died suddenly yesterday at the Fortune of War Hotel, George-street North. He was at dinner at about 2 o'clock, when he…

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Publicans Victimised

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 3

John Thompson, a laborer, 39 years of age, and his wife, Eliza Thompson, aged 31, were charged at the North Sydney Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., with stealing, in company, from the Federal Hotel,…

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Sudden Death at a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 3

A peculiar case of sudden death occurred at the Fortune o! War Hotel, Lower George-street, at about 2 p.m. yesterday. A man named Alexander Cockburn was having his dinner there, when he was noticed to suddenly…

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A Hotel Comedy. Publican and Bailiff

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 11

Not a little amusement was caused in Druitt-street yesterday by a sensational notice on the front door of a certain hotel. The hotel doors were all shut and securely fastened on the inside, and the bar was closed. The…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 7

At the Penrith Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr Stephen Murphy, P.M, Edward Alting, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Penrith, was charged with knowingly suffering…

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Death in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 11

A man, whose name is said to be Charles Harold Saxton, was found dead in bed at Clark's Railway Hotel, George-street South, last evening. Deceased was about 30 years of age, and little is known of him in the city…

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph, Evening News

The usual weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, the bench being occupied by Messrs. Smithers and Isaacs, S.M., and Penny, L.M. The following…

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