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Hotels & licensing, 1899

1,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 52

Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 3

The usual weekly meeting or the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday. The following transfers of publicans' licences were grtnted: Lawrence Archdeacon, to Arnold Kopff, Phoenix Hotel,…

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Hotel Thief Sent to Gaol

Evening News · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 3

At the Parramatta Court yesterday, Patrick Gunn was sentenced to one month's gaol for stealing a vest from the Town and Country Hotel, two months for stealing a hat and coat from the…

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Hotels for Residents and Travellers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 9

Sir,—Those who cavil at Judge Docker's recent decision in the Mosman case are under a misapprehension in asserting that the Bench in granting a license, should study the wishes of residents without regard to travellers' wants…

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Thefts From Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 8

Patrick Gunn was last week sentenced to 21 days gaol for assaulting the police, and remanded on several charges of larceny. These were gone into yesterday before Mr. T. E. MacNiven, P.M. The man pleaded guilty to…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 3

The adjourned weekly Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M., presiding. A transfer a publican's licence from Oliver Saunders to Alfred T. Stephens, for the Wynyard Hotel,…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 5

A conference between four representatives of the head centre of the Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales and the members of the local branch of the association was held at the Hall of…

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Licensed Victuallers' Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 6

There has been some friction recently between the Newcastle branch of the Licensed Victuallers' Association and the parent body in Sydney, and a proposal was mooted by some members of the…

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Before the P.M. Breach of the Licensing Act

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

George Day Greaves, licensee of the Irrigation Hotel, Mulgos, appeared to answer a charge of selling liquor during prohibited hours, viz, at 11.80 a.m. on Sunday, 23rd July…

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The City and Country Publican

The Catholic Press · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 14

In glancing over the country press, we occasionally come upon cases in which country hotelkeepers have great difficulty in getting their licenses renewed. In at least one…

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Northern Notes. The Licensed Victuallers' Association. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 6

A meeting of hotelkeepers, convened by the Newcastle branch of the Licensed Victuallers Association, was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. Mr. J, Mason…

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Licensed Drivers

Truth · Sunday 6 August 1899 · page 2

To-morrow night at 8.30, in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, a meeting of the above society will be held, for the purpose of transacting all business in connection…

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The Hotel Thief

Evening News · Monday 7 August 1899 · page 6

Between 8 o'clock and 11 on Saturday morning some person succeeed in stealing articles to the value of about £13 from the Native Rose Hotel at Parramatta-road, Leichhardt. The…

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Burglary in Pitt-street. Big Haul at the Angel Hotel

The Australian Star · Monday 7 August 1899 · page 5

The Angel Hotel, Pitt-street, below Martin place, was broken into during the early hours of yesterday morning, and a good sum in cash and a large quantity Jewellery stolen. The…

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Burglary at the Angel Hotel. a Big Kaul

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 August 1899 · page 7

The Angel Hotel, comer of Pitt-street and Angel-lane, wan burglariously entered yesterday morning by means of the cellar window in the side lane, one of the bars inside being forced. A sum of about £7 in money, the…

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The Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 6

At Central Licensing Court yesterday the fol-lowing transfers of publicans' licences were granted: Thomas Fleming to Robert M'Laugblin, the…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

In the Central Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., and Mr. Penny, L.M., the following applications for transfers of licenses were granted:— Thomas Fleming to Robert M'Laughlin, Belmore…

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An Hotel Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 6

BLAYNEY, Monday.--On Saturday night about 10.30 Mr. Patterson's hotel was burned to the ground. The place was composed of wood, and all attempts to stay the flames were futile…

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Angel Hotel Burglary

Evening News · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 6

Detectives Roche and Brown arrested a man in Hunter-street in connection with the recent burglary at the Angel Hotel, in Pitt-street…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 August 1899 · page 7

The usual weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the Bench consisting of Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S.M. (chairman), F. W. Edwards, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M. The following…

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The Stepney Hotel. an Equity Suit

Evening News · Thursday 10 August 1899 · page 3

The hearing of a suit in which Messrs. Tooth and Company, Limited, were the plaintiffs, and Samuel Parkes the defendant, was commenced in Equity Jurisdiction, before Mr. Justice Walker,…

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