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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1900

711 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 36

Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star

The Central Licensing Court sat yesterday, Messrs. 0. Delohery, .M, (chairman), Edwards,. S.M., and J. Benny, L.M., presiding. James Duffy was allowed to transfer his publican's license,of the Prince Allfred…

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The Law Re Hotels. Tooth and Co. v. Judgment for Plaintiffs

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 6

The case of Tooth and Co. v. Samuel Parkes was again before Mr. Justice Walker in Equity yesterday. The action was to restrain the defendant…

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Billiards. Four Pins with Two Balls. a "Devil's Pool" Shot by the Australian Champion. the Billiard License Fee. a Proposed Deputation to the Colonial Treasurer — A "Well - read Authority" Taken to Task. And Pars From All Parts

Referee · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 10

The excitement over the war has greatly affected the attendance at billiards contests in London this season. One paper announced that there was a probability of the…

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Brewers and Publicans

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 4

It is not often that a Judge of the Supreme Court feels called upon to recall a Judgment delivered by himself, set it aside, and then pronounce another to an exactly opposite…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held on Wednesday. The following transfers of publicans' licences "were granted:—James Henry Steel to C. F. Cullen, Osborne…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 6

Messrs. Payten and Donaldson, S.Ms., presided at the weekly meeting of the Newcastle Licensing Court held at the City Court-house to-day. The license held by James Wilson, for the Post Office…

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The Licensing Act

The Australian Star · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 4

One of the most extraordinary discoveries on record in the shape of that valuable curio known as a "mare's nest" has just been made by one of our morning contemporaries. With…

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Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees Union

The People and the Collectivist · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 6

To give effect to the resolutions of the mas[?] meeting reported in the last, the first meeting of this body was held at the Sydney…

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Breach of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 12

At the Central Court yesterday, Daniel O'Mullane was fined £3, or 14 days, for baring kept his licensed premises, George-street West, open on Sunday last. Alice Smith for leaving the hotel with liquor in her possession…

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Suicide of an Ex-publican. Frightful Injuries. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 February 1900 · page 7

William Cooney Stanford, 59 years of age, suicided at Hamilton in a most determined manner this evening. The deceased, who was a resident of Melbourne, and a publican…

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Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 8
Also in The Australian Star

The Central Licensing Court sat yesterday, Messrs. Delohery, S.M. (chairman), Payten. D.S.M., and Penny, L.M., presiding. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted--Robert Lindsay to James Holden,…

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The Occidental Hotel. "The Right Place to Stay At."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 4

A little while back one of our staunchest supporters came to Sydney for a trip. When he's at home he's right out in the heart of the back…

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Robbery at a Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 6

At the City Police Court to-day George Freeman, 38, seaman, was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Newcastle Court of Quarter Sessions on a charge of having stelen from the Grand Hotel,…

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Tied Houses. From the Publicans' Standpoint

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 5

Mr. J. J. Power, of the Victoria Hotel, George-street, and president of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, speaking to a "Star" reporter sald: "By their present agreement the…

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Robbery From an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 7

At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., George Freeman (38), described as a seaman, was charged with having at Newcastle, on the 17th February, stolen from…

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