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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1900

711 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 36

Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 7

The Cental Licensing Court sat yesterday the bench being occupied by Messrs Edwards, S.M. and Penny, L.M. The following applications for publicans' transfers were…

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A Hotel a Shop. Overworking Waiters

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 8

In the summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Mair, S.M., Charles Augustus Bonarius, an inspector under the Early Closing Act, proceeded…

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The Early Closing Act. Hotelkeepers Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 7

In the summons Division of the Water Police Court yesterday afternoon, Inspector Bonarios, of the Department of Labor and Industry, proceeded against Helena Gannon, of Petty's Hotel, on an information charging her…

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A Row in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 3

On Saturday night a party of young men visited Tattersall's Hotel, Parramatta, and commenced a series of practical jokes in one of the rooms, upsetting the furniture, flavoring the water in the carafes with tobacco,…

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Police Courts. Selling Liquor Without a License

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 8

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., Marion Tate (31), was charged with selling two glasses of whisky at 70 Erskine-street, she not being the holder of a license, or a servant or agent of the holder…

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The Rent of an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 8

The hearing of an action brought by Myer Lenthen against Austin Joseph O'Grady to recover £13 17s 6d, claimed to be due for rent, paid by the plaintiff on behalf of the defendant for the Federal Hotel at…

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The Early Closing Act. Hotel-keepers Summoned

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 3

At the summons division of the "Water PoliceCourt on Monday Inspector Bonarius, of the Department of Labor and Industry, proceeded, against Helena Gennon, of Petty's Hotel, on an…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. F. W. Edwards granted an application, postponed from the previous day, by Thomas Fi[?]n, for the transfer of his license for the Botany Bay Hotel,…

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Publican's Transfer

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 6

Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., in his capacity of licensing magistrate, yesterday granted the transfer of the license of the Botany Bay Hotel, Botany, from Thomas Finnan to Augustus…

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Fumigation of Licensed Vehicles. The Transit Board Take Action

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 5

At to-day's meeting of the Transit Board the Registrar reported that one of the cases of plague reported on Monday last was the son of a licensed cabman, who usually worked…

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Sale of a Hotel Prevented. Rights of Next of Kin As Against Administrators

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 10

KELLY V. J. T. AND J. TOOHEY AND ANOTHER. Judgment was delivered by the Full Court in the appeal by the defendant company in the Equity suit Kelly and others v. J. T. and J. Toohey, Limited, and…

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The Kent of an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 10

The hearing of an action brought by Myer Lenthen against Austin Joseph O'Grady to recover £43 17s 6d, claimed to be due for rent, paid by the plaintiff on behalf of the defendant, for the Federal Hotel at…

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Water Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph

Messrs. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M., occupied the bench at the Water Licensing Court yesterday, and granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses:--Richard…

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A Hotel Mystery. Sudden Death of an Aged Woman. Reported Plunder of Premises

The Australian Star · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 5

The circumstances under which the body of an elderly widowed woman named Mary Murphy was discovered at about half-past 11 last night, gave rise to a suspicion that foul play…

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Mysterious Death at a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 6

The death of an elderly woman named Mary Murphy (aged 60), under exceedingly strange circumstances, was reported to the Newtown police at midnight last night…

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The Mystery of an Hotel. Proprietress Found Dead in the Bar. the Hotel Ransacked by Robbers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 5

At an early hour this morning further light was thrown on the mysterious death of an elderly woman named Mary Murphy, whose body, as reported in an earlier edition, was found by two…

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The Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 6

At the Newcastle Licensing Court to-day transfers of publicans' licenses were granted from Edward Charles Smith, of the Victoria Theatre Hotel, Perkin-street, to John M'Clean; from James Miller…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 7

An adjourned meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the Bench consisting of Messrs. F. S. Isaacs, S.M. (chairman), and F. Penny, L.M. The court granted a transfer of a publican's…

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