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Hotels & licensing, 1901

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. Edwards and Isaacs, S.Ms., and K. Penny, L.M., the following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses were agreed to:—Executors, &c.,…

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Strange Cask at Manly. Attempt to Burn Down a Hotel. Inquest and Verdict

Evening News · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 7

The City Coroner held an inquest at Manly on Monday afternoon relating to a fire which occurred last Thursday evening at the Grand Pier Hotel…

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Full Court Judgments a Licensing Appeal

Evening News · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 4

The Full Court to-day delivered Judgment on the application on behalf of Mark Cann to make absolute a rule by which Judge Murray, chairman of the quarter sessions, and the Rev. William…

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A Licensing Problem. Judgment of the Full Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 5

The Full Court delivered judgment to -day in the case of Mark Cann (the Rev. William Wall and another respondents). The applicant some time ago applied for a conditional…

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Grand Pier Hotel Fire. Evidence at the Inquest. Verdict of Arson

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 8

An inquest was conducted by the City Coroner yesterday into the circumstances surrounding an outbreak of fire which occurred in a bedroom at the Grand Pier Hotel, Manly, on Wednesday night…

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Hotel License Case. the Right of Objection. Decision by the Full Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 10

The Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Stephen and Mr. Justice Cohen yesterday decided an important case under the Licensing Act. The case was one in which an application on behalf of…

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Fire at Bourke. a Hotel Destroyed

Evening News · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 6

BOURKE. Tuesday.—A fire occurred at 4 o'clock this morning at Stibbard's Shakespeare Hotel. T[?] whole of the premises, including outhouses, billiard room and shop adjoining, were gutted. The…

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Her Majesty's Hotel Shooting Case. Another Postponement

Evening News · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 4

The shooting affair at Her Majesty's Hotel was again mentioned at the Central Police Court to-day, when Mr. J. V. Tillett, of the Crown Law Department, asked that the name of John Beale…

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The Traffic Act. Licensing of Tip- Drays. Report by the Traffic Superintendent

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 5

Some time ago Mr. P. H. Sullivan, M.L.A., questioned the Premier in the Assembly as to the intentions of the Government respecting the exclusion of tip- drays from the…

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The Hotel Shooting Case. Beale Again Remanded

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 5

John Beale, 24, labourer, appeared on remand at the remanded at the Central Police Court this morning charged with shooting Alice M'Carthy; barmaid at Her Majesty's Hotel, Pitt- street,…

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Employment of Barmaids. The Age Limit Question. A Publican's Opinion. No. II

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 5

A prominent member of the Licensed Victuallers' Association was inclined to treat lightly the question of the employment of barmaids, or the limitation of age to forty…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

At the Water Licensing Court yesterday, the transfer of the following license was granted:—John Judah Barnett to James Murphy, for the Royal Hotel, Glenmore-road, Paddington…

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Hotel Robberies. Accused Committed for Trial

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 7

A seaman named Paul von Bergen, who was arrested in Queensland, was presented at the Water Court yesterday on a charge of breaking and entering the dwelling- house…

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Girls Selling Flowers in Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 6

The flower-girl question was again brought up in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon by Mr. W. F. Hurley, on behalf of Mr. Nelson. Mr. See was asked whether in view of his answer…

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Theatre Royal Hotel Robbery. Accused Before the Court. Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 4

A German seaman named Paul Von Bergin, 24, was charged at the Water Police Court, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., yesterday, with breaking into the dwelling-house of John Barclay Sutton,…

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The Hotel Shooting Case

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 4

John Beale (24) laborer, was again before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., at the Central Court yesterday, on a charge of feloniously shooting Alice M'Carthy, with intent to murder, on July 22, 1901…

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A Hotel Manager Robbed. His Watch and Chain Snatched. a Man Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 8

A horsetrainer named Henry Minehan, 26 years of ago, was charged before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday, with, in company, assaulting Oscar Arkmann, manager…

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Registry Offices. Proposed Legislation. Registration and License Fees

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 5

The question of providing for the official supervision of registry offices throughout the State, with the object of protecting the interests of employers of labour and the…

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