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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1902

1,166 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 59

Hotel Cases

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 8

At Balmain Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., James, Baker, licensee of the Tattersall's Hotel, Weston-road, Balmain, was charged with Sunday…

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Selling Liquor Without a License. in an Oyster Saloon. a Heavy Fine Imposed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., a Greek named Leonidas Aronis (18) a waiter, was proceeded against on a charge of selling a bottle of stout at 136…

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With the Cricketers in London. a Budget of Incidents. Inns of Court Hotel, London, May 2

The Australian Star · Friday 6 June 1902 · page 5

At the time this letter is written two days will elapse before the first match of the tour is started. By the time it is published in Australia my readers will have judged…

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Glebe Hotel Case

The Australian Star · Friday 6 June 1902 · page 7

A Royal Commission sat recently to hear a charge brought by the landlady of a hotel at the Glebe against Senior-sergeant. Hogg, the officer in charge of the Globe Police Station and the sub-inspector under the Licensing…

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The New English Licensing Bill. the Australian Wine Trade and Clause 8

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 June 1902 · page 7

Clause 8 of the Licensing Bill, prepared and brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Ritchle, the Attorney-General, and Mr. Jesse Collings, with a view to amend…

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Extension of Tattersall's Hotel. an Objectionable Practice Stopped

Watchman · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 8

This case, which has aroused considerable interest among temperance reformers, came on before the Full Court on Friday, 16th May. Mr. B. R. Wise, K.C., and Mr. F. S. Boyce…

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Hotel and Caterers' Employees' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 14

The fortnightly meeting of the Hotel, Club, Restaurant, and Caterers' Employees' Union was held on Thursday night at 61 Druitt-street. The president (Mr. Arthur Hyde) occupied the chair, and…

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Extension of Tattersall's Hotel. an Objectional Practice Stopped

The Methodist · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 1

This case which has roused considerable interest among temperance reformers, came on before the full court on Friday, 16th May. Mr. B. R. Wise,…

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A Glebe Licensing Case. Sub-Inspector Hogg Exonerated

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 11

The report of the Royal Commission appointed recently to inquire into the charge brought against Senior-Sergeant Hogg, in charge of the Glebe Police Station, and a…

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Hotel Cases

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 11

In the summons division of the Newtown Police Court yesterday, James Smith, licensee of the White House Hotel, Cook's River-road, was fined £1, with 5s 6d costs, for not…

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Hotel Employees' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 4

At a meeting of the Hotel, Club. Restaurant, and Caterers' Employees Union, on Thursday, the proposed compromise suggested at a conference with a section of the employers was discussed…

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Big Hotel Robbery. Returned Soldiers' Pay Stolen

Evening News · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 4

The police have been informed of a robbery which is said to have been committed on Saturday evening, at the Black Swan Hotel, George-street, Haymarket. The total value of the…

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Hotel, Club, Restaurant and Caterers' Employees' Union

The Australian Star · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 7

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above union, was held last Thursday night at the rooms, 61 Druitt-street. There was a large attendance of members, the president, Mr…

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Soldiers Robbed. Contingenters Lose £150. At a City Hotel

The Australian Star · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 5

Mrs, Eliza Burkitt, licensee of the Black Swan Hotel, George-street South, city has reported to the police that a robbery took place at her hotel between 7 p.m. and 8.30…

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 June 1902 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph

The Licensing Court sat yesterday, the bench being occupied by Messrs. Smithers, S.M., Wilshire, S.M., and Payten, S.M. The fallowing transfers of publicans' licenses…

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Robbery at an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1902 · page 5

Mrs. Eliza Burkitt, Licensee of the Bluck Swa[?] Hotel, George-street South, has reported to the police that a robbery was committed at her [?] between 7 and 8.30 p.m. on Saturday, jewellery and…

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Robbery in a Hotel

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 June 1902 · page 2

"Do you want any chairs screwed up?" said a man named Ernest White, a cabinet-maker, to Mr. Power, licensee of the Victoria Hotel, George-street, on the 27th ultimo. Sulisequently an agreement was come to, and…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 June 1902 · page 6

WARREN, Monday.--The Ravenswood Hotel, owner John Colley, and licensee Richard Barlow, was totally destroyed, with its contents, by fire early this morning. It was a wooden building,…

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