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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1902

1,166 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 59

The Crime of the Year. Work of the Police. the Licensing Laws and Sunday Trading

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 7

An interesting record of the work done by the police during the year 1901 is given in Inspector-General Fosbery's annual report. During the year 173 appointments (foot and…

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The Licensing Bill

Evening News · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 5

LONDON, June 18.—In the House of Commons last night the Licensing Bill was considered in committee. An amendment was proposed making it compulsory for publicans…

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Country News. Explosion at an Hotel. Maclean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 4

About 12 o'clock last night a dynamite outrage Occurred at Mr. M. Lynch's Comopolitan Hotel. The family were in bed, when a loud explosion occurred in the cellar below the bar. Upon…

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The Licensing Bill. London, June 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

In the House of Commons last night the Licensing Bill was considered in committee. An amondment was proposed making it compulsory for publicans to supply…

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Suicide in a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 8

A magisterial inquiry was held at the Coroner's Court yesterday into the circumstances attending the death of a bookmaker named George "William Mahon, who was found in a bedroom at…

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Explosion at an Hotel. Dynamite Employed. a Mysterious Outrage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 4

MACLEAN, Wednesday.--An attempt was made last night to wreck Lynch's Cosmopolitan Hotel by means of dynamite. The inmates and neighbors were startled about…

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Imperial Parliament. the Licensing Bill. an Amendment Negatived

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--In the House of Commons yesterday an amendment to the Licensing Bill, drafted with a view to compelling publicans of supply nou-intoxcants…

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Hotel Case

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 8

At the Water Summons Court Charles Goldsmith Licensee of the Royal Oak Hotel Erskine--street, was fined £2 and costs, or 14 days' imprisonment, for selling liquor on Sunday, the 8th June…

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Robbery From a "Rocks" Hotel

Evening News · Friday 20 June 1902 · page 4

Mr. James Murray, licensee of the Australia Hotel, Cumberland-street, has informed the police of the robbery of a cashbox from a shelf in his bar-room. The box, which was taken some…

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Guard at the Hotel Cecil

Evening News · Friday 20 June 1902 · page 5

LONDON, June 19.—The Australian Con­tingent for the Coronation which arrived by the Rome supplied the guard for sentry at the Hotel Cecil, the residence of the…

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Guard at the Hotel Cecil. London, June 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 June 1902 · page 5

The Australian Contingent for the Coronation supplied the guard for sentry at the Hotel Cecil, the residence of the Colonial Premiers, yesterday…

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Ruffianism in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 June 1902 · page 8

At the Central Court, before mr. payten, S.M., Darpard Faber (27), laborer, was charged by warrant with unlawfully assaulting Peter Miller, licensee of the Willow Tree Hotel, Athlone=place, on june 11; and Sydney Moud (20), dealer, was charged with, in company, assaulting (…

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My Post Bag. Royal Hotel Goulburn

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 29

[?] Dear Playmate,—The game I like best! Well, Playmate, I am afraid if you are young lady that you will look on my letter with…

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The Publicans' Labor League

People · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 1

THE chief wing of the B.L.P. of N.S.W. met the other day and discussed the Belling price of whisky. The purveyors of Bung were…

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Hotels and Coronation Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 10

There is an agitation in certain quarters to close the hotels on Coronation Day. The publicans at Gisborne have agreed to close from 11 till 4 o'clock…

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Damage in a Hotel

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 8

Two young men named James Anderson, 32, tailor, and Thomas Moore, or Ronan, 32, hairdresser, created a disturbance at the Albert Hotel, Yurong and Stanley [?] Thursday, the license for which is held by…

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Hotel Robbery

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 8

A robbery at the Australia Hotel, Cumberland-street, near Miller's Point, city, is reported to have taken place between noon and 9 p.m. on Thursday, when a tin cashbox was taken from a shelf in the bar. The box…

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Robbery From a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 12

Between noon and p.m. on Thursday, over £50 in money was stolen from a cashbox on a shelf in the bar of the Australian Hotel, Cumberland-street. Mr. John Murray, the licensee informed…

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Vereins- und persœnliche Nachrichten. Versammlung in Pfahlerfes Hotel

Deutsch-Australische Post : Wochenschrift = German-Australian Post : Weekly · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 11

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