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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1902

1,166 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 59

Licensing Insurance Companies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 7

In connection with the new Stamp Act, which comes into force next month, legal opinion has been given that any agent acting for a marine insurance company not registered in the colony…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., Mr. Donaldson, D.S.M. and Mr. Barnett, L.M., at the Water Licensing Court yesterday, the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Arthur Payne to…

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Proposed New Hotel for Waverley. an Application Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 8

An application by Herbert Henry Tween for a conditional publican's license for premises proposed to be erected at the corner of Macpherson and Lugar streets, Waverley, way heard by Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M…

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Robbery From an Hotel. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 11

Mr. F. King, proprietor of Goonambil Hotel, Overton, was robbed of £70 during Saturday night. The money, which consisted of cheques, notes, gold, and silver, was kept in a cashbox…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 7

Messrs. Isaacs, S.M.,, Donaldson, D.S.M., and Barnett, M.L.B., presided at the Licensing Court, held at the Water Police Court, yesterday afternoon. The license of Baden…

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Police Courts. an Alleged Assault. a Publican Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 8

John Purdon, licensee of the Australian Hotel, Elizabeth and Wexford streets, was charged at the Central Court, before Mr. Payten, S.M., yesterday, with having assaulted Thomas Kirwan on October 1, occasioning him…

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Shah's Trip Expensive. His Majesty's Hotel Bill in Pabis £2400 a Day

The World's News · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 29

The Shah's purchases in the French capital, says the Paris correspondent of "The Times," included arms, musical instruments, poultry, animals, clothes, and furniture…

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Renovation of Wentworth Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 October 1902 · page 2

The favorite old house on Church Hill has been considerably improved since the advent to management of Mrs. Maclurean, authoress of the well-known cookery book…

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Cables. His License Withdrawn

The Australian Star · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 6

LONDON, Friday.--The English Jockey Club has withdrawn the license of the American jockey John Rieff, in pursuance of similar action recently taken by the French…

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American Jockey's License Withdrawn

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Evening.--The English Jockey Club has withdrawn the license of John Reiff, the American jockey, in pursuance of the action taken by the French Jockey Club…

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"Draw Poker" in a Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 3

The Acting Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Simpson had before them in Banco yesterday an application by William Little, of Bombala, licensed publican, for a writ of prohibition to restrain…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 7

The weekly sitting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday before Mr. C. N. Payton, S.M., chairman, Mr. L. S. Donaldson, D.S.M., and Mr. John L. King, L.M…

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Suicide in a City Hotel. a "Commercial" Shoots Himself

Evening News · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 4

What appears to have been a determined suicide took place this morning at Usher's Hotel, at the corner of King and Castlereagh streets. City, when a well-known traveller for a firm of wine…

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A Sydney Tragedy. Shot Through the Head at the Metropolitan Hotel

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 5

A sensational incident occurred at the Metropolitan Hotel, King and Castlereagh streets, about half-past 8 this morning. A commercial traveller named William Webb…

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"Draw Poker." a Hotelkeeper's Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 8

An appeal from a conviction for permitting a game of cards known as draw poker to be played in his hotel was made to the Full Court on behalf of William Little, of Bombala. At the local…

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New Hotels The Age of Reconstruction

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 October 1902 · page 7

The present is an ago of renovation in the matter of hotels in Sydney and suburbs. During the last two. years most of the old hotels have disappeared, or are fast…

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"Draw Poker." a Hotelkeeper's Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 October 1902 · page 10

An appeal from a conviction for permitting a game of cards known as draw poker to be played in his hotel was made to the Full Court on behalf of "William Little, of Bombala. At the local…

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Death off a Publican

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1902 · page 2

Mr. G. Vincent, of the Railway Hotel, Liverpool, died late on Friday night last, after an illncss extending over six months. He leaves a widow and family of three daughters and…

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The Clyde Licensing Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1902 · page 2

A good deal of interest was taken by Granville people on Monday, on the resumption of the mutter (before the Parramatta Licensing Bench) of the adjourned application by Mrs…

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