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Hotels & licensing, 1902

1,166 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 59

Proposed Cataract Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 December 1902 · page 4

Members of the Water and Sewerage Board are perturbed at the possibility of a license being granted for hotel premises to be erected at the Cataract dam works. When operations are in…

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The State As Publican. a West Australian Experiment

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 December 1902 · page 6

PERTH, Thursday.--The West Australian Government has undertaken to carry out an experiment in the direction of a State monopoly of the liquor traffic. Some time ago the Government was…

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A Reverend Publican

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 8

The Rev J L Kyle, the vicar of Carlton-in-Cleveland, has taken (says the 'Newcastle Chronical') the license of the Fox and Hounds Inn at Carlton, and purchased…

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Current Questions. Publicans as J.P's

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 10

ACCORDING to the Richmond River Times, Ballina rejoices—heaven alone knows why!—at the possession of two J.P's., both of whom were publicans when they…

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Breach of Promise. Action Against a Hotel Keeper

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 18

A young woman, named Annie Scott, a milliner, brought an notion in No. 1 Court, before Mr. Justice Owen and jury, to recover £1000 damages from. Albert Denny for alleged breach…

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Trades and Labour. Hotel and Caterers' Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 8

The Hotel and Caterers 'Employees' Union [?] smoke concert at Her Majesty's Hotel on Friday night. There was a good attendance, and an enjoyable evening was spent. The programme presented…

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Charge Against a Publican. the Analyst's Report. London, Dec. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 7

The inquest on the body of Maud Marsh, a barmaid of a Southwark hotel, whose proprietor, George Chapman, is charged with murdering her, was resumed…

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Stage-struck Boys. Schoolmaster's Opposition to a License

The Australian Star · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 5

The Licensing Committee of the London County Council sat at Clerkenwell Sessions House the other week to deal with theatre, music-hall, music, and dancing licenses north…

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A Publican Charged with Murder. Arsenic in an Exhumed Body

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Morning.--The evidence of the analysts at the trial in London of the Southwark publican named Chapman, on a charge of murdering Maud Marsh, a barmaid in his…

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The Country. Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 7

MOUNT HOPE, Saturday.--Bray's Great Central Hotel, situated at the Central mine, four miles from here, was totally burnt to the ground this morning, the occupants barely escaping…

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The following transfers of publicans licenses were granted by the Central Licensing Bench yesterday: -- Thomas W. Furse to Waiter Rosingrave, Royal Albert Hotel,…

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That Hotel for Cataract

Evening News · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 4

It having been stated that a site had been granted for hotel to be epected at Cataract Dam, an "Evening News" rec[?]ter waited upon the Minister for works to ascertain if it were…

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Crystal Palace Hotel

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 3

Twelve months seem a long span, but it is just that period since a representative of this paper sought out the Festive Fitz at his Crystal Palace Hotel, George-street, with a view…

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Hotel Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 8

In the summons division of the Water Police Court, before Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M., Sub-Inspector M'Donald proceeded against Charles Edward Foulkes, of the Vau[?] Rion Hotel Watson's Bay for having kept his…

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A Liquor License at Cataract Camp. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 6

Sir,--What's all this fuss about us getting a pub. out here? I have worked for many years off public works, and my experience is that where there is no pub. a drink can always…

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The Cataract License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 December 1902 · page 6

Mr. John Hurley asked a number of questions in the Legislative Assembly yesterday in regard to the proposed publichouse or drinking saloon at Cataract, which drew the following explanation…

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Police Courts. Selling Wine Without a License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 December 1902 · page 10

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Donaldson, D.S.M., Joseph Daniels (25), oyster saloon keeper, was charged with selling three bottles of colonial wine at No. 33 King-street without being the holder…

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 8

At the weekly sitting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday, the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:--Kate Glazier, of the Lyceum Hotel, Pitt-street, to James Frazer; Alexander Dunning, of the…

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Hotel for Cataract Dam

Evening News · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 3

It was resolved, at the meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board yesterday, on the motion of Alderman Griffin, seconded by Mr. M'Pherson, to represent to the Minister for Works that the…

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