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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1902

1,166 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 59

A Wynyard-square License. Application Refused

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 3

At the adjourned quarterly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday the application of Catherine Mary Hartley for a conditional publican's license for a house in…

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Proposed New Hotel in Wynyard-square. Application for a Conditional License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 4

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the Bench consisting of Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S.M. (chairman), W. M. Macfarlane, D.S.M., and J. L. King, D.S.M…

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New Hotel for Wynyard Square. Licence Refused

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 2

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held on Tuesday, when the Sheering of the application of Catherine Mary Hartley for a conditional publican's licence for a…

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The New Parramatta Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 2

Good progress is being made by Mr. Walter Ives, the contractor, with the work in connection with the erection of the new, big hotel, next to Mobbs and Hunt's office, Argyle-street,…

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Proposed Hotel for Burwood. Application Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 8

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. Smithers (Chairman), Payten, and M'Farlane, S.Ms., and A.N. Barnett, L.M., an application was mode by Angelo Arditto for a new publican's license for premises proposed…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the Bench cousisting of Messrs. W. M. Macfarlane, D.S.M. (chairman), J. L. King, D.S.M. and Barnett, L.M. The application of…

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Gambling in Hotels. Liability of Licensees

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 8

A case involving the question of the liability of a licensee in respect of gaming carried on in his hotel in his absence was before Mr. Justice Owen in Chambers…

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Proposed New Hotel. Application Refused

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 3

The Central Licensing Court sat yesterday, the Bench being occupied by Messrs. Smithers, S.M. (presiding); Payten, S.M., and Macfarlane, D.S.M., and Mr. A. N. Burnett, L.M…

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A Publican's Responsibility. For the Act of a Servant

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 6

When gaming is carried on in a hotel during the absence of the landlord, is the latter responsible for the connivance of the servant whom he has left in charge of the…

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A Publican's Responsibility. Supreme Court Decision

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 8

His Honor Mr. Justice Owen had before him for consideration in Chambers yesterday a special case, stated by Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M., of Lismore, and Messrs. J. Barrie and G. T. F. Butler,…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 6

The usual weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, Mr. W. Macfarlane, D.S.M., presiding. An application from James De Mery to transfer the…

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Accident in a Hotel

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 5

Jack Harris, aged 23, who resides at the Paragon Hotel, Circular Quay, where he is employed as a generally useful, was opening a bottle in the hotel early tills morning, when…

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A Leichhardt License. Proposed New Hotel

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 8

Before the Central Licensing Court yesterday (Messrs. Smithers, S.M., Payten, S.M., and Wilshire, S.M.), the application of Charles Patrick Dwyer, of Annandale, to…

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Police Courts. Drunkenness on Licensed Premises

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 8

At the Redfern Court, before Mr. Payten, S.M., Robert M'Adam Brown, then licensee of the Bellevue Hotel, Regent-street, Redfern, was convicted upon a charge of having, on the 18th inst., knowingly permitted a drunken…

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Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 10

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted by Messrs. Smithers, Edwards, and Wilshire, S.Ms., at yesterday's sitting of the Central Licensing Court:--Mary Griffin to Thomas Woolley, Trades Union…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 6

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday, the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted: Mary Griffin to Thos. Woolley, Trades Union Hotel, Harbor-street, Darling Harbor;…

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Hotel Robber

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 4

The police were this morning informed that thieves had broken into the Standard Hotel, Cooper-street, Surry Hills, during the night, and stolen spirits, etc., to the value of about £10 from…

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Transfer of Licenses

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 6

In the Licensing Division of the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards. S.M., the following transfers were granted:-- From Mary Griffin to Thomas Woolley, Trades…

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Brewers' Licenses. Federal or State Authority? an Interesting Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 7

WALGETT, Tuesday.--A case of considerable importance to brewers was before the local police-court this morning, when A. E. P. Skinner, the proprietor of the Castlemaine Brewery, Walgett,…

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London Hotel Fire

The Australian Star · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 5

The Queen's Hotel at South sea was burned on December 9. Forty of the guests escaped from the building in their night clothes. Two chambermaids employed in the hotel…

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