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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1903

948 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 48

In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, Chief Judge.) Dispute About a Hotel License. Griffiths and another v. Luck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 11

Mr. G. E. Rich, instructed by Mr. H.C.E. Rich, appeared for the plaintiffs, Thomas Henry Griffiths and Annie Jane Griffiths, his wife. The defendants, Albert Luck and Mary Mulholland, were…

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The Nepean Times. Saturday, May, 9, 1908. Local and General a Drive to Irrigation Hotel, Mulgoa.*

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 4

A Grand Social is billed to take place in the Temperance Hall on Wednesday evening next, proceeds in aid of the B.C. Church. Music is to be supplied by J E White's orchestra, and prices are…

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A Campbelltown Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 3

On the application of Mr. G. E. Rich (instructed by Mr. H. C. Rich), on behalf of Thos. Henry Grif­fiths and his wife, Annie Jane Griffiths, the Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson)…

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A Hotel Affair

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 8

Mr. Rich, instructed by Mr. H. C. E. Rich, for the plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths, who claimed to be the owners of the Commonwealth Hotel, Campbelltown, moved, in the…

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Temperance Reformers As Publicans. the Trust Movement in England. How It Is Viewed by Prominent Men

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 12

Temperance reformers all the world over are watching with interest the progress of the movement started by the Bishop of Cheater and Lord Grey in England for the acquisition of public…

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Dispute About an Hotel. Griffiths and Another V. Luck and Another

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 18

In the Equity Court, before the Chief Judge, an injunction application was made in respect of the Commonwealth Hotel at Campbelltown. Mr. G. E. Rich, instructed by Mr. H. C. E…

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Transfer of License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 4

At the Parramatta Court on Friday, the license of the Royal Hotel, Granville, was transferred from Michael Bourke to F. C. Denny. The S.M. said that the house had a good…

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A Really Royal Hotel. Cost Three Millions

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 May 1903 · page 3

In a book on "Millionaires and Kings of Enterprise," Mr. James Burnley tells something about Mr. George C. Boldt, the king of hotelkeepers, and his Waldorf—Astoria,…

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Juvenile Financing. How Small Boys are Encouraged to Thieve by the Laxity of Licensed Pawnbrokers

Truth · Sunday 10 May 1903 · page 8

Youngsters scarcely out of their pinn[?]es appear to enjoy all toe rights and privileges of adults in this city, and a pretty condition of affairs is being brought…

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Theft in a Hotel. a Prominent Actress Jewellery

Evening News · Monday 11 May 1903 · page 5

William Austin, alias Frank Thompson, alias William Stanley, alias Irwin, alias Henry Williams, 37, labourer, was, before Mr Wilshire, S.M., at the Water Police Court, to-day, on a…

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Central Licensing Business

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 7

Messrs. G. H. Smithers and F. S. Isaacs, S.M.'s, and A. N. Barnett, L.M., occupied the bench at the Central Police Licensing Court yesterday. A publican's license was…

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Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The following transfers of publicans' license were granted at the Central Licensing Court yesterday:--Geo N. Palmer to William Brady, Reviver Hotel. Camperdown: Charles F. Bradley to John Griffiths, Willow Tree Hotel,…

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Proposed Hotel for Newtown. Application for Conditional License Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 3

The adjourned application of Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Bohrsmann for a conditional licence for premises to be erected at the corner of King-street (Cook's River-road) and Dickson-street; Newtown, was further considered by…

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The Country. for Selling Wine Without a License

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 3

WINDSOR, Saturday.--At Windsor Police Court yesterday Kezlah Mawson appeared to answer a charge of selling colonial wine without being the holder of a license. She pleased guilty, and her…

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Robbery at an Hotel. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 3

Bray's George Hotel was entered by burglars before daylight. The robbers gamed an entrance by breaking a back window. They wrenched the cash register from the bar counter, and took it into the…

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Hotel Robbery. Albury

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 6

A daring burglary took place at Bray's Hotel this morning. The thieves went for the cash register, and took it to the market reserve, where it was broken open. They were…

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Police Courts. Alleged Theft From an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 8

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. B. H. Wilshire, S.M., William Austin, alias Frank Thompson, alias Win. Stanley, alias Irwin, alias Henry. Williams (37). laborer, was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 5

At the Licensing Court to-day the following transfers of Publicans' licenses were granted: JOhn M'Mohan to Samuel A. Hewitt, GAs Hotel, Kent-streeet, Sydney, Anthony Keogh…

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A Hotel Destroyed

Evening News · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 4

NEVERTIRE, Wednesday Morning.—G.Stewart's Ingar Hotel was totally destroyed by fire last night. The adjoining premises were saved with difficulty…

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