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Hotels & licensing, 1903

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Hotel Willoughby

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 36

This hotel is situated in one of the most charming and attractive suburbs of Sydney. In close proximity to the city by train and tram, its surroundings might be that of…

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Novel Charge Against a Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 14

At the Newtown Court. Carl Christensen, licensee of the Pulteney Hotel, Cook's River, was summoned for permitting liquor to be consumed in the bar of his promises on Sunday, August 9th. The information was…

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Personalities. Princess As Hotelkeeper

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 12

THE Princess Gertrude Auguste Luise, of the House of Y[?]enburg and Budingen in Wachterabach, who has just taken to…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, Augu3t 19. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.m.) Playing Dice-a Publican Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 11

E. J. Powell, licensee of the Baulkham Hills Hotel, pleaded guilty to a charge that he did suffer to be carried on in his licensed premises a certain unlawful game,…

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Commotion in a Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 25 August 1903 · page 7

In the Central Summons Court, Frederick Neville appeared, on the information of Mary Sarah Cuthbert, charging him with having, in company with another, assaulted her…

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An Hotel Broken Into. Inmates Assaulted. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 August 1903 · page 5

An outrage was committed at Roberts's Halfway Hotel on Barmedman-road late on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning. A number of men tried to effect an entrance…

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A Publican Fined

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 August 1903 · page 6

Charles Ernest Beauvais, licensee of the Riverside Hotel, Marrickville, was charged in the summons division of the Newtown Police Court yesterday with having permitted liquor…

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A Publican Heavily Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 August 1903 · page 8

Charles Ernest Beauwais the license of the Riverside Hotel, Marrickville, appeared, in answer to a summons, at the Newtown Police Court, charged with permitting liquor to be consumed on his licensed promises by…

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Licensed Registry Offices. Regulating the Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 5

Mr. ANDERSON moved the Second reading of the Servants' Registry Bill. He did not explain its provisions. Mr. J. FITZPATRICK thought that the House…

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Stage Carriages. Provision for a General License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 5

Mr. NIELSEN, in moving the second reading of the Stage Carriages Act Amendment Bill, explained that the original Act was passed in 1835, and was amended in some particulars in…

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Auctioneers' Licenses on the Border

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 9

ALBURY, Tuesday.--Although licenses to sell in this State were granted by the Albury bench to two Wodonga auctioneering firms about a month ago, up to the present no licenses have…

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A Licensing Objection

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 August 1903 · page 7

'A matter concerning a hotelkeeper's license at West Wallsend was before Mr. Justice Owen and Mr. Justice Pring in Banco yesterday. The application was on behalf of John…

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Hotel License Case. the Right of Appeal. What Constitutes an "Objector."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 August 1903 · page 8

The question as to what entitles a person to appeal against the granting of a hotel [?]se was before Mr. Justice Owen and Mr. Justice Pring in the Full Court…

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A Licensing Appeal

Evening News · Thursday 27 August 1903 · page 5

In the application made to Mr. Justice Owen and Mr. Justice Pring, in Banco, on behalf of John Denis Thomas, of Wallsend. to make absolute a rule by which Judge Fitzhardinge,…

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Hotel Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 August 1903 · page 3

Information has been supplied to the police that on Tuesday evening about £70 was stolen from a cash-box in an upstairs bedroom of Hughes's Family Hotel, Milson's Point, kept by Mr. Cornelius O'H[?]a…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 7

Messrs. F. [?] Isaa[?] S.M., C.N. Payt[?] S.M., and A. N. Barnett, L.M., occupied the bench at the Water Licensing Court on Wednesday. A transfer of a publican's license was granted from Dominic Joseph T[?] to Joseph…

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Hotel License Case. the Right of Appeal. What Constitutes an "Objector."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 8

The question as to what entitles a person to appeal against the granting of an hotel license was before Mr. Justice Owen and Mr. Justice Pring in the Full Court…

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A Licensing Appeal

The Australian Star · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 7

An application was made to Mr. Justice Owen and Mr. Justice Pring yesterday on behalf of John Denis Thomas to make absolute a rule n[?]si calling upon Judge Fitzharding,…

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Burglars in a Hotel. Jobbery of Nearly £300

Evening News · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Friday.—A daring robbery took place at the Willyama Hotel last night. Burglars are said to have effected an entrance by breaking open a window at the rear of the…

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The Country. a Hotel Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 10

GILGANDRA, Friday.--James Smith Jenkins, Mrs. Jenkins, and Joshua Cowell were committed for trial this morning for maliciously setting fire to the Telegraph Hotel, Gilgandra, on July 13…

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