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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1904

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Jap and Muscovite. Meet in a City Hotel. and Discuss War

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 5

A Japanese and a Russian, both old colonists, met a day or two ago in well-known [?]otel in the eastern suburbs. War and nu[?]bing but was was discussed…

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South Maitland Coalfield. Applications for Publicans' Cond1tional. Licenses. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 7

At the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day three appeieations were lodged for publicans' conditional licensos for premises to [?] erected at Waston, in the South Maitland coalSeld, but no…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 8

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, the presiding magistrate being Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S. M., W. M. Macfarlane, S. M., and J. L, King, D. S. M. Applications for renewals of…

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Newcastle. Licensed Victuallers' Association. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Newcastle branch of the U.L.V.A. was held this afternoon, Mr. C. Hawken, the newly-elected president, occupying the chair. Among the visitors present were Mr. J. B. Sutton,…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday the presiding magistrates being Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., and Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M. An application for the…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Newcastle branch of the New South Wales Licensed Victuallers' Association was held yesterday in the Hall of Commerce. Messrs. J. B. Sutton (president),…

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Assault on a Hotelkeeper

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 8

At the Newtown Court, George Waugh (23), carter; William Greenwood (23), carter; and George Morris (25), laborer, were charged with having assaulted Frederick. Christian Willick, at Arncliffe, on December 24 last; also…

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Licensed Vanmens' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 6

At the half-yearly meeting of the above union the following officers were elected for the ensuigg six mouths:—President, Mr. Richard Roach; vice-president, Mr. E. Cook; secretary, Mr. W. Shying;…

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Licensed Vanmen's Union

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 7

At the half-yearly meeting of the Licensed Varmen's Union the following, officers were elected for the ensuing six months:--President, Mr. Richard Roach; vice-president. Mr…

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The Metropolitan Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 4

In order to remove any misapprehension which may exist we have been asked to state that the change in the ownership of the freehold of the Metropolitan Hotel, King and Castlereagh…

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Money in First-class Hotels

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 17

NOTWITHSTANDING the poor report from hotels generally there is still good money in first-class well-conducted houses, and there are instances of splendid successes…

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Three Toughs. Heavily Fined for Brutally Assaulting a Publican

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 3

One of the most unpleasant and unprofitable Christmas spress was that indulged in by three Newtown men, who set out to make things merry at the…

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Fire at Gunnedah. Hotel Sheds Destroyed a Useless Fire Engine

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 5

GUNNED AH, Monday.— A fire broke out yesterday at Clemesha's Imperial Hotel, destroying a horsebox, a cartshed, and a storeroom, together with the contents. The weather was…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, the presiding, magistrates being Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S. M., F.S. Isaacs, S. M., and W.M. Macfarlane, S. M. Applications for transfers…

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Licensing Second-hand Dealers

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 8

The much-discussed subject of the necessity for licensing dealers in second-hand goods came up for discussion at the Annandale Council last night, on a motion of Alderman Coyle, inviting…

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The Fire at the Vale Hotel. Verdict of Incendiarism. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 7

The Vale Hotel, Hartley Vale, of which J. B. Monkman is the licensee, was burned down early last Friday morning. An inquest on the fire was held yesterday at Hartley Vale…

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A Publican Charged with Incendiarism

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 82

The Vale Hotel, Hartley Vale, of which J. B. Monkroan is the licensee, was burned down early last Friday morning. An inquest on the fire was held on Monday at Hartley Vale…

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Fire Escapes in Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 8

Incidental to the question of fire escapes in theatres has arisen the question of escapes from big hotels and coffee palaces. Dr. Greswell, Minimum of the Board of Health, says that…

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Application for a Hotel License

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 8

A novel application for a hotel license was made to the Water Licensing Court yesterday by Michael O'Neill, proprietor of premises in Phillip-street, known as the Blue Bell Hotel. It was stated that the licensee of the…

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