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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1904

963 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 49

The Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 2

The curious nature of the decisions of licensing courts is again attracting attention. In one…

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Hotel Rules

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 2

A recent visitor to Adelaide secured the following card, which shows that the holy city of Adelaide' enjoys a bit of fan as much as any other place:—…

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More About Man and Monkeys. a Scientific Dose of Salts and Senna. Pictorial Pills from Cole's "Monkeyland." Men. Monkeys. Hotel Metropole. (To the Editor.)

Truth · Sunday 13 March 1904 · page 1

Sir,—While in sydney attending the Methodist conference your paper with your article, "Man and the Monkey," war brought under my notice. I read it with mixed feelings of impatience and d[?]gurst…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 7

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., the following business was transacted:—Transfers were granted from Henry C. Wortley to Harrie A. Nightingale, for the Carlsle…

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Down a Lift Well. The Hotel Arcadia Accident Appeal to the High Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 5

With much less ceremonial than that by which its first visit to Sydney was marked the High Court this morning commenced its sittings at Darlinghurst. The Bench was…

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City Publicans. Why Don't They Pay Rates? City Treasurer Complains

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 6

The city treasurer, Mr. S. H. Solomon, in his annual report, states:-- "In respect to the general city rate collection, I find that notwithstanding the outcry…

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Rag-pickers' Licenses. Safeguarding Public Health

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 3

Special attention is being paid to the rag gathering industry, with a view to safeguarding the public health. Under the regulations it is difficult for rag-pickers to follow their…

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City Ratepayers in Arrears. Publicans the Worst Sinners. "An Old Man of the Sea."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 3

Mr. S. H. Solomon, city treasurer, has presented a comprehensive report dealing with the city finances for the year 1903. After detailing the difficulties surrounding the…

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Law Report. TUESDAY.—March 15. High Court of Australia. (Before Chief Justice Griffith, Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice O'Connor.) Liabilty of Hotelkeepers. a Lift Accident. Mountney v Smith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 7

Mr. L. Armstrong, instructed by Messrs Lewis Levy and Fulton, appeared for the plaintiff (appellant), and moved to set aside a rule of the Supreme Court of New South…

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Paddy King in the West. His Hotel Business and Boxing Hall. Matches With Jessop and Hegarty

Referee · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 7

Paddy King sends word along that he is doing famously in the West, and fit the least he will put in twelve months in the lands of sin, sweat, and sorrow (writes our…

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Law. Tuesday, March 15. Accident in an Hotel. Appeal to the High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 8

An appeal was heard in the High Court, before the Chief Justice, Justice Sir Edmund Barton, and Justice H. E. O'Connor, from a decision of the Slate Full Court in the ease of Mountney…

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The Licensed Victuallers' Challenge. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 3

Sir,--The licensed victuallers have thrown down a challenge not only to the temperance party, but to the general elector, and it remains to bo seen if this challenge will be at once…

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The Poor Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 6

No doubt a mild sensation was caused by the publication yesterday of the report in which Hie City Treasurer graphically depicted the pathetic struggles of Sydney…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1904 · page 4

A the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday, the following transfers of publicans licenses were made:—Annie Roles, administration in the estate of the late John Phillip Roles, to Annie…

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Hotelbroker in Trouble. Chaege of Conspiracy. Accused Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1904 · page 4

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., the hearing of the charge was continued against Richard Francis Stephens, 30, compositor, and Arthur…

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Hotelkeepers' Liability. Fall Down a Lift Well. Appeal to the High Court' Sustained

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 March 1904 · page 5

The High Court this morning delivered its reserved judgment in the appeal of John, Mountney from a rule of the New South Wales Supreme Court granting a new trial…

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Down a Lift Well. The Liability of Hotelkeepers

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 March 1904 · page 6

The liability of hotelkeepers was further argued before the High Court yesterday in the case in which John Mountney is appealing from a judgment of the Supreme Court…

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Duties of Hotelkeepers. Appeal Against Full Court Decision. Upheld by the High Court. Jury's Verdict for £300 Restored

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 8

Judgment was delivered by the High Court in the case in which John Mountney was the plaintiff in an action against James Joynton Smith, the Stale Full Court having set…

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Hotel Mystery. £12,000 Stolen

The World's News · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 6

A remarkable mystery in connection with the disappearance of £12,000 in Bank of England notes, is occupying the attention of Scotland Yard's best detectives. The facts of the story…

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Why Publicans Cannot Pay Their Rates. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 10

Sir,--Regarding your comments in sub-leader, March 16, why publicans cannot pay their rates, let me give you a few reasons. Owing to the fierce competition of breweries…

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