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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1904

963 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 49

Shooting in an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 9

Before Mr. Mac[?]lane, S.M., yesterday at the Water Police Court a man named Edward Peacock, 56. described as a porter, was presented on a charge of unlawfully shooting at Patrick Joseph Costeilo license of the Clipper's…

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"A Strange Lodger." Alleged to Have Stolen From an Hotel

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 11

A labourer, 34 years of age, named John Wilson, was yesterday charged at the Central Police Court with being in the dwellinghouse of William Walsh, Agincourt Hotel…

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British Hotel Reform

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 April 1904 · page 4

The British Government has given effect to the recommendations of a recent Royal Commission in…

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Crowds at the Lloyd Hotel

The Australian Star · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 5

There was a large crowd outside the Lloyd Hotel during the morning, and the murder was the all-absorbing topic. Opinions were much diversified as to the foots leading up…

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Water in the Rum. Botany Publicans Fined

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 5

Police-inspector Hughes (metropolitan licensing inspector) proceeded at the Redfern Police Court to-day against Robert Marshall, licensee of the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany, on an…

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Publicans in Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 7

Inspector Hughes proceeded against half- a-dozen publicans yesterday, in the Central Summons Court, on charges of selling inferior spirits (whisky, rum, and brandy), and…

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Publicans' Transfers

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 7

Messrs. Smithers, Wilshire, and Payten, S.M's., presided at the Central Licensing Court yesterday. The licensee of the Avenue Hotel, Penshurst, was transferred from…

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Wanted an Hotel. a Stockdealer's Experience Crown Case

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 7

Arthur Kingston Moore and Richard Frank Stephens surrendered to their ball at the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday, and were arraigned upon an indictment charging them…

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Licensed Victuallers' Gathering. Banquet to Mr. W. J. Monfries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 3

A banquet was last night tendered in the Town-hall to Mr. W. J. Monfries, on the occasion of his retirement from the secretaryship of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association…

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British Licensing Bill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 1027

Mr. A. Akers Douglas, the Home Secretary, following the recommendations of the Royal Commission, introduced into the House of Commons last week a Licensing Bill based on…

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A Publican Shot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 6

Edward Peacock, 56, a peater, again appeared before Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, to answer a change of maliciously shooting at Patrick Joseph Costello, licensee of the Clipper's Arms…

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The British Licensing Bill. to This Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 11

Sir,--In view of over a century's failure to equitably reform liquor lawn, it is interesting to note by cables in to-day's "Daily Telegraph" that the British Parliament has at length got…

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The Lismore Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 29

The Lismore Hotel, conducted by Mrs. T. M'Mahon, is one of the leading hotels in town, built on the corner of Molesworth-street and the approach to the wharf. situated opposite…

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The Recent Licensing Matter. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 2

Sir.—Some important facts are being looked up about the above heading—to be with your permission made public soon. By your last issue we, moaning the…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 4

At the Parramatta Court yesterday, before Mr. T. E. M'Nevin, S. M., the license of the C[?] Hotel was transferred from Ernest Shayler to W. Walsh. Heavy rain fell during the greater part of…

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Newcastle. Why Hotels Are Licensed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 6

At the Licensing Court yesterday, the hearing of Henry Davis' application for a conditional publican's license for premises proposed to be erected at the corner of Young and…

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Burglary at a Hotel

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 5

By the simple means of breaking a pane of glass in a door and pulling back a latch, burglars gained admittance to the Roosevldt Hotel, Elizabeth and Campbell streets, City,…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 3

At the Licensing Court to-day the hearing was resumed of the application for a conditional license at Carrington, in which the point had been raised by the police that, the only vote recorded at the local…

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Burglars in the Haymarket. Enter the Rooseveldt Hotel. and Make a Big Haul

The Australian Star · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 5

There will be a lot of cheap cigars and other smokes for sale in the markets to-morrow night, as a big haul was made by burglars at the Rooseveldt Hotel, Elizabeth and…

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New Hotel at Cronulla

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 7

SUTHERLAND, Thursday.--Some few months back Davis's Hotel at Cronulla was destroyed by fire. A new building was formally opened last evening, when at the invitation of Mr. Davis a…

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