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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1904

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Burglary at a Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

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

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Robbery at an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 7

A robbery took place early yesterday morning at the Roosevelt Hotel, at the corner o[?] Elizabeth and Campbell-streets, Haymarket. The door was found open by a milkman, wh[?]…

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 7

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted by the Central Licensing Court yesterday:--John Grant to John O'Sullivan, Clifton Hotel, Botany-road, Waterloo;…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 9

At the Parramatta Courthouse yesterday the license of the Volunteer Hotel, Parramatta, was transferred from L. Whitney to E. E. Shayler…

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Parramatta District. the Hours of an Hotel Employee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 9

At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, Inspector Bonarius proceeded against Richanrd M'Intyre, licensee of the White Horse Hotel, who was charged with having employed an assistant for more…

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Thomas Richards' Will Attested in a Woolloomooloo Hotel

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 6

The hearing of the Probate suit in which the plaintiff is Robert Augustus C. Gibbings and the defendant Thomas Richards was continued before Mr. Justice Walker (the…

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A Contested Commission. Alleged Sale ef an Hotel

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 6

A matter concerning the sale of an hotel came before the Full Court yesterday, when the case of Ivan Henry v. George Buxton and Elizabeth Buxton, his wife, was again…

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A Fatal Shot. Hotelkeeper Wounds a Man in the Stomach. [By Telegraph.] BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 4

The Commissioner of Police has received in formation that a man named O'Brien, after drinking at the Royal Hotel, Boonah, yesterday afternoon, came into an altercation…

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COMMONWEALTH v. STATE. Manufacture of Beer. State License Unnecessary

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 4

Judgment was delivered to-day by the Full Court (the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Pring) in the case of John Peterswald v. Edwin Charles Bartley…

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Hotel Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 8

In the Summons Division of the Central Court, Richard Ford, licensee of the Manchester Arms, Albion-street, was proceeded against on a charge of felling liquor during unlawful hours. He pleaded guilty, and was…

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Publicans and the Early Closing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 8

Richard M'Intyre, licensee of the White Horse Hotel, Parramatta, was proceeded against by Inspector Bonarius, under section 9 of the Early Closing Act, and charged with having employed a barman for more than 60 hours…

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State Rights Case. License Fees on Brewers. Are They Excise Duties? Full Court Upholds Commonwealth Contention

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 9

A question of the relative rights of the State and Commonwealth in the matter of brewery licenses was yesterday decided by the Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice, Mr…

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Hotel, Etc., Employees' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 5

At the meeting of the Hotel, Club, Restaurant, and Caterers' Employees' Union last night, it was decided to take action against certain restaurant-keepers in Sydney for breaches of the…

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The Hotel Shooting Case. Accused Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 10

Edward Peacock, an elderly man, appeared on remand, at the Water Police Court yesterday, charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Patrick Joseph Costello, on…

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Tattersall's Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 31

This comfortable brick hostelry is situated at the corner of Barton and Becker streets, and is admirably "run" by Mr. A. J. Anderson, who for 5½years was wardsman in charge of the Cobar…

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The Grand Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 31

Fow business men in Australia are more widely known than Mr. E. J. Cyfer, the proprietor of the above hotel, he having been an intercolonial commercial traveller for…

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Great Western Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 31

Like a Saul among the Israelites, this hotel stands at the corner of Marshall and Linsley streets. It is the most Imposing building in Cobar. Two and a-half years ago it was taken over…

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The Recant Licensing Matter. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 3

Sir,—Since my last, we—i.e., I and the public that goes with me—find by careful reference to the Licensing Act, that the Act in evidence has a constitution akin…

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Transfer of Publicans' Licenses

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 6

The following transfers of publican's licenses were granted by the Water Licensing Court yesterday:--Robert Knowles to Arthur J. Mather, Sir. William Wallace Hotel,…

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