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Hotels & licensing, 1905

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Hawkers' Licenses

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 4

Mr. Donaldson, S. M., sat on the Water bench this morning, and granted 54 unobjected applications for hawkers' foot licenses. Most of these were Chinese, whose names…

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The Western Lands. Leases and Occupation Licenses. Relief to the Holders. Great Reductions in Rentals. How the Revenue Is Affected

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 7

The Western Land Board has, in terms of the Act of 1901 under which it was constituted, determined the rentals of the pastoral lenses and the license fees of occupation licenses in the…

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Compensation for Publicans

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 7

Mr. Bent says that the operation of the money compensation clauses of the Licensing Act have convinced him that the system must be abolished. He intends to consult the Cabinet, with…

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The Redfern Hotel Robbery. Boys Committed for Trial

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 3

The two little fellows—Leslie Jones, 11, and Albert Pelton, 12—who were arrested on December 28 on a charge of, in company, stealing a cashbox, containing a sum of about £24, on…

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Hay Licensed Victuallers' Races. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 7

The Licensed Victuallers' Race Meeting was held to-day. There was a fine attendance. Results:- District Handicap.—Kent, 1; Yankee Doodle, 2; Cula Girl, 3…

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Redfern Hotel Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 4

At the Redf[?]rn Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., Leslie Jones, aged 11 years, and Albert Felton, aged 12, were charged with stealing £24 and a cash-box, the property of Arthur M'Lean, at Redfern,…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

Mr. W. M. Macfarlane S.M., presided over the Water licensing Court yesterday, and granted the following transfer of a publican's license:—John Gearin to Julia Marsh, Waterview Hotel, Cameron-street,…

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Hotel Transfer Granted

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court, Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., presiding at the Central yesterday granted the transfer of the license of the Queen's Hotel, Enmore-road…

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Hotel Prosecutions

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 6

James Lyons, licensee of the Exchange Hotel, Crown and Collins streets, Surry Hills, was proceeded against at the Water Summons Court yesterday by…

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Window Smasher. At a City Hotel

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 6

A short young man, with a bandaged fist, which appeared to have been very badly wounded, stood forward in the dock at the Water Police Court yesterday. He looked…

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PUDNEY v. PUDNEY. Charge Against an Hotelkeeper

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 7

William Pudney, known as Thomas Pudney, aged 42, hotelkepeer, was brought before the Bench at the Water Police Court to-day by Senior-constable M'Nally and Constable…

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Publicans' Licenses Transferred

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 7

At the sitting of the Licensing Court at the Central the following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses were approved by the Bench, consisting of Messrs. G. H…

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Fatal Fight in a Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 4

Thomas Jones, a wharf labourer, was found last evening in a senseless condition, in the parlour of the Sir John Young Hotel, at the corner of Liverpool and George streets, by Daniel…

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A Mysterious Death. Sequel to an Hotel Quarrel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 6

Shortly after 7 o'clock last evening Thomas Jones, 48, a wharf labourer, was found in an unconscious condition in the parlour of the Sir John Young Hotel, at the corner of…

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The Hotel Quarrel. An Arrest Made. Inquest Initiated

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 5

Two men, Thomas Jones and another, fought in the parlour of the Sir John Young Hotel last night. A little later Jones was found in an unconscious condition, and died…

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An Hotel Quarrel. Verdict of Manslaughter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 6

At an inquest held yesterday on the body of Thomas Jones, 48, wharf labourer, who died on Monday night at the Sydney Hospital, whither he was removed after a quarrel in an hotel, a…

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Verdict of Man Slaughter. Conflict in an Hotel. Wright Committed for Trial

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 6

The inquest concerning the death of Thomas Jones was continued yesterday afternoon. Continuing her evidence, Norah Jones said…

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Three Men and a Fist. Incident at the Empire Hotel. Two Police Court Charges

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 4

A clerk named Horace Ritchie, aged 32, and a fireman named David Proudfoot, aged 31, were charged at the Water Police Court to-day with in company maliciously…

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Plague at Ulmarra. an Hotel Isolated. Tracing the Origin. Scores of Sick Rats. Another Suspected Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 3

Dr. Millard, the Assistant Medical Officer of the Government, now at Ulmarra investigating the outbreak of plague there and organising remedial measures, has forwarded a progress…

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Parramatta District. Charge Against a Publican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 3

At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., Daniel Smith, licensee of Tattersall's Hotel, was proceeded against by Sergeant Ne[?]s, on a charge of using indecent language. The…

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