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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1905

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Early Closing of Hotels. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 8

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me a small space in your well-read paper re the liquor traffic. First of all is the closing of the hotels at 6 o'clock. What will the people who are…

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A Publican Fined

The Australian Star · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 6

The fine imposed at the Central Police Court upon George Nyman, licensee of the Reservoir Hotel, Reservoir and Riley streets, for having supplied' liquor to a drunken man,…

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Father Hays and the Publicans

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 33

The lie that Father Hays refused to preach in any more churches because of the exposition of Catholic publicans has found its way into the New South Wales press. We give the…

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The Licensed Victuallers' Deputation

The Methodist · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 1

IF we may judge by the reports of deputations and from correspondence appearing in the daily papers there is considerable activity just now over the question of the licensing laws. Thanks to…

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Another Bomb. In a St. Petersburg Hotel. LONDON, Friday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 7

A sensation has been caused in St. Petersburg by the discovery of a bomb in a room it the Palais Royal Hotel, in the Russian capital…

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Early Closing of Hotels

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1905 · page 2

"H.T." (Miller's Point) writes:-Moderation," who asks to have the hotels closed at 7 o'clock, does not appear to know much concerning the hotels and their customers…

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Bomb in an Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1905 · page 5

A bomb has been discovered In a room at the Palais Royal Hotel, St. Petersburg…

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A Bomb in St. Petersburg. Found in a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon. -- A sensation has been caused in St. Petersburg by the discovery of a bomb in a room at the Palais Royal Hotel…

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Petty's Hotel Robbery. Wilson Says He Is Guilty

Evening News · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 5

At the Water Police Court to-day, before Mr. Payten, S.M., John Wilson, alias Pattinson, 29, described as a miner, was charged with steal-ing in the dwelling house of Charles W. Cupid,…

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The Licensed Victuallers' Deputation. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 9

Sir,—I have been waiting in the hope [?] someone more able would deal with the misstatements of Mr. Sutton, president of the U.L.V. Association, in presenting the case for…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 7

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers were granted:—Theodore S. Pleym to William G. Marsden, Queen's Hotel, Market-street: Challes V. Mossman, to Henry C. Wortley, Town and…

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Death of an Hotel Keeper. [By Telegraph.] TAREE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 6

George M'Carthey, aged 69, a well-known hotel keeper, of Jones Island, died at his residence yesterday of pleurisy. Deceased was a native of the river, and highly respected…

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Petty's Hotel Robbery Accused Not Asked to Plead Police Court Proceedings

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 5

John Wilson, alias Pattinson, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with stealing in Petty's Hotel a diamond ring, a vest, and £5, valued in all at £20, the property of…

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Assaulting a Publican

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 6

At the Glebe Court yesterday a labourer named Lennox Nesbitt pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully assaulting Walter George Burke, at Glebe, on the 2nd instant…

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Petty's Hotel Case

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 7

John Wilson, alias Pattinson, was yesterday, at the Water Police Court,, committed for trial on a charge of stealing a diamond ring, &c, at Petty's Hotel, on March…

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Theft at an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 10

John Wilson, a miner, was committed for a trial at Water Police Court on a charge of stealing in the dwellinghouse of W. Cupid (Petty's Hotel), a diamond ring, a puree, £5 in cash, and a vest, valued in all…

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Transfers of Licenses

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 6

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted by the Water Licensing Court yesterday:--Elizabeth M'Kenzie to Edward Eraser, Rozelle Hotel, 712…

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Adulterated Liquor. Nine Hotelkeepers Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 7

At the Water Police Court yesterday the following hotelkeepers were fined for selling adulterated liquor:- Frederick Ruthberg, Army and Navy Hotel, Bourke-street, adulterated rum £1 and costs, adulterated whisky…

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Row in a Hotel. Horse Trainer and Sporting Writer. a Lively Encounter

The Australian Star · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 7

Archibald Tweedie, a horse-trainer, was before the Water Police Court yesterday, charged with having assaulted Neville Folder…

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"This Is My Own Doing." Memo on the Blotting Pad Accountant Dies at the Domain Hotel

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 6

"This is my own doing altogether." Those words were found on the blotting pa[?]ying on a table in a room occupied by Thomas John Odell, an accountant, at the Domain…

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