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Among the "slaughtered innocents" at the expiration of last session of Parliament was a bill "to regulate and license the sale, hire, carrying, and use of guns and firearms." The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. John Ashton, general secretary of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, said on Saturday that he had noticed that Canon Boyeo "had made an attempt" to reply to his (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. A. W. Dolan's Comstock Hotel was destroyed by fire at a late hour last night. The building comprised eight rooms, and was insured for £100, but about £300 worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the local court Alex. James M'Lennan applied for a general auctioneer's license. The police objected on the ground that the applicant was not a resident of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Further details are now available of the charge of shooting made against Edgar George Dove, licensee of Massle's Hotel, Collingwood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., at the Redfern Court yesterday, awarded Frank Hamilton a New Year's Gift, to last for one month, and that with hard labour, for unlawfully assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three poker machine coses were brought before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Summons Court this morning. The defendants were John B. Sutton, Theatre Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is but a bare truism to say that the best of laws may be rendered worthless,or even worse than worthless, by bad administration. The late Licensing Act afforded a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"You may buy from a flask to a £100 consignment," says Mr. A. Leonard proprietor of the Castlereagh Hotel, corner of Park and Castlereagh…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Considerable regret is expressed in police circles that Government did not take the opportunity last session of passing a Bill to license second-hand dealers. The necessity for this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the City Police Court to-day Harold Glover, an employee of T. A. Byrne, tobacconist, Hunter-street, pleaded not guilty to selling tobacco without a license. After hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The use of corrosive fluid as a weapon is a new and startling development in burglary methods. Such a weapon is alleged to have been adopted by John Cooke, 39, a tall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the City Police Court yesterday a youth named Harold Glover, in the employ of T.A. Byrne, tobacconist, of Hunter-street, was proceeded against by the police on two charges of celling cigarettes without a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One of the provisions of the new Liquor Act is that the license fee for every hotel is to be based on the annual rental value. This provision was brought into operation for the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This morning the Who'd Have Thought It Hotel, three miles from the town, on the road to the plains, was totally destroyed by fire, only three chimneys being left standing. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A young man named Albert O'Brien was committed for trial at the Police Court yesterday on a charge of attempting to discharge a loaded firearm at Louis Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotelkeepers are reminded that the time for registering the written leases and written agreements mentioned in sections 72 and 73 of the Liquor (Amendment) Act was extended, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It will be well for holders of licenses to sell wine to remember that they come under the provisions of the New Liquor Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Association of Chambers of Commerce recently carried a resolution regretting the proposal of the Quebcc Legislature to impose a tax upon commercial travellers…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At the Police Court, Roger O'Keefe, manager of the Dapto Workmen's Club, was charged with having sold liquor to Elizabeth Rankin, licensee of the Dapto Hotel, he not…
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