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Hotels & licensing, 1906

981 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 50

Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 7

The ordinary weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held yesterday. The following transfers of public- house licenses were granted:—Anthony Haidge to…

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Royal Hotel Tragedy. Quinlan Convicted. Sentenced to Death. But Recommended to Mercy. Composure of Accused

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 5

The boy Thomas Joan Quinlan was charged was the Central Criminal Court yesterday with the murder of Mercy Gregory. His Honor Mr. Justice Cohen presided…

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Outdoor Shows and Itinerant Quacks. New By-laws Imposing License Fees and Penalties

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

A class of peregrinating showmen, street nostrum vendors, and the tribe of miracle-workers who periodically make a descent upon…

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A Publican's Suicide. His Letter to the Police. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 14

Last night Constable Harris, of Claremont, received a letter from Chas. Henry Wegg, licensee of the Windsor Hotel, South Perth, intimating his intention of shooting himself…

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Licensed Victuallers Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 9

The fortnightly meeting of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales was held at the rooms, Pittstreet, on Thursday afternoon. The…

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Correspondence The Licensed Vituallers' Tax and the Alliance Victory Fund. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 10

Sir,—Are the local option provisions of the new Liquor Bill to be a dead letter? If not, very active propaganda work must be at once instituted in view of the next general election, when the local option…

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United Licensed Victuallers. Question of Organisation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 15

The fortnightly meeting of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association was held at the rooms. City Bank Chambers, on Thursday last, There was a large attendance of the trade, the…

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Billiards. New Room at the Hotel Arcadia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 14

Mr. J. J. Smith, of the Hotel Arcadia, Pitt-street, will on Monday open to the public the best-appointed and most handsomely furnished billiard parlor in the Southern Hemisphere if not in the world. The room is situated…

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Publican Commits Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 10

PERTH, Friday.--Last night a telephone message was received at the Central Police Station from Constable Harris, of Glaremont, that Chas. Henry Wegg, licensee of the Windsor Hotel,…

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The Royal Hotel Murder

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

The trial of Thomas Quinlan for the murder of Mrs. Mercy Gregory at the Royal Hotel, on the night of January 31, took place at the Central Criminal Court…

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The Hotel Tragedy. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 4

Sir, -- The pertinent conclusion to your leader to-day. "That the theory of insanity Will not hold water," voices the general sentiment in regard to the trial and conviction of the…

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Fire in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 6

A fire was discovered at about 12 o'clock last night in the front bar of the Custom-house Hotel, Macquarie-place. Several detachments from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade attended…

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Fire in an Hotel. Menindie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 8

About 9 p.m. on Saturday a fire occurred at the Albemarle Hotel. A candle was upset, igniting the bed clothes. The room contained three beds, which were partly destroyed. The…

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Visitors at the Hotel Marlborouch

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 8

Among the visitors at the Hotel Marlborough, Sir John Young's Crescent, Sydney, during the week, were :—Rev. Father W. Curran (Warren) ; Dr. J. L…

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Alleged Theft. From a City Hotel

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 5

Michael Harold Simpson, 18, a waiter, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with stealing in the dwelling-house of Ann Kelly, Exchange Hotel, Pitt and Bridge…

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Without a License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 13

William Cranfield, a laborer, was charged, at the Water Court, with plying for hire as a waterman, and conveying passengers from a wharf at Mosman's Bay without holding a license…

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Thc Royal Hotel Tragedy

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 17

The trial of Thomas John Quinlan for the murder of Mrs. Gregory, was concluded at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Thursday. At 10 minutes to 6 the jury left the court, and…

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Rand Chinese. and Existing Licenses. Another Statement by Churchill London, Wednesday, 2.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 1

Mr. Winston Churchill (Pariliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies), speaking in the House of Commons last night, said it was improbable that the existing licenses…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 8

The Licensing Bench, yesterday consisted of Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S.M. (chairman), F. S. Isaacs, S.M., E. H. Wilshire, S.M., C. N. Payten, S.M., L. S. Donaldson, S.M., W. M. Macfarlane, S.M., and A. N…

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Sunday Meals at Hotels. What the Attorney-general Says

Evening News · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 4

The Attorney-General was asked to-day whether the secretary of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, Mr. Ashton, was correctly informed when he stated that he had…

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