Duchess's Hotel Bill
In the course of a lawsuit in Paris it was stated that the late Duchess of Alba, for a stay of 10 weeks with a party of three and servants at the Hotel Bristol, was charged £1652. Some…
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Club Licenses
Last week a decision of some interest was given at Lithgow by Judge Docker. An application was made to have the Lithgow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liquor License Cancelled
Balmain on Thursday was brought into prominence at the Central Licensing Court when the Bench cancelled the license of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Itinerant Showmen and Licenses
That Balmain Council has decided to impose a business license fee upon all itinerant showmen, and kindred birds of passage, is less…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous City Fire. Big Block of Buildings Gutted. Firemen Have a Desperate Fight. Grand Central Hotel Saved with Difficulty. Damage Estimated at Over One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds
One of the biggest and most disastrous fires since Hordern's Haymarket Emporium, was burnt out broke out in Clarence-street shortly, before 2 o'clock this morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civil Servant's Libel Action. Lands Clerk V. Publican. Claim for Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds. a Farthing Damages
The libel action of Finley v. Greevy was continued in the Banco Count yesterday afternoon. After evidence had been called in reply,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Late Edition. Great Fire. Whole City Block Threatened Several Warehouses Gutted Grand Central Hotel in Danger. Immense Damage
Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning a disastrous outbreak of fire occurred on the premises of Edwards, Dunlop, and Co., Ltd., wholesale stationers, printers' furnishers, and fancy goods…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hotel Grand Central Alight. a Desperate Fire-fight. Fresh Buildings Gutted
The more plucky of the inmates of the hotel who had remained were now induced to make their exit, adding to the already existing confusion in Clarence-street. At this juncture, it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, March 28. Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin. S.M.)
The transfer of the license of Creasey's Family Hotel was granted, Mr. Knight (the former license) now consenting. Mr. Boyce appeared in support of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hotel Fire. a Queensland Case. Special Leave to Appeal
In the High Court this morning Mr. Power (instructed by Mr. Baxter Bruce) appeared for the defendant in the case of Kellett v. Cowan, and applied for special leave to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great City Fire. Estimated Losses, £150,000 Two Warehouses Destroyed. Ruin by Falling Walls. Other Premises Gutted and Demolished Hotel Grand Central Attacked. the Firemen's Gallant Fight
Hulf-past 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, quietness in the city, and silk-soft air over all. Anon the sudden clamor of a bell, attached to an engine, as the big brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →First on the Scene. Grim Struggle in the Hotel
The first to arrive on the scene was District-Officer Jackson, with the motor-engine and a party of men from headquarters. He found the basement of the first floor in the grip of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No-license Meeting at Balmain
A meeting was held at Balmain under the auspices of the Independent Order of Good Templars yesterday afternoon, the chair being occupied by Mr. W. Anderson, M.L.A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Fire. a City Block Threatened. Business Houses Burnt Out. Desperate Fight with the Flames. Crashing Walls and Twisted Girders. Narrow Escape of the Hotel Grand Central. the Ruined Warehouses. Interviews with Prominent Men Affected
The main topic of conversation in the city on Saturday was the great fire in Clarence and Kent streets. The man in the street wanted to know how it occurred?…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Royal Hotel larder. Quinlan's Death Sentence Commuted
The Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has decided to commute the sentence of death which was passed upon the boy Thomas Quinlan for the murder of Mrs. Mercy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hotel Murder. the Boy Murderer. Not to Be Hung. Penal Servitude for Life
The case of the boy Thomas Quinlan, who was recently sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Cohen, at Darlinghurst, for the murder of Mrs. Mercy Gregory,at the Royal Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law. Monday, April 2. Federal High Court. (Before Chief Justice Sir Samuel Griffith,Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice O'Connor.) Fire in an Hotel
A peculiar case from Queensland was before the Court, in which Walter James Cowan appealed from a decision against him and in favor of Thomas de Lacy Kellett, plaintiff in an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Paris Hotel Robbery
A decision has been given in the case brought against M. Morlock, proprietor of the Hotel Bristol, by the heirs of the late Duchess of Alba (says' the Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Street-trading Licenses and Badges
In accordance with the provisions of the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act, the licenses and badges for the half-year April 1 to September 30 have been distributed to lads…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Grand Central Hotel
When it looked as if the Hotel Grand Central was in danger, the boarders rushed out to see what was the cause of the disturbance of their slumbers. Needless to say, they were…
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