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Hotels & licensing, 1906

981 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 50

Hotel Runners. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 18 June 1906 · page 5

Sir,-- Kindly allot me a small space in your widely circulated newspaper to air a grievance against the methods of the police, which tend to goad honest men to criminality. There…

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Licensing Reform

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 June 1906 · page 8

A strong movement is taking place in Melbourne in favor of licensing reform. At several churches to-day, the question formed the subject of sermons, and in one or two instances…

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All About a Hotel Licence. a Talk of Bribery. Action for £2000 Damages

Evening News · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 3

Before the Chief Justice (Sir Fredk. Darley), in the Banco Court yesterday. Angus M'Kay sought to recover £2000 for alleged slander from James Henry Allen. Defendant…

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All About a License. Exciting Day at Macks Ville. Mr. Reid and a Youthful Witness

Evening News · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 4

Before the Chief Justice and a jury, in the Banco Court to-day, the hearing of the action, in which Angus M'Kay sued James Henry Allan to recover £2000 for alleged slander,…

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New Licensing Bill. Plan of Compensation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 7

In the new Licensing Bill provision for time compensation will be made after 10 years. Before that time a licensee will receive a third and the owner two-thirds of the…

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Licensing Courts. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 11

The Licensing Bench dealt yesterday with applications for the renewal of the licenses of five local hotels. In two cases the fee was increased to £40, and in two others to £35…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Monday, June 18. Assessments Under the New Act. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M., Mr. C. J. Byrnes, J.P., and Mr. W. A. McDonald, J.P. Licensing Magistrates.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 2

The licensing business was of important character, and included granting of renewals under the new Act, and the fixing of assessments…

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The Licensing Law. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 8

Sir,—The new licensing law as it is being administered is causing an unnecesary amount of friction and expense to all concerned, and no good purpose is served. For…

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A Publican Pined Three Pounds

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 6

At the Central yesterday Sub-inspector Roche proceeded against James W. Peake, licensee of the Trades Union Hotel, Harbour and [?]thurst streets, for selling liquor to…

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The Licensing Assessment Bungle. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 8

Sir,--Mr. John Ashton, general secretary United Licensed Victuallers' Association, in your columns, complains of what he terms the bungling of the licensing magistrates in…

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A Publican Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 5

James W. Peake, licensee of the Trades Union Hotel, Harbor-street, was at the Central Summons Court fined £3 on a charge of having, on Sunday, the 10th inst., sold liquor on his licensed premises…

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Licensing Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 8

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--The Licensing Bench fixed the following fees for the undermentioned hotels:--City hotels: Argyle, Federal City, Rose and Crown, Builders Arms,…

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Hotel Licensee's Appeal

Evening News · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 4

Ashur Hart, licensee of the Grand View Hotel, Oxford-street, Paddington, appealed at the Darlinghurst Appeal Court to-day against the assessment by the Licensing Bench of his…

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A Licensing Appeal. the First Under the New Act

The Australian Star · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 1

The appeal of Ashur Hart against the assessment of the Licensing Court of the hotel of which he is the licensee, the Grand View Hotel Oxford-street, Paddington, was called…

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Publicans' Unsuccessful Appeals

The Australian Star · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 6

Anne Hennebry, the licensee of the Old Australian Inn at the corner of Crown and Burton streets, Sydney, appealed before Judge Backhouse at the Quarter Sessions…

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Publican "Badly Treated." an Appeal Upheld

The Australian Star · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 4

The licensee of the Theatre Royal Hotel, Castlereagh-street, John Barclay Sutton, had an appeal before the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court to-day against a decision of Licensing…

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Ryde Licensing Court. Publicans' License Fees. Tuesday, June 19. (Before Mr. W. Clarke and Mr. G.M. Pope, Licensing Justice.) Brooklyn Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 10

James Holden applied for a renewal of the license for the Brooklyn, Hotel, Hawkesbury River.There was no police objection, and the…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 15

At the meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted.:—Alice Denton to George Lamb Fagan, Gulgong Hotel, Bourke-street; William Buttleworth to John…

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Clergyman & Publican

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 7

That a clergyman of the Church of England should be the licensee of a public house, and still perform the duties of chaplain to a large institution, is…

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Sunday Selling at Marrickville. Publican Heavily Fined

Evening News · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 3

Lena Sherack, licensee of the Riverside Hotel. Illawarra-road, Marrickville, was proceeded against at Newtown Police Court, yesterday, by Sub-inspector M'Intosh, for selling liquor…

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