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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1906

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Publican and Customer Alleged Malicious Prosecution Verdict for Defendant

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 September 1906 · page 1

In the District Court this morning, before Judge Murray and a jury, the case of Laird v. Gaut was concluded. This was a suit for £500 damages for…

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A Sale That Failed Hotel Lessee's Complaint Against an Alleged "Two-up" School

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 September 1906 · page 7

An alleged "two-up" school formed the subject of an Equity suit, the hearing of which was commenced yesterday before Mr. Acting-Justice Street. The plaintiff was…

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The Licensing Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 September 1906 · page 8

The attitude both of parties and individual members in the Legislative Assembly with respect to the Licensing Bill is very mixed. It is common knowledge that a majority of the…

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Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

At the Central Police Court the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Michael A. Ford to George Stevens, Austral Hotel, Bourke-street, Surry Hills; George Power to James Slyne, Royal Oak…

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Sunday Breakfast. Publican Fined at Redfern

Evening News · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 3

At Redfern Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., Edward M'Phillips was proceeded against for being on the licensed premises of the True Briton Hotel,…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

The Licensing Bench has granted the following transfers to publicans' licences:—The Austral Hotel, Bourke-street, from Michael J. Ford to George Stevens, Royal Oak Hotel,…

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No License. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 9

Sir,—As one who helped to organise the Methodist "No License" demonstration the other night, I shall be obliged if you will give me space for a word or two in reply to your…

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Liquor in No-license Districts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 8

Anderson, a railway employee, was fined £50 at Invercargill for selling a nip of whisky in a street from a bottle. William Marshall was sentenced at Balclutha to three months'…

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Editorial Notes. The No-License Demonstration

The Methodist · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 1

A good key-note was struck at the No-License Demonstration in the Centenary Hall on Tuesday evening. Unfortunately the meeting had not been advertised in the daily papers, and consequently the…

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No-license Movement. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

Sir,--As the issue of "no-license" will be before the people of this State at the next general elections, it should be of interest to know the results of the operation of the principle in…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 3

Before Mr F R Wilshire, L.M., and Messrs W C Falton and A Colless, J's.P. Before commencing the proceedings the Police Magistrate formally…

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Will You Vote No License?

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 4

Though it may be June of next year before the State elections the teetotal folk are "on the job" about voting "no license." It…

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Tragedy in Central Queensland. Hotelkeeper Chopped Down. with a Butcher's Cleaver. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 13

News is to hand at Longreach of a frightful tragedy which was enacted at Ilfracombe. Mr. Bernard Muldoon, licensee of the Club Hotel there, was savagely attacked…

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A Lottery in a Hotel

Evening News · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 3

William Nugent Wallace, licensee of the Albert Hotel, Mount and Walker streets. North Sydney, appeared in the summons division of the North Sydney Police Court this morning,…

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Music in Hotels. Some Remarks by a Magistrate

Evening News · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 5

In the summons division of the Central Police Court this morning the licensee of the Braidwood Hotel, Fouveaux-street, Michael A. Doyle, was proceeded against on an…

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A Country Fire Hotel Burnt Down Claim for Insurance

The Australian Star · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 5

In the No. 2 Jury Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Pring and a Jury, Henry Strandt sued the New Zealand insurance Company to recover £450 on a fire insurance policy…

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Why the Difference? Music at Hotels

The Australian Star · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 5

In the Central Summons Court to-day Michael A Doyle, the licensee of the Braid wood Hotel, Foveaux-street, was proceeded against on an information alleging that he…

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Municipal Control of Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 7

At the half-yearly meeting of the Municipal Association, Mr. Variey moved that all licensed premises within the boundaries of corporations should be under the inspection and…

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Hotels and Music

Evening News · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 4

A case heard in a local police court yesterday, in which an hotelkeeper was fined for having allowed a piano to be played on his premises without a licence therefor, had some…

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Licensed Rabbit Skinners

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 4

The Queensland Central Rabbit Hoard has decided that only holders of property—lessees and grazing farmers—may be licensed to skin rabbits. It…

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