Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Hotels & licensing, all years

Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1906

981 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 50

A Licensee Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

At the Central Police Court yesterday Nancy Denmar pleaded guilty to an information, alleging that she was the licensee of the West End Hotel, Bathurst and James streets, upon…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Fire in an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

A fire occurred in the Exchange Hotel, Murray-street, Gawler, early this morning. Three men and two domestic servants were sleeping upstairs when the alarm was given. The…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

"Where Is Jack?" Cook Gets Four Months. for Being in an Hotel Bedroom

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 1

A young cook named Frederick Robertson was charged at the Water Police Court today with being found in the dwelling-house of Margaret Donohoe, the Duke of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

A Publican Fined. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

William Andrew, the licensee of the Marine Hotel, Port Melbourne, was before the local court to-day charged with throwing vitriol at his wife, and threatening her with a loaded…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Not Offenders. Sunday in an Hotel. a Prosecution That Failed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon the police had a charge against three men at the Central Police Court. Joseph J. M' Guire was charged with…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Not Licensed. Supplying the Thirsty. a Woman Fined Thirty Pounds

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

Mr. Isaacs, S.M., inflicted, a £30 fine this morning, at the Central Police Court. Annie Mary Brown, married, was the person before the court. The charge was "that,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Publican Prosecuted. Under the Old Act

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday Charles Murcott was charged with keeping open a licensed house at unlawful hours. This was a prosecution under the old…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--The Exchange Hotel at Gawler was found to be on fire shortly after 1 o'clook this morning. The fire brigade was smartly on the scene, and saved several rooms…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Liquor Act. the Hotelkeepers' Quandary. Some Questions for Mr. Wade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 5

The members of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association are not at all pleased with the Attorney-General's attitude regarding the interpretation of several…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Assessment of Hotel Licences

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 6

CARCOAR, Wednesday.—At the local licensing court three applications for assessment of hotel licences under the new Liquor Act were dealt with…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Come to Break Up Things. Sequel to Hotel Disturbance

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 5

Charles Allison, a young man who was convicted at the Water Police Court, yesterday, of a charge of maliciously damaging a glass door and 12 tumblers, the property of George Ross,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Liquor Act. a Licensee Unaware of the Law

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 7

At the Redforn Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., Inspector Roche proceeded against Annie Swanson, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterloo, for…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Trouble in a Hotel. a Glass-door and Tumblers Damaged

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 1

A young man named Charles Allison, who had pleaded guilty to maliciously damaging a glass door and 12 tumblers, belonging to George Ross, on the 15th inst., was brought…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Prosecutions. Reduction of Licensing Fee. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 7

At the quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court to-day an hotelkeeper renting a wayside hotel in conjunction with a 160-acre farm applied to have the license fee…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Law. Wednesday, January 17. in Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson.) a Licensing Appeal. Alleged Sunday Trading

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 10

Mr. Blacket, on behalf of the Crown, presented an appeal from a decision by Mr. G. Stevenson, S.M. at Broken-hill, in a proceeding by Allen Wylie Scott, a sub-inspector, under…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Parramatta Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

The Parramatta Quarterly Licensing Court was held yesterday, the magistrates present being Messrs. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., and C. J. Byrnes. J.P. The license of the Star Hotel,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Interesting to Hotel-keepers

Evening News · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 6

A case of some interest to hotel-keepers was heard at the Burwood Police Court, when Harry Cross, the licensee of the Freemasons' Hotel, Burwood, was proceeded against by summons…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Hypnotised by 'Phone. Remarkable Experiments in an Hotel

Evening News · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 5

In one of the private rooms of an hotel off the Strand, London, a number of medical men and representatives of the Press gathered recently to witness some experiments in…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Hotel Licences

Evening News · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 7

At the Quarterly Licensing Court the senior stipendiary magistrate, Mr. Smithers, said that he hoped all publicans whose licences expire in June, wishing renewals of their annual licences,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Sliding Scale License Fees

The Australian Star · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 6

Licenses of the hotels at Parramatta were renewed by the local licensing bench, and the sliding scale of payments for license fees came into operation there for the first…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →