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Hotels & licensing, 1906

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Transferred Hotel Licences

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

The Metropolitan Incensing Court has granted the following transfers of hotel licences:— Francis Gallagher, to himself, in execution of the will of the late Kary Hasler, Fortune of…

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Fight in a Hotel. Another Man Loses an Eye

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 5

Leonard Albert Beesley and Francis Herbert Briscoe pleaded not uilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to a chare of havin inflicted rieveus bodily harm on William May, on…

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The Hotel Tragedy. Inquest Resumed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

At the Coroner's Court yesterday the City Coroner resumed the inquest concerning the death of Mrs. Mercy Gregory, which occurred at the Royal Hotel, George-street,…

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Club Licenses

The Australian Star · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 7

The following applications for club exemptions under section 77 of the Liquor Amendment Act, 1905, were dealt with by the Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday as…

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The Hotel Tragedy. the Boy Quinlan. and the Public Curiosity

The Australian Star · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 4

As stated in yesterday's issue, the boy Thomas John Quinlan, who stands accused of the murder of Mrs. Mercy Gregory, does not appear to be deeply affected by the…

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The Hotel Tragedy Inquest Continued. Voluminous Evidence Given

The Australian Star · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 6

The inquest was continued yesterday afternoon into the particulars of the death of Mercy. Gregory. Mr. Hamlet, Government Analyst, deposed…

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The Hotel Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 4

Thomas Quinlan, or Conmee, the self-confessed murderer of Mrs. Gregory, who was stabbed to death early on the morning of February 1, at the Royal Hotel, showed an interest in the…

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The Hotel Tragedy. a Lift Boy's Crime. the Night Porter's Story. Evidence at the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 8

The Coroner resumed the inquest yesterday on the body of Mrs. Mercy Gregory, stabbed to death by the lift boy, Thomas John Quinlan at the Royal Hotel, George-street, early on the…

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A Law-Made Criminal. the Royal Hotel Murder

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

The one result of particular note which the new Liquor Law has had in regard to its "suppression" of youths about hotels, has been the…

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Fight in a Hotel. Another Man Loses an Eye

Evening News · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 3

Leonard Albert Beesley and Francis Herbert Briscoe pleaded not guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions to a charge of having inflicted grievous bodily harm on William May, on…

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The Hotel Tragedy. Story. of the Crime, Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 9

Yesterday, at the Coroner's Court, the City Coroner (Mr. A. N. Barnett) resumed the inquest on the body of Mrs. Mercy Grogory whose death, resulting from knife…

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No License in New Zealand. Present Condition of Parties. an Interesting Interview

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 14

Mr. Charles Henry Poole, M.H.R. for Auckland West, was a passenger by the Union line steamer Mokoia, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from Auckland. Mr. Poole, who…

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"Wilful Murder." the Hotel Tragedy. Notes on the Inquest

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 8

The second act of this terrible drama was brought to a close a few minutes before 6 o'clock last evening, when the boy Thomas John Quinlan, who stands self-convicted of…

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Under the Liquor Act. a Country Publican Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 10

TAMWORTH, Thursday.--Roland Johns, the licensee of the Norfolk Hotel, was today proceeded against for selling liquor last Sunday. Constable Cullen, of Quirindi, was staying…

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The Hotel Tragedy. How the Murderer Escaped. Quinlan's Confession of the Crime. Committed on a Charge of Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 18

The inquest on Mercy Gregory, the victim of the Royal Hotel tragedy, was continued yesterday. Constable Jennings was further examined. He…

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The Week's Miscellany: a Compilation of the News of the World. the Hotel Murder: Inquest on Mrs. Gregory

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 February 1906 · page 8

The Coroner resumed the inquest on the body of Mrs. Mercy Gregory, stabbed to death by we lift-boy, Thomas John Quinlan, or Conmee, at the Royal Hotel, George-street, early on the morning…

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A Licensing Query?

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 February 1906 · page 3

Question for Mr. John Ashton, of the L.V.A.:—If the wife of the licensee needs, at 11.5 p.m., the services of a doctor and a monthly nurse, and those persons are…

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The Hotel Tragedy. a Mother's Pathetic Appeal. Mrs. Quinlan's Life Story. Terrible Struggle for Bread. "Tom Was a Good Boy." the Accused's Mental Condition

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 5

The following pathetic letter has been received by the editor of "The Daily Telegraph" from Mrs. Quinlan, the mother of the 15-year-old lad, Tommy Quinlan, now under committal…

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The Liquor Act. Publicans and the Clubs. Statement by the Attorney-general

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 8

The attention of the Attorney-General, Mr. C. G. Wade, has been drawn to a statement made by Mr. John Ashton, secretary of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, that…

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The Unfortunate Licensee. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 10

Sir,—I would like to ask Mr. Wade, who has framed this now Liquor Bill, it he does not consider it only a fair thing that some protection should be given to hotelkeepers…

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