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Hotels & licensing, 1907

956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 48

City Hotel Tragedy. Poison and the Revolver. Husband Shoots Wife. Then Commits Suicide

Evening News · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 8

A double tragedy was enacted at the Hotel Metropole, Sydney, on Friday, George Lister King, 32, a solicitor, of Cowra, killing his wife. Ada Rosalie King, who was a year younger, and…

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City Hotel Tragedy. the News in Cowra

Evening News · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 5

COWRA, Saturday.—The community was much shocked on learning of the tragic end of Mr. Lister King and his wife. A little over two years ago Mr. King purchased the old…

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Terrible Tragedy Murder a Ed Suicide in a City Hotel a Solicitor's Awful Act

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

A terrible double tragedy occurred yesterday at the Hotel Metropole, in which a solicitor named George Lister King murdered his wife by shooting her through the heart,…

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Murder and Suicide. Tragedy in a City' Hotel. Husband Kills His Wife. Afterwards Destroys Himself. Frussic Acid Fails. -- a Revolver Used

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 13

A mysterious tragedy was enacted yesterday at the Hotel Metropole. George Lister King and his wife, Ada Rosalie, a young couple, who had been married only…

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Terrible Tragedy at City Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 November 1907 · page 12

A shocking tragedy, the particulars of which point, to insanity on the part of the perpetrator, occurred at tho Hotel Metropole, Sydney, on Friday afternoon…

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A Widow's Predicament. Alleged Purse Snatching. Hotel Licensee Committed

Evening News · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 6

At Glebe Police Court, a widow named Annie Swanson, 31, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Raglan-street, Waterloo, was charged with Having stolen from the person of Agnes…

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Exciting Chase in Draper's Shop. Publican Charged with Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 7

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. King, D.S.M., Annie Swanson, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterloo, was charged with having on October 26 stolen from…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Monday, November, 18 (Before Mr. W. Clarice, D.S.M., Licensing Magistrate.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 3

An application was before the Bench for the transfer of the license of Thorpe's Family Hotel, Strathfield, from Henry Thorpe to Morris G. Rosenthal. The…

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A Publican's Dilemma. Important Point Under Liquor Law

Evening News · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 6

An appeal to set aside a conviction in a proceeding before Mr. W. A. Dove, P.M., at Wyalong, came before Mr. Justice Pring in Chambers…

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The City Hotel Tragedy. Inquest on the Kings

Evening News · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 5

An inquest into the deaths, of George Lister King and Ada Rosalie King, the victims of the Hotel Metropole tragedy, was held at the City Coroner's Court this afternoon…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) an Hotel Matter. Interim Injunction Granted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 10

Mr. Peden, instructed by Messrs. Allen, Allen, and Hemsley, appeared for the plaintiffs, David Wilkins and George Harding, and asked for an injunction, restraining the…

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An Injunction Granted. the Gresham Hotel, York-street

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 6

Yesterday in the Equity Court, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson granted an interim injunction restraining the defendant Benjamin Samuels from dealing with a sum of…

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Hotel Thief

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 4

While the occupants were absent from the bar of the Crown Hotel, in Regent-street, city, of which Mr. John Dawson is the licensee, last night, the sum of £4 in gold and…

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The Country. Hotel Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 5

GERMANTON, Tuesday.— The Morven Hotel, between here and Culeairn, was burned to the ground last night, It was owned by Mr. Donogbue, and leased 'by Mr. George Barton…

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Murder and Suicide. by a Young Solicitor. the Hotel Metropole Tragedy. Evidence at the Inquest. Financial Embarrassments. the Coroner's Verdict

The Australian Star · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 7

The terrible double tragedy which occurred at the Hotel Metropole last week, in which a solicitor named George Lister King murdered his wife, Ada Rosalie King, by…

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A Hard Case for Publicans

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 6

A decision just given by Mr. Justice Pring on the clause of the Liquor Act empowering magistrates to issue orders prohibiting publicans from selling drink to…

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Sentry Causes Hotel Panic

The World's News · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 2

At night a sentry, posted on the roof of General Kaulbars' palace, opposite the Hotel du Nord, St. Petersburg, heard a noise like revolver volley firing. Believing that it was…

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City Hotel Tragedy

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 November 1907 · page 12

The Coroner (Mr. Stephen Murphy, S.M.) conducted, an inquiry on Thursday into the circumstances of the death of George Lister King and his wife, Ada Rosalie King, the victims of the…

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Selling Liquor Without a License

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 10

At the North Sydney Court Alfred Strenus was charged with selling liquor without a license, it appeared that defendant was a member of the Liedertafel German Club, the members of which were having a picnic at Athol…

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A Page for Women Babies' Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 5

There is a secondary part of the Norland Nurseries scheme which was briefly alluded to by Mrs. Greig-Smith in the address given last week at the Women's Patriotic Club. At the…

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