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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

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Interstate Licensed Victualler's Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 4

PERTH (W.A.) Wednesday.--The inter-State Licensed Victuallers Conference was continued to-day. With regard to the Federal taxation of articles used in the liquor trade, the conference resolved that a…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 11

At yesterday's meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—William H. T. King to Louisa Corrigan, Winchester Hotel, Glebe: Samuel Bradley to…

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Publicans Transfers

The Australian Star · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 7

The Control licensing Court yesterday granted the following publicans transfers:--Wm. H. Tindall King, Winchester Hotel, Glebe-road, Glebe, to Louisa Corrigan;…

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Police v. Publican. a Glebe Health Prosecution Judgment of High Court. Law As to Analysts' Evidence

Evening News · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 3

The High Court of Australia was engaged hearing argument in an appeal relating to proceedings that were taken by Inspector H. J. Hughes against James H Steel, in the Police…

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City Hotel Sensation Strange Man's Suicide. Shot Five Times

Evening News · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 5

A middle-aged Frenchman, whose name is at present unknown, committed suicide at the Grand Central Hotel, Clarence-street, city, some time on Thursday night, or this morning, by…

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Freehold and Occupation License

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 12

No. 17 [?] writes:—I am the owner of fifty acres of freehold land, originally selected, but not by me, under the non-residence clause. (i) Does the law allow me to take…

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Taking Away the Boxes. the Visit to the Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 7

"Mr. Brown was a very quiet man, and never had a drink in the bar the whole time he was here," said Mrs. Clayton, of the Northern Rivers Hotel, yesterday afternoon. Mrs…

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Parramatta and District. Special Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 8

The Special Licensing Court to deal with the reduction of licenses in the State electorate of Granville, sat at Parramatta on Tuesday. Judge Backhouse presided, and on the Bench…

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Wine in Hotels More Opinions

The Australian Star · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 1

"Lacrima Christi" writes in commotion with our comments on the quality of hotel wines. There is no reason whatever why anyone should be obliged to drink a bad of…

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Under the New Act. Special Licensing Court. The Granville Electorate Hotels. Tuesday, May 12. (Before Judge Backhouse and Mr. W. Macfarlane, S.M., and Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., the Special Licensing Bench)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 8

Messrs. Lamb, Todhunter, Richardson, Ralston and Davis appeared for different persons interested in various hotels. First were put in the affidavit of…

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A Despairing Frenchman. the Central Hotel Suicide. His Letter to the Coroner

Evening News · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 8

The body of the Frenchman who shot himself on Friday at the Grand Central Hotel, Clarence-street, was not this morning identified. A letter was found writen on a sheet of the…

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"The Trade" and the Licensing Bill

The Methodist · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 2

The London correspondent of the "S.M. Herald," writes:—"The trade, being composed of business men, has arranged its campaign against the Licensing Bill. The sinews of war, represented by a fund of…

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The Lady and the Pig and Poultry Licenses

The St George Call · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

The complication between Kogarah Council and a section of their ratepayers engaged in the pig and poultry business has resulted in the Council's Health…

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A Maitland Hotel Appeals for New Thials

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 15

The Full Court, Consisting of the [?] (Sir F. Darley). Mr. Justice C[?] and Mr. Justice Sly, was engaged yesterday in the hearing of a motion by [?]ooth and…

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Edward Lear His Hotel Experience

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 6

The only person who has gone is a large old lady, who, the first night I was here, came slowly across the large reading-room, stea[?]y looking at me. When she had…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Tragic Death at an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 10

A housemaid at Hotel Grand Central, Clarence-street, made a gruesome discovery while engaged in her usual duties yesterday. She entered the room of a Frenchman, who had been…

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BANCO. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir F. Darley, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Sly.) Brewer and Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 18

Mr. Windeyer (instructed by Messrs. Asher, Old, and Jones, as agents for Messrs. Braye and Cohen, Newcastle) appeared for Messrs. Tooth and Co., and applied for a rule nisi,…

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Under the New Act. Special Licensing Court. Parramatta Electorate. Wednesday, May 13. (Before Judge Backhouse and Messrs. W. M. Macfarlane and M. S. Love, S.M's.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 11

The affidavit re the service of notices and the "Gazette" showing classification were put in. There was a very large attendance of…

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Sherbrooke Hotels

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 8

The Court for Sherbrooke electorate comprised his Honor Judge Backhouse, and Messrs. Macfarlane and hove, S.M's…

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Suicide in City Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 May 1908 · page 12

On Friday a foreigner, whose name had been entered in the books at the Grand Central Hotel as R. Laforret. was found dead in his room with four bullet wounds in the region of his…

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