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Hotels & licensing, 1908

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen and a Jury of four.) Sale of an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 12

Mr. Pickburn, instructed by Messrs. Villeneuve Smith and Dawes (for Mr. Peter Street, of Murwillumbah), appeared for the plaintiff, Heinrich Christian Wulff; and Mr…

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No-license District. a Heavy Penalty. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 9

Richard Whittington, a brower, of Invercargill, was fined £40 for receiving an order for a keg of beer in a no-license district…

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The Licensing Bill. Meetings in Favour. London, June 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 9

Many meetings organised by temperance societies have passed resolutions in favour of the Licensing Bill. The Select Committee of the House of…

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Hotel and Caterers' Tourney

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 8

This club's winter tourney is being steered along successfully fcy Captain William Mortimer, the club's popular secretary, and a good deal of amusement…

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An Hotel Deal Action for Breach of Contract

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 6

Before Mr. Justice Cohen and jury yesterday, Henry Christian Wulff sued Henry Gill for the recovery of £500 damages, for alleged breach of contract. Plaintiff's case was…

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Hotels to Be Closed

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 7

The Local Option Court, Judge Backhouse presiding, sat at Penrith yesterday, when the following decisions were given:-- Hawkesbury Electorate.-- The Chester…

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Licensing Bill. the Agitation in Support

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Many meetings are being organised, with the assistance of Government machinery, and by temperance societies, in favor of the Licensing Bill…

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Hotels to Be Closed. Three in Sherbrooke Electorate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 15

The Special Court consisting of Judge Back house (president) and Messrs. W. M. Macfarians and M. S. Love, S. Ms., held a sitting at the courthouse, Parramatta, yesterday afternoon…

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The Hawkesbury Hotels

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

At Penrith, the Special Licensing Court dealt with four Hawkesbury hotels, and pronounced sentence as under:— THE HAWKESBURY HOTEL,…

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The Local Option Court Sherbrooke Electorate. Three Hotels Dispensed With. Smithfield, St. Mary's, and Prospect. Tuesday, June 9. (Before Judge Backhose, and Messrs. W. M. Macfarlane and M. S. Love, D.S.M.'s.) The Sherbrooke Hotels

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

The Sherbrooke hotels dispensed with were:— THE CRICKETERS' ARMS, Smithfield; Jas. Morris, licensee; 3 years…

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Closing Hotels. East Maitland Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 7

WEST MATTLAND, Wednesday.--Judge Fitzhardinge, and Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson and W. Le Brun Brown, police magistrates, sat as a special licensing court at East Maitland to-day,…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 7

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench, sitting at the Central Police Court, has granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Queen's Hotel, Market and Kent streets…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of four.) Sale of an Hotel. Wulff v Gill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 5

Mr. Pickburn, instructed by Messrs. Villeneuve-Smith and Dawes (for Mr. Peter Street, of Murwillumbah), appeared for the plaintiff, Heinrich Christian Wulff; and Mr…

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Country News. West Maitland's Hotels. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 8

The Special Licensing Court opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, before Judge Fitzhardinge and Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, W. Le Brun Brown, police magistrates. Judge…

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Publicans' Transfers

The Australian Star · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 7

The Central Licensing Bench granted the following publicans' transfers yesterday:-- Isabella Varley, Queen's Hotel, Market and Kent Streets, Sydney, to Christopher Kean;…

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Hotels Closed. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 11

Under the decision of the Special Licensing Court the Criterion Hotel, Argent-street, and Gladstone Hotel, South Broken Hill, are to be closed from to-night…

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Reduction of Licenses. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 14

A Special Court was held yesterday, befor[?] Judge Backhouse (chairman) and Messrs. Macfarlane and Smithers, S.Ms., for the purpose of effecting reductions in the number of…

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Liverpool District Licenses Hotels to be Closed. The Local Option Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 3

This Court, composed of his Honor Judge, Backhouse, and Messrs. Macfarlane and Smithers, S.M.'s, sat in the Courthouse at Liverpool on Thursday…

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Special Licensing Courts. Gordon Electorate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 10

The Special Licensing Court for the Gordon electorate Judge Backhouse (chairman) and Messrs.; Smithers and Love, S.M's., gave its decision; regarding the licenses in that district…

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Hotels to Be Closed at Lismore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 10

LISMORE, Friday. -- His Honor Judge Gibson, sitting to-day in continuation of the special Licensing Court to deal with houses in this and adjoining electorates delivered his decision…

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