FRANCKE

Samper's Great Western Billiard Saloon, 

(north-west corner of Herbert & Bayly Streets), Gulgong

Source: SLNSW 

Frederick John Francke (licensee of Samual Samper’s Billiard Saloon) may be one of the men in this photo.

NEWS ITEMS

1871 - PUBLICAN'S LICENCE - TRUNKEY CREEK

Frederick Francke held the Publican's licence for the Corner Hotel at Trunkey Creek from July 1871 to June 1872.

Source: New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) Fri 1 Sep 1871 [Issue No.217 (SUPPLEMENT)] Page 1953

1873 - PUBLICAN'S LICENCE - GULGONG

THE following Return of Publicans’ Licenses, which have been issued for the year commenced 1st July, 1873, and ending 30th June, 1874, is published for general information.

Francke, Fredk, Gulgong, Great Western Hotel

Source: New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930) Tue 9 Sep 1873 [Issue No.212 (SUPPLEMENT)] Page 2464

In the 1873 Petition for Municipality he was listed as "Frederick Francke, Gulgong, storekeeper"

1873 - Police Court

Before L. S. Donaldson

Allowing Cards to be Played – Messrs. Jamieson, Wesley, Franke, Howard, Dillon and Gallen [publicans] for allowing cards to be played in their licensed premises. Case adjourned until Tuesday.

Source: Gulgong Guardian, Issue No 193, June 21, 1873

1874 - BILLIARD LICENCE - GULGONG

Francke, Fredk, Gulgong, Great Western Hotel

Source: New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930)  Wed 2 Sep 1874 [Issue No.209 (SUPPLEMENT)] Page 2656

1874 - Prince of Wales Opera House

Tickets for any Night of the Amateur Performance may be had at the following places:- Green’s, Selff’s, McCulloch’s, Bird’s, Jenkinson’s, Hunter’s, Robinson’s, Nightingale’s, Scurrah’s, O’Neill’s, Angove’s, Wood’s, Powell’s, the three Banks, Hill’s, M’Grath’s, Sun Tong Lee’s, On Hing’s, Sing War’s and F. Franke’s.

Source: GULGONG EVENING ARGUS - May 5, 1874

1874 - The Shades

At Mr. F. Francke’s, Great Western Hotel, a parlour has been dug out of the hard rock under the bar for the accommodation of visitors. The work has been very heavy for the rock had to be cut out with gads and picks, for neither powder nor dynamite could be used. The room is approached by a flight of broad steps leading to the street and is neatly fitted up, the walls covered with Indian matting and supplied with a pipe near the ceiling to serve as a ventilator. There is an injenior[sic] contrivance for lowering refreshments from the bar, by a box balanced with a weight, avoiding the necessity of going round by the street and down the staircase. It’s evident from the work that the proprietor does not think that Gulgong is going down, otherwise he would not have gone down with his expensive work and satisfactorily finished it in the solid rock—the hardest of all the rock in the vicinity of Gulgong and the most obnoxious to the miner.

Source: GULGONG EVENING ARGUS - May 5, 1874

1875 - PUBLICAN'S LICENCE - GULGONG

THE following Return of Publicans' Licenses, which have been issued for the year commenced 1st July, 1875, and ending 30th June, 1876, is published for general information.

Francke, Fredk, Gulgong, Great Western Hotel

Source: New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) Thu 9 Sep 1875 [Issue No.239 (SUPPLEMENT)] Page 2766

1877 - PUBLICAN'S LICENCE - GULGONG

THE following Return of Publicans' Licenses which have been issued for the year commenced 1st July, 1877, and ending 30th June, 1878, is published for general information.

Francke, Frederick, Gulgong, Great Western Hotel

Source: New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) Fri 31 Aug 1877 [Issue No.280 (SUPPLEMENT)] Page 3367