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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1949

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Hotel Raided

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 5

At a late hour last night local police raided an hotel in the centre of the city. It is understood a number of men were found allegedly drinking in the bar and…

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Raid on Hotel

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 11

First raid on a city hotel for some months was made by police. last night. The visit took place just before…

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Cabaret At Palace Hotel

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 4

At the Palace Hotel last Tuesday night, a cabar[?]t evening was held in the hotel dining room. The evening's entertainment was compered by Cliff Neate,…

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Hotel Robbery

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 12

Two rooms at the Globe Hotel were ransacked by thieves last night. Police report that a small sum…

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S.A. To Amend Licensing Act

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 3

Adelaide, November 23.—The Premier. Mr. Playford, introduced in the Assembly tonight a bill to amend the Licensing Act to deal with hotelkeepers who are…

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Effort To Avert Hotel Staff Stoppage Compulsory Conference Today

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 6

Sydney, November 28.—The Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. D. V. Morrison has called a compulsory conference for 11 a.m. tomorrow to try…

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Stop Work By Hotel Employees

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 2

Sydney.—More than 1,500 "back of the house" workers in most Sydney hotels will stop work at a minute past midnight next…

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Federal Union Given Preference Over State Body Move in Hotel Strike Threat

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 1

Sydney, Nov. 29.—An order giving employment preference to members of a Federal union over members of a State union was given by the Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. D. V. Morrison) today. The order was awarded when the State…

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Stoppage of Hotel Employees Today

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

Sydney, November 30.—The Trades and Labor Council has asked unionists on the South Coast not to drink beer or spirits during a 24 hours stopping tomorrow of…

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Licensing of Shops For Smallgoods Trade

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 3

Sydney. November 30.—All shops trading in small goods will have to be licensed in further by their respective municipal or shire councils. Announcing this, the…

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Hotel Boarders Clean Own Rooms

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

Sydney.—Thousands of guests had to make their own beds, clean their rooms and prepare their breakfast when a 24-hour stoppage of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union disrupted…

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Hotel Worker Resume Today After Stoppage

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

Sydney, December 1.—Hotel workers who held a 24 hours stoppage today in sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and four country towns will return to work tomorrow. The stoppage was called by the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees Union to…

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Hotel Proprietors Hold Money For Remodelling Building

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 1

Sydney, December 2:—U.L.V.A. President, Mr. N. H. Connelly, said yesterday that hotel proprietors were holding almost £10,000,000 in reserve pending the…

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Hotel Verandah Post Damaged

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 10 December 1949 · page 4

Mr. George Dryen, of 230 Argent street, was driving his car in Argent Street about midnight on Thursday night when, after having completed a…

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Hotel Sold at £42,500

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 5

Sydney.—The Goderich private hotel in Bayswater Road, King's Cross, was sold at auction for £42,500 to a buyer whose name…

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Policing Hotels

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 1

New York, December 20.—A Washington temperance leader has suggested "a policeman in every pub" during the Christmas season,…

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Renovations Completed At Palace Hotel

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 4

[?] Hotel, which [?] the past [?] been almost completed [?] is being made…

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Will Sing Carols in Hotel Bar

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 2

Melbourne—Five hundred Wonthaggi miners, foaming pots in hand, some with coal dust still ringing their eyes, will participate in a unique Yuletide service conducted by the Anglican vicar (Rev…

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Hotel-supplies

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 3

It is expected that all Broken Hill hotels will receive enough beer to carry them over the New Year…

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Hotel Windows Broken

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 31 December 1949 · page 4

Things began to move at the Mount Gipps Hotel in the early hours of yesterday morning when two men decided that a few windows in the hotel were…

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