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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1945

167 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 9

Liquor Licenses Sought for Workman's Clubs

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

A meeting last night of the Cess nock and Kurri District Provisional Committee appointed to organise workers' clubs on the coalfields,…

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Fire in Merewether Hotel Bedroom

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

A bedroom and its contents, on the first floor of the Beach Hotel, Merewether, were damaged by fire shortly after 4 a.m. yesterday…

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"Most N.Z. Hotels Company-owned"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.—Opening the Crown case before the Licensing Commission, Mr. Willis, K.C., said a large proportion of the…

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"Trust Diggers to Behave in Hotels"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—It was foolish to imply that returned soldiers could be trusted to behave themselves when hotels were open…

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Open Hotels Until 9 p.m., Says Primate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 1

PERTH, Friday.—The Primate of Australia (Most Rev. Dr. Le Fanu) agrees with the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) that liquor…

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Soldier Could Not Remember Offence in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 8

A soldier who said he did not remember if the other defendant was his brother was charged before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at…

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Hotel Control in Canberra Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—"A lot of irresponsible, statements by a lot of irresponsible people" was the comment of the Minister for the…

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Bottled Beer Shortage Judge Nield Blames Hotelkeepers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 2

The present shortage of bottled bear was not due to restriction in manufacture, but to the action of hotelkeepers, who took a…

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Hotelkeepers Give Views on Beer: Draught & Bottled

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 7

While conceding that in some circumstances the profit from the sale of draught beer is greater than from bottled beer. Newcastle hotelkeepers claim that such a flat statement as that by Judge Nield at…

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Closed Hotels on Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 7

Criticism of the action of the Government in continuing its ban on the opening of hotels on Anzac Day was made day members of the Lamb-tonNew…

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Later Hotel Hours Opposed By Labour Women

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 3

New Lambton-Lambton A.L.P. last night decided to seek through, the Waratah State Council inclusion in the agenda for the June Conference…

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Plan Hotel Hours Job of Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It is expected that the most difficult task of the special committee set up by the State Government to recommend…

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Convicted Of Theft in A Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 3

Martin J. Kipping, 46, hotel useful, was charged, at Newcastle Police Court today, with stealing £1 0s 6d, the property of Mary E…

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Hotel Trading Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 6

Sir,—Many thousands of your readers will applaud the attitude of Mrs. Chandler (Lambton-New Lambton A.L.P.) in seeking to bring…

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Hotel Licence Is Suspended Until Service Better

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE.—The State Licensing Commission has suspended the licence of the Dalby Hotel until proper meals and accommodation…

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Only Sit-Down Drinking In This Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Thursday: There will be no perpendicular drinking in the new hotel that the Invercargill Licensing Trust is building. The trust controls liquor in the…

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Women's Ideas Upon Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 7

Widely diverging opinions were expressed by Newcastle women today on the possibility of hotel trading hours being extended beyond 6 p.m. Many considered it would lead to a further breaking up of family life. Others…

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Queensland Move Against Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 March 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE—State Caucus has decided to compel all hotelkeepers to supply meals and accommodation. Some northern members…

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Meeting On Hotels Diggers Want Public

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 6

"Something radical should be done by the sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League of this district to let the Federal Government see how…

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Want Hotels Open on Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 8

At a meeting of the Wallsen.d R.S.L. last night it was decided that a protest be sent to the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) at the decision…

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