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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1946

217 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11

Bold Safe Theft at Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Entering the "Friend in Hand" Hotel, Glebe, thieves carried the hotel safe from the second floor to the ground floor…

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Inquiry Ordered by Government Hotel Dismissal Of Former Valet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—The Commonwealth Government to-day ordered in inquiry into the dismissal from the Hotel Kingston, Canberra, of Ernest Fields, former valet to Brigadier Derek…

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Reinstatement of Schreiber's Former Valet at Canberra Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA: Ernest Cyril Fields, whose dismissal from the Hotel Kingston caused a union "black" ban on the household of Brigadier Derek Schreiber, has been offered his job back without loss of pay…

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Hotels Have Room For Travellers Police Tell S.M.

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

When the quarterly licensing report was submitted to Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at the Licensing court today, he asked to be…

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Some Hotels Need Repairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 4

Several of the 114 hotels and 11 Australian wine licences in the district needed substantial alterations and renovations but, owing to lack…

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Publicans Warned Against Refusing Schooners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Hotelkeepers who refuse to sell schooners of beer between the hours of 4.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. on week days are liable to…

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Communist Paper Compliments Newcastle Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 13

SYDNEY: "The Tribune" has just paid a compliment to the publicans of Newcastle. It features the following:…

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Want All Sydney Hotels Declared "Black"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A "black" ban on all metropolitan hotels is to be sought from the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council…

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Many Drinkers Waste Beer, Says Publican

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Many drinkers waste their beer—actually leave schooners half empty, sometimes discard them after taking a few sips, said…

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Hotel Boycott Lifted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Boycotts placed by customers on suburban hotels have been lifted. Licensees of three banned…

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Police Protection Asked In Bexley Hotel "Black" Ban

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Following on a meeting of customers who last night threatened to declare the Hotel Bexley black from opening…

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Thieves In Car Take Hotel Safe

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY: A safe containing £400 was stolen from the Crown Hotel Camden. early today. A woman resident told police that…

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£400 Taken From Hotel Safe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A safe containing £400 was stolen from the Crown Hotel, Camden. A woman resident told police that she saw…

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Hotel Accommodation Big Problem For Show Committee

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 5

The biggest problem at present confronting the organisers of this year's Newcastle Show is hotel accommodation for the large number of officials and exhibitors who will be here during Show week…

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Jump in Lake Says Licensee 'Black" Ban on Hotel Kearsley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

A public meeting at Kearsley yesterday afternoon decided to impose a "black"' ban on the Hotel Kearsley…

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May Lift Ban on Kearsley Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

Following a conference between the Kearsley Citizens Committee and the Secretary of the local branch of the U.L.V.A. (Mr. H…

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Hotelkeepers Gaoled for Blackmarketing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

CAIRNS, Monday.—Eileen Pennington, former licensee of the Commercial Hotel Cairns, and James Faithfull Cooney, licensee of the…

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Ban to Stand on Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 2

A meeting at Kearsley last night decided that the boycott on the Kearsley Hotel would remain until the licensee (Mr. Thompson) left…

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Publican's Appeal Is Successful

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 2

Edward Thomson, the licensee of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Raymond Terrace, appealed, at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions today, against a…

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Wagga Hotel Sold for £35,000

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 4

WAGGA, Wednesday.—Mr. A. Romano, owner of Romano's Restaurant in Sydney, to-day paid £35,000 for the Commercial Hotel,…

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