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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1946

217 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11

No Change In Hotel Hours Unless Approved By Referendum

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY. — Trading hours of hotels in New South Wales will not be changed without a referendum. THIS, it was said today, was pro-…

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Declare Sydney Hotels Black

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Ten thousand trade unionists have asked the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council to declare all…

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Hotel Trading Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 4

Sir,—Mr. Meikle's letter ("N.M.H.," 5/2/'46) has opened a question that must be answered by the U.L.V.A and its local members…

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Armed Hold-up at Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY. — Wearing a black mask, an armed man early today held up and assaulted a 62-year-old night porter at the…

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A.r.u. to Declare All Hotels Black

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Council of the Australian Railways Union has directed all its members to declare all hotels and beer and wine bars black throughout New South Wales on a date to be fixed, in a move to check…

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Hotel Ban Move Not Reached

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A recommendation to the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council from the Metal Workers' Union that all…

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Rush to Renovate Newcastle Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 6

The lifting of restrictions on repairs and painting, imposed under National Security Regulations, has resulted in a rush by hotels and business…

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Crushed In Hotel Lift Well

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 1

Trapped in the lift well at the Westminster Hotel for half an hour this morning James Gibson, 31, of Devon Street,…

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Trapped in Hotel Lift Well

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

Jammed against a timber bearer in the lift well of the Westminster Hotel yesterday, James Gibson, 30, of Devon-street, Wallsend, relative…

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Commission Instead of Licensing Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Government may be asked by the New South Wales branch of the A.L.P. to replace the present…

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Community Hotel Move Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 3

By an overwhelming majority, Maitland Council last night rejected a move for it to seek a licence for a community hotel to be managed…

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M.L.A. Complains of Newcastle Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Complaints about the attitude of hotelkeepers in Newcastle and other coalfields districts in refusing accommodation to…

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Want Community Hotel in Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.—A deputation of Canberra Citizens to-day asked the Minister for the Interior (Mr. Johnson) for Government…

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Robberies at Two Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 2

Two district hotels were broken into and liquor stolen on Saturday night. Intruders were disturbed while attempting to break into a…

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Rode Horse in Hotel Bar Court Sequel at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 5

The story of a man who rode a horse through the bar of a hotel drank a beer while on horseback and then threw the glass away, was…

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Hotelkeepers Confer With Citizens

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY. — Parramatta hotelkeepers, aldermen and members of the Citizens' Committee conferred for three hours last night on the liquor…

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Begged in Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 4

Herman A. Dignon, 60, a showman, was observed by Sergt. H. Larkin in the lounge bar of the Westminster Hotel yesterday begging for…

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Want Local Hotel Control

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 2

Greater Newcastle Council decided to support Balmain Council in its effort to bring the licensing, control and regulation of all licensed…

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Bus Licensing Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 3

Local authority was being brought into contempt when applicants for bus licences were permitted to make application to one council and if dissatisfied to go to another, said Cr. A. Opie of Kearsley Shire Council this morning. CR. OPIE was referring to the…

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Bond for Licensee Not Precedent, Says Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 5

When he granted Stephen Keith Flanagan, licensee of the Victoria Hotel, Hinton, a bond for two years under a surety of £25 at West…

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