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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1946

217 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 11

Terrible Scene During Hotel Holocaust; Screams From Windows

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 June 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday: There were terrible scenes when a fire gutted the six-storey Canfield Hotel at Dubuque (Iowa) and trapped victims screamed at the windows. FIFTEEN BODIES have been…

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23 Persons Still Missing Dubuque Hotel Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 3

DUBUQUE (Iowa), June 10. A.A.P.—Twenty-three of the 129 guests who were registered at the Canfield Hotel at the time of the disastrous fire on Saturday remain unaccounted for…

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Rode Horse Into Hotel Bar

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 3

During yesterday's Victory celebrations in Newcastle a man rode a horse into the bar of the Sunnyside Hotel, Broadmeadow, and walked it round to the accompaniment of cheers. THE horseman called it his "Victory Ride."…

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Charge Against Licensee Withdrawn At Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 9

An appeal had been lodged against the severity of a penally imposed la[?] court day, said Constable J Rowa at Wallsend Court, today when [?]…

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Hotel Manager Fined for Coupon Offence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—No evidence was called for the defence to-day in a case in which the manager of Usher's Hotel, Stewart Parnell…

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Police Oppose Renewal of Hotel Licence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 6

At Newcastle Licensing Court, the police opposed the granting of the renewal of the licence of the Royal Hotel, Newcastle. The licensee will…

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Oxford Group Buys Geneva Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 6

GENEVA, Tuesday.—The Oxford Group has bought Caux Palace, one of Switzerland's most grandiose hotels, as a keypoint for spreading its…

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Why Hotels Have No Meals

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 3

Before renewing the licences of several hotels in the Newcastle Licensing Court today, Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., asked for an explanation why the Liquor Act provisions regarding the supply of meals to the public an travellers had not been complied with. The hotels named in the police…

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Hotel Licence Is Renewed Despite Police Objection

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 3

Though the police lodged an objection to the renewal of the licence of the Koval Hotel. Newcastle, held by Jim Garrett. Mr…

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Drinkers On Good Friday : Hotel Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 7

On Good Friday morning, April 19, Sgt. G. Ball saw three men enter the Commercial Hotel, Scott Street. He knocked at the…

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Persian Pipe Dreams Must Be Licensed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 6

TEHERAN, Thursday: Premier Sultaneh has ordered dismissal of any Persian officials or Government employees found…

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Community Hotel at Forster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 2

In support of its proposal to erect a community hotel, estimated to cost about £100,000, at Forster, the Stroud Shire Council will hold meetings at…

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Hotel Explosion Kills Eight

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

DALLAS (Texas), Friday.—An explosion in a basement at the 16-story £1,600,000 Baker Hotel killed eight persons and injured 41…

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Thieves Rob Shop, Hotel In Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY.—A cat burgler, disturbed in a Rozelle grocery shop at 4 a.m. today, made good his escape after dealing the till of £15. He also stole…

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Search for Airman Woman Murdered in Hotel "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 3

LONDON, June 24.—Airfields throughout Britain and on the Continent are being watched closely for a tall, handsome, blonde ex-R.A.F…

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Licensing Trust Profit £15,000 in Two Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 8

AUCKLAND, Sunday. — The Licensing Trust, established at Invercargill by the New Zealand Government, will celebrate its second…

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Barrow Licenses Opposed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 5

Newcastle branch of the N.S.W. Fruit Shopkeepers' Association will oppose the granting of further fruit barrow…

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Stole Quilts From Hamilton Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 3

Emma Russell, 21, entered a room at the Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton, on June 22 and stole two quilts valued at £4 from a bed and sold…

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Damage to Hotel Balcony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

Considerable damage was done yesterday to the balcony of the General Roberts Hotel at the corner of Lambton and Taranga Roads, New…

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Proposed £100,000 Hotel At Forster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 4

AFTER allowing for reserves of £5000 per annum, and interest and principal repayments, Stroud Shire Council expects an annual…

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