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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1946

217 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 11

Sydney Publican Is Critical of Beer Quota

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Bottled beer was still available in Sydney night clubs while hotelkeepers had supplies "doled out to them," Mr. V…

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Many Jockeys Off List of Licensees

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 10

SYDNEY.—Jockeys licensed by the A.J.C. this week have been reduced in numbers practically by half, according to the official…

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91 Died in Hotel Explosion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 A.A.P.—It is officially announced that the total killed in the explosion at the King David Hotel was 91. Forty-five…

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"Floating Hotel" Goes to Disposals Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.—Thousands of pounds in cash is being taken to the Cairns disposal sale on board the Canberra, which arrived in Brisbane…

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Hotels Only Beer Shops, Says Mr. Evatt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — "Australia's hotel conditions, broadly speaking, are intolerable," the Minister for Tourist Activities (Mr…

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£25,000 Fire Guts Hotel, Five Shops

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 5

WINTON (Qld.), Thursday: Spreading fast a fire, which started in the. window of a jeweller's shop last night, gutted…

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Punting Publican Had Big Win. On Treble In N.Z.

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 16

WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—A Wellington publican landed a £14,000 treble when Bramble Song won the Grand National Hurdles at…

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Dietitian Favors School For Cooks In Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 8

Miss E. J. Stephens, the Health Department dietitian, at present in Newcastle, is all in favor of the move for a training school…

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Hope Gives Himself Up to Police at Scone Stayed At Hotel, Worked On Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 1

Keith George Hope, alias Beckett, 23, wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting of Detective Constable Ahearn in Sydney on Sundays, surrendered to Scone police at 11.45 last night…

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Mr. Romano Buys Wagga Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 12

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. A. O. Romano, owner of Bernborough, has purchased Bellairs' Commercial Hotel, at Wagga…

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Old Hotel to Be Rebuilt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 6

The Morris Hotel at Raymond Terrace is to be rebuilt. The licence has been held by the Morris family for more than 30 years. The hotel was built in 1841. Nails used in its construction were made on the job by a workman…

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Bell-Hap Caused Hotel Tragedy

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday.—A former bell-hop, Shelley Hart, 35, has confessed that he set fire to the Grand Hotel at Parkersbury (West…

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Hotel, Shops Burn in Northern Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.—A fire which menaced the whole shopping centre at Oakey, on the Darling Downs, until a south-west wind blew…

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U.S. Prosecutor Killed In Hotel Passage

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Assistant U.S. Attorney, George Mashank, successful prosecutor of blackmarketeers, was found dying in a Pittsburg hotel early today. Louis Manocchia, hotel barber, said…

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Govt. Plan To Train Hotel Cooks, Waiters

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 August 1946 · page 8

SYDNEY: The training school for hotel cooks and waiters, which the Government proposed to establish at Ultimo, would incorporate the most…

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Newcastle Clergy Against Hotels Closing At 10 p.m

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 7

At a meeting of Newcastle United Churches' Association this morning it had been claimed that the bill relating to closing times of hotels had…

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Strike at Canberra Hotel Settled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 9

CANBERRA, Friday.—A strike among employees of the Hotel Canberra was temporarily settled to-day…

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Canberra Hotel Dispute Still Unsettled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 September 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sunday.—No settlement of the dispute at Canberra's leading hotel, the Hotel Canberra, over the dismissal of a drinks waiter…

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Jap Hotels For Our Troops When On Leave

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—Four first-class Jap hotels are being made available on October 1 for members of the British Commonwealth…

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Hotels Referendum In February

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY.—The referendum on hotel trading hours will be held early in February, said the Premier (Mr. McKell) today. He…

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