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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 12

May Examine Question Of "Tied" Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—If recent amendments to the Liquor Act failed to solve the liquor trade problems, the "tied house" system, under…

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Meatless Fridays In Sydney Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—All members of the Residential Hotels' Association will observe Friday, May 2, as a meatless day in Sydney. Meat…

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Penalty Rates for Hotel Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 6

The Secretary of the Newcastle branch of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union (Mr. J. Wilson) said last night that as…

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Says No Law to Keep Hotels Open

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Hotels were not required by law to open for the sale of liquor on any day, the Secretary of the U.L.V.A. (Mr…

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Police Object To Bookmaker Holding Licence For Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 5

A police objection to a registered bookmaker holding the licence of a hotel was not upheld at Newcastle Licensing Court…

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Only 68 Country Hotels Meet N.R.M.A. Standard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 2

Out of a total of 1410 licensed hotels in New South Wales, country and Newcastle districts, the N.R.M.A. considered that only 68 were worthy…

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Hotels Warned On Lounges. Glass Deposits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 4

GOSFORD, Tuesday.—Hotelkeepers were warned in Gosford Licensing Court to-day that if they charged 1/ deposit on glasses, refused to open…

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Hotel Accommodation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 4

Sir,—As a hotel boarder, and a victim of the wartime bed and breakfast racket—a racket still permitted although the war is long since fought…

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Ministers Back Order To Rebuild Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Licensing Court order to three Bathurst hotelkeepers to demolish their hotels and rebuild modern premises was in…

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Keogh Inquiry Told: "Man In Hotel On Corner Wasn't Getting Fair Go" 11

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Allegations that Police Sergeant Alfred John Keogh had been transferred from Peak Hill to Bathurst, because "the man in the corner hotel was not getting a fair go," would be made, said Mr. Jack Richards,…

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Hotel Accommodation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 6

Sir,—A man, his wife and child arrived in Newcastle recently from Victoria and were referred to me as a likely person to find them…

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Farewell To Hotel Licensee

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 May 1947 · page 6

Mr. and Mrs. Len Morris and son Len, who are leaving Newcastle for Canberra tomorrow, were farewelled by more than 50 friends at the…

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Hotel Ablaze: Four Guests Rescued Through Smoke Wall

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 May 1947 · page 2

GUNNEDAH: Rescuers had to fight their way through dense smoke to save two men, a woman and a baby from the fiercely burning Royal Hotel at Gunnedah early today…

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Narrow Escapes In Hotel Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two men, a woman and a baby had a narrow escape from being trapped in a fire which destroyed a large portion of…

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Hotels "Name Day" For African Honeymooners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 2

JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday: Hotel rooms are so hard to book here now that engaged girls no longer "name the day." The hotel does it. As soon as coastal hotels, which are popular with…

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Ginger Rogers Can't Use Her "Rolling Hotel" "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1947 · page 8

HOLLYWOOD, May 22.—Ginger Rogers started out to buy a simple car trailer for use as a portable dressing room and on vacation trips,…

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NEW Yorkers On The Dole Live In Luxury Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 May 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday: Families on the dole are being housed in expensive hotels by the New York Welfare Department. A few days ago it was revealed I that the department was providing…

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May Legislate For Wider Hotel Controls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister for Tourist Activities (Mr. Finnan) said that if legislation he had in mind was agreed to, the Government would…

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Appeal Dismissed By Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1947 · page 7

The Fell Bench of the State Licensing Court at Newcastle yesterday dismissed an appeal by Harold Blakemore against the refusal by the…

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Schooners All Day In Maitland Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1947 · page 3

From to-morrow all hotels in Maitland will serve schooners during the full trading period instead of from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. This…

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