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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 12

Equity Case On £100,000 Loans For Forster Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Proposals by Stroud Shire Council to raise loans to erect a community hotel costing £100,000 at Forster are the subject of a motion for an injunction in the Equity Court today…

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Council Must Take Poll On Forster Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY.—An injunction restraining Stroud Shire Council from proceeding with a scheme to raise £100,000 to erect a…

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Must Hold Poll On £100,000 Forster Hotel Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1947 · page 13

SYDNEY, Friday.—An injunction restraining Stroud Shire Council from borrowing £100,000 to build a community hotel at Forster before a poll…

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P.M.G. Warns On Bogus License Inspectors

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY. — A warning was issued today by a high official of the G.P.O. for householders to be on the alert for bogus radio licence inspectors. Inspectors of the Department are…

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Seek Better Hotel Service

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

Newcastle A.L.P. State Electoral Council will ask the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) to advertise regularly the provisions of the Liquor…

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Increase Food Quota To Some Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Food quotas allowed some hotels were unreasonably low and did not allow them to cater for guests, the…

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Newcastle Hotel Accommodation

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 5

The Metropolitan, Licensing' Inspector early this month completed a comprehensive- personal inspection of the 114 hotels in the Newcastle…

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Community Hotel Run By Town Residents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 6

ADELAIDE: I have just checked out of a remarkable hotel. It hasn't a tile anywhere, except in the bathrooms. Its 200 modern rooms, its lounge, its dining-room, its bars are as well equipped and as pleasant as anything in…

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Voce Hit Ball Into Hotel Bar

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

LONDON, June 3. A.A.P.—Nottinghamshire scored 662 for eight wickets in the county cricket championship match at Trent Bridge,…

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Assassins Attack Jinnah. Wild Battle In Delhi Hotel Room

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1947 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday: An attempt was made to assassinate Moslem Leader Mahomed Ali Jinnah here yesterday during a meeting of the All-India Moslem League. Fifty Khaksars (Moslems opposed to the League) armed with spades and daggers…

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Hotels Advised To Seed Revision Of Prices Of Meals

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: Hotelkeepers seeking modification of the austerity meal charges had been advised to apply individually to the Deputy Prices Commissioner, the President of…

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Fines of £2900 Over Hotel's Eggs

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 13

LONDON: Fines totalling £2900, with £52 10s costs, were imposed at Bournemouth in the case in which the town's Ambassador Hotel was…

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Hotel Does Not Cook Meals For Jews

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 10

LONDON, Thursday—When the Burlington Hotel at Cliftonville, near Margate, published a brochure, containing the note…

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£160 In Safe Stolen From City Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 1

An iron safe containing about £160 was taken from the office of the Westminster Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, on Saturday night. The…

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Thieves Take Hotel Safe with £160

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 10

Newcastle detectives are investigating the theft of an iron safe containing £160 from the Westminster Hotel, Hunter Street, during the…

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Rooms Robbed in Two Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 4

TENTERFIELD, Wednesday.—Rooms in two Tenterfield hotels were burgled last night. Jewellery worth £200, owned by…

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Garden Hose Put Out Hotel Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 2

Although brigades from Maitland, East Maitland and Homeville were called to the Metropolitan Hotel. West Maitland last night, a garden…

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Hotel Serves Meals In Swimming Pool

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1947 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sunday.—Swimmers who like the water too much to leave it for meals may now dine in a 100ft. luxury pool at the…

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Maitland Permit Sought to Rebuild Six, Repair 24 Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 5

Sergeant W. J. L. Wright told the Magistrate (Mr. G. L. Berry) in the Licensing Court at West Maitland yesterday that application had been…

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Hotelkeepers Members of P. & C.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 5

Sir,—I would like to inform Mr. Blair that the Plattsburg Parents and Citizens' Association has a hotel proprietor for a patron, and several…

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