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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 12

Hotel Fire Quickly Extinguished

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 6

A fire broke out in the bar of the Terminus Hotel. Scott Street, this morning while workmen were catting down an iron…

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Hotel, Restaurant Employees Meet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 5

The State Secretary of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union (Miss F. Davis) and the State President (Mr. L. Valentine) will…

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£100,000 Hotel Plan Abandoned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Plans by Stroud Shire Council to build a £100,000 tourist hotel on land owned by a launch proprietor, Earl…

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Four Injured When Bus Hits Hotel At Mayfield

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

One of four persons injured in a bus accident at Mayfield this morning, William Sprott, 22, of Hargrave Street, Carrington,…

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Build Houses Before Hotel At Forster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 3

Stroud Shire Council would not undertake the building of its proposed £100,000 community hotel at Forster until the housing position had…

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Hotel And Cafe Workers Want Five-Day Week

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 2

Newcastle members of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union last night had endorsed the union's policy that the…

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Licensing Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. L.M ) Hotels Change Bands

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

The licence of the Town Hall Hotel, Waratah. was transferred from Reginald Gladman to Ronald Winston Allison. The licence ol the Travellers' Rest Hotel…

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"Many Hotels Work 40-Hours In 5 Days"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 5

"Working of the 40-hour week in five days has already been introduced at a number of hotels in the Newcastle district," the…

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Petition on Forster Hotel Proposal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 12

Sir,—According to a news item ("N.M.U.," 28/6/'47), it appears that the Stroud Shire Council intends to ignore the petition, signed by 560…

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Four Nurses Burned To Death In Famous New Zealand Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 1

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Saturday: Four young nurses were burned to death and a man and two women injured when a 32-room annexe of the luxurious Franz Josef, Hotel, in the Southern Alps, was razed early today…

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102 Sydney Clubs Move To Get Liquor Licenses

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 July 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Licensing Court was packed today when secretaries and legal, representatives of 102 clubs applied under Amended Regulations of the Liquor Act for club licences…

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Hotel Manager On Embezzling Charge; To Stand Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY. Monday.—In the Central Court to-day, Leonard Dallas Love, hotel manager, was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Observe Five-day Week In Many Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The U.L.V.A. had agreed that a five-day week would be worked in hotels in New South Wales by…

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Probe Building Of Luxury Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The reported construction of a luxury hotel at Ulladulla would be investigated, the Minister for Building Materials (Mr…

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Constable Charged With Theft Said To Have Been In Hotel At Time

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: "When a police constable was alleged to have been seen hurrying from a home from which £700 was reported to have been stolen, I was drinking with him at a Coogee hotel," said a witness in Central Court today…

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Hotelkeeper Fined £5: S.M.'s WARNING

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 2

For having sold liquor on election night, May 3, the licensee of the Esplanade Hotel, Hugh McMillan Black, was fined £5 with…

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World Scoop In Hotel Bar

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—The man who scooped the world's newspapers on Princess Elizabeth's engagement is…

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A.L.P. Urges Better Hotel Accomodation

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 4

The Waratah Electorate Council of the A.L.P. decided at a meeting last night to ask the Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) to take strong action…

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Milk Runs Better Than Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 8

SYDNEY: Milk rounds were more profitable than hotels, a city milk vendor said today. Hotel proprietors worked longer…

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License Service Stations To Improve Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The registration of motor mechanics and licensing of service stations, to improve the repair trade, is favoured by the…

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