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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 12

Canberra Plans For Community Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.—The first step in the establishment of a community hotel in Canberra was taken to-day when a draft scheme was…

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Plan For Mayfield Hotel Rejected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1947 · page 2

An application for the erection of a hotel at Mayfield West was rejected "on town-planning principles" by Greater Newcastle Works…

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Hotels Booked Our For Newcastle's 150th Celebrations

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 July 1947 · page 4

Hotels and guest houses in Newcastle, Maitland and Toronto had been booked out for months by visitors and sporting bodies, who would attend the Newcastle Sesqui-Centenary celebrations in September, a U.L.V.A. spokesman…

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Hotelkeeper Fined For Overcharging

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Fines totaling £75 were imposed on William Clement Galloway in the Special Federal Court to-day for…

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Snatched Notes From Hotel Till

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man who snatched a handful of notes from a till in the Castlereagh Hotel this afternoon knocked down a man who…

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League to Probe on Hotel Incident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 10

SYDNEY, Monday.—The New South Wales Rugby League to-night ordered an inquiry into a reported disturbance by New South Wales players at a Brisbane hotel early yesterday…

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Chemist Found Dead In Hotel Room

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday—After the body of Charles Page, 39, chemist, was found in a room at Tattersall's Hotel. Lithgow, this morning, police…

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Cessnock Aldermen Want Repairs To Homes Before Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 6

Cessnock aldermen last night objected to repairs and painting being carried out at six Cessnock hotels until materials were available for houses in more urgent need of renovation…

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Price Controls Stay On Cafe, Hotel Meals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Price control of meals at hotels and cafes had not been lifted, the Prices Commissioner (Mr. McCarthy) said…

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Prominent Riders All Re-licensed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 12

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Although the list of jockeys licensed to ride in Sydney for the forthcoming season has been reduced from 120 to 68 the…

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Fewer Jockeys Licensed For New Season

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 16

SYDNEY.—Only 68 jockeys were licensed by the A.J.C. this season as against 128 last season…

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Hotel Guests Slept Through Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Guests in the Crystal Palace Hotel, George Street, Sydney, stayed in their beds early today while firemen on the…

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Couldn't Pin Blame; New Inquiry on Hotel Damage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1947 · page 10

SYDNEY, Monday.—The management committee of the New South Wales Rugby League to-night reported to the League that it was unable to place the blame for the misconduct at the Hotel Daniel,…

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Man Perished In Hotel Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1947 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Monday.—The charted body of a young miner, who was missing after a fire destroyed a hotel at Ohura, was discovered by police…

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No Decision On New Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 4

The applicant (Mr. A. Amos), Mr. W. A. Branscomb, and two Sydney architects, attended a meeting of the Greater Newcastle Council Works…

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Bomb Explosion In Vienna Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 1

VIENNA, August 5. A.A.P.—Fire bombs exploded in the basement of Sacher's Hotel, now used as a transient hotel by high ranking…

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Hotel Incident; 7 Players Cited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Following the Interview of the New South Wale Rugby League President (Mr. H Flegg) with the Management…

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Man Denies Betting at Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 6

Allegations that two police had seen a man accepting bets after writing had been done on a piece of cardboard were made at…

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Wallsend Protest On Taxi License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 August 1947 · page 5

A protest against the allocation of taxi plates to civilians in preference to returned men will be made to the Minister for Transport (Mr…

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No New Evidence On League Hotel Incident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The porter at the Hotel Daniel, Brisbane, who said be could identify members of the New South Wales Rugby League…

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