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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 12

Council Defers Decision On Mayfield Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 2

An application by Mr. David Amos for permission to erect a hotel in Mayfield West subdivision shopping centre should not be allowed, as the…

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Tenterfield Plans Community Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 2

TENTERFIELD, Sunday.—Tenterfield Municipal Council has instructed the Town Clerk to prepare a report and preliminary plan for the…

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Police Check Hotels On Food, Accommodation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police to-day made a check of a number of Sydney hotels in response to complaints about food and accommodation…

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One Hotel For Every 44 Persons In 1827

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 15

THERE were no hotels in Newcastle until after the penal settlement had been moved to JPort Macquarie…

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Famous Painter Hides In Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 September 1947 · page 7

MONTE CARLO, Tuesday: While celebrities throng the luxury hotels of the Riviera, one of the most famous men in France is in hiding in a tiny hotel at Golfe-Juan. Surrealist painter, Pablo Picasso…

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Hotel Service Charge Illegal, Says Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 September 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY.—A service charge added to the price of meals is illegal, Mr. Atkinson, S.M., ruled in the Federal Court today…

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Australian Hotels "Chrome-Plated Shanties"

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

TAMWORTH, Thursday.—Hotels generally in Australia were chromeplated replicas of old-time shanties, it was stated in the case for…

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Hotels Fined For Service Charge, Will Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Upholding the validity of the price-fixing order regulating charges for hotel meals, Mr. Atkinson, S.M., in the Special Federal…

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Patrick May Turn Licensee

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

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Australian lightweight champion, Vic Patrick, who recently announced his [?]tirement from the ring, may…

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The Letter Box Nationalise Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 6

If the Government must nationalise something, why not start with the hotels, not the banks? Under stress of war and postwar…

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Minister To Call Talks On Hotel Accommodation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Tourist Activities and Immigration (Mr. Fh[?]nan) said to-night he would invite hotelkeepers…

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Hotel In Same Family For 47 Years

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 5

The licence of the National Hotel, Wallsend, has been held by the White family for the past 47 years. The hotel, which was originally…

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Refused Permit to Erect Hotel At Mayfield West

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 2

Permission for Mr. David Amos to erect a hotel at Mayfield West was refused by Greater Newcastle Council Works Committee last night…

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Bandsmen Make Hotel "Music Academy"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 2

SINCE four visiting bands arrived in Newcastle from Auckland, Wellington, Broken Hill and Melbourne, dozens of…

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Patronised Same Hotel For 62 Year Won't Have Pints

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 2

First customer to drink from one of the new 20oz. pints at the Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton, yesterday was Mr. Bob Hall, 87, who…

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Publicans Fined Under 1880 Act "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 5

LONDON, September 23.—Abraham Nott, licensee of the Old Queen's Hotel, Bingley (Yorkshire) was short of rum. Frank Cropper, licensce of…

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Patrick May Take Over Sydney Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Vic Patrick, who recently announced his retirement from boxing, said in Adeaide to-day that he might take over…

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Confer On Site For New Mayfield Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 2

"It is obvious that the council agreed on the erection of an additional hotel in the Mayfield area, the only point at issue being its site,"…

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Hotel Proprietors Withdraw Actions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—The proprietors of the Australia, Usher's ,and the Carlton Hotels, who brought injunctions restraining Francis Joseph…

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Report On Plan For Mayfield Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1947 · page 4

The Manager of Newcastle Abattoir (Mr. J. L. Lawson) will be asked to report on proposals to build a hotel and garage on Maitland-road land now…

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