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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1948

129 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 7

Beer "Off" in Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 3

Beer was "off" in city hotels this afternoon. Some hotels opened for a time this morning and one or two may open…

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Sydney Move To Picket Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A number of Sydney hotels may be picketed by unionists in the next few days unless reasonable supplies of beer are…

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Hotels May Close Bars If No Beer

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: If a publican closes his hotel because of lack of beer supplies there is nothing licensing police can do to force him to keep his bars open. This was explained today by…

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Oppose Move For New Hotel At Adamstown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

Greater Newcastle Council last night rejected a recommendation by the Works Committee that the (Mr. Cahill) be asked to amend…

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Hotel Outrage Called Murder Of Innocents

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

JERUSALEM, Tues. (A.A.P.) — The blowing up of the Semiramis Hotel was a "dastardly and wanton murder of…

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Police Expect Early Arrest Of Hotel Armed Bandits

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: Detectives are confident of making an early arrest of the three bandits who staged an armed hold-up at the Hotel Arcadia, Pitt-st., last night…

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Passengers On Evening 'Flyer' Can't Get Dinner In Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 3

Yesterday Jim MacDougall, "Sydney Sun" columnist, mentioned that passengers on the evening "Flyer" to Newcastle, which left Central at 5.5 p.m. and got to Newcastle at 7.20 p.m., could not get dinner on arrival at Newcastle…

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Police Still Seek Hotel Bandits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Detectives to-night were still searching for three gunmen who staged a hold-up at the Hotel Arcadia, after…

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Hotel Boycott Recommended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—A boycott of hotels between Clifton and Dapto will be recommended to a mass meeting of members…

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Unionists Ban All Hotels At Illawarra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Sunday.—A "black" ban on all Illawarra district hotels will be imposed by Unionists to-morrow. This was…

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In Brief Black Bans On South Coast Hotels But No Beer To Sell Anyway Jeweller's Costly Error ... £83 In Court Penalties

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 4

ONLY A FEW saloon bar customers and a couple of old-age pensioners patronised Wollongong hotels today, owing to the black ban which covers 25 hotels from Clifton to Dapto…

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Publicans Meet On Hotel Ban

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Monday.—Hotelkeepers in the Greater Wollongong District, extending from Clifton to Dapto, met to-night,…

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Women Fight Burglar In Private Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — After a struggle with a burglar in Windsor Private Hotel, Elizabeth-street, to-night, two women were almost in…

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Hotels Close In Wollongong

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

WOLLONGONG.—All hotels in the Greater Wollongong area closed at 1 o'clock today following a meeting of the South…

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South Coast Black Ban Kept on Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

WOLLONGONG: Publicans have agreed "in principle" to union demands but the 'black"…

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Hotel Ban to Be Intensified

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—The ban on 25 hotels in Greater Wollongong is to be intensified following a conference between union…

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Talks Fail In Hotel Ban

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Friday.—Negotiations in the dispute which caused the ban on 25 hotels in Greater Wollongong were broken off by…

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Approve Licence; Community Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 2

The Manning River Licensing Court yesterday recommended a licence for a community hotel at Forster. The recommendation will…

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Black Ban On Sydney Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The West Ryde Hotel was declared "black" at a public meeting of about 50 West Ryde drinkers today…

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Community Hotel Plan Ambitions

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 7

Stroud Shire Council has an ambitious project in the community hotel the council proposes to build at Forster. The State licensing Board…

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