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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1948

129 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 7

First Community Hotel In State At Forster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1948 · page 2

THE first community hotel in New South Wales—a five-storied £100,000 structure—will be built at Forster…

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Letters To the Editor Forster Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

A NEWS item ("N.M.H.," 6/9/48) stated that Mr. Stone said work on Forster Community Hotel "could not be started until building material…

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Visitor Says He Was Robbed At Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

A visitor to Newcastle told detectives last night that he had been knocked down in the lavatory of a city hotel and robbed of £10 and…

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Re-roof Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 3

On the recommendation of the City Engineer (Mr. Baddeley), tenders are to be called for re-roofing the Central Hotel, one of Greater…

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No Rush for Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 2

PRACTICALLY no accommodation has been booked by people wanting to stay in Newcastle during the Royal visit on…

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Robbed By Three In Hotel, Man Alleges

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 2

An allegation that he had been attacked and robbed by three men at the Clarendon Hotel on Sept. 9 was made by Keith Alfred Durand of Armidale in the Quarter Sessions today…

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Manslaughter Charge Against Licensee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 1

BOURKE, Wednesday.—Police to-night arrested the licensee of a Bourke hotel and charged him with manslaughter…

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Giving Up Hotel for Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Oct. 4 A.A.P.—Mr. Albert Yates has resigned as land lord of the Crown Hotel at Stone (Staffordshire) to study to enter the…

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Licensed Bakers Recommended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Licensing of bakers by a controlling authority over the industry is recommended in a report by the Bread…

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£65,000 Hotel For Wangi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 2

HOTEL costing £65,000 is to be erected in Watkins-road, Wangi. It will have 30 bedrooms…

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In Brief Blame 40 Hr. Week For Hotel Brawls

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 4

The prevalence of brawls in and outside Melbourne hotels on Saturday afternoons is due to the 40-hour week, says the Acting Police Commissioner (Supt. O'Keefe). In a report to the Chief Secretary he said that since the 40-hour week was…

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£35,000 Damage In Hotel Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 3

HILLSTON, Monday.—Fire gutted the Royal Mail Hotel early to-day. Damage is estimated at £35,000…

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Fire Destroys Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 October 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE. — Chanevilie's oldest hotel, the Dalton, was completely gutted by fire last night…

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Full Court Rules For Forster Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Full Court to-day discharged a rule nisi which restrained the Full Licensing Court at Taree from…

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£152, Liquor Stolen From Minmi Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 November 1948 · page 3

Thieves stole £152 in cash and cheques from the bar of the Minmi Hotel on Wednesday night. Bottles of brandy, rum and other liquor…

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Council Plans Tourist Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 2

Greater Newcastle Council has approved the acquisition of part of the Merewether Estate known as the sand pit, adjoining Dixon Park, with a view to the development of a large park and the erection…

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Govt. Hotel Monopoly In Parts Of Britain

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 4

LONDON, Tues. (O.S.R.): State public houses selling State beer in 10 new satellite towns is the latest nationalisation move proposed by the Government. The plan was disclosed for…

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Hotelkeeper Fined £500

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 11

SYDNEY.—Bernard Roy O'Keefe, hotel licensee, of Birriga-rd., Bellevue Hill, was fined £500 on four charges of…

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Hotel Workers Ask For Penalty Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 2

A log for a new award for members of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union working in hotels seeks week-end…

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Killed Snake in Hotel Bar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 2

A 4FT. BROWN snake was killed in the hallway of the Abermain Hotel, Abermain. The barman (Mr. Bert Moyle)…

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