25 Escape From Hotel Fere
MELBOURNE.—Twenty-five guests and employees asleep on the first floor groped through thick smoke to reach the street…
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Hotels & licensing, 1949
138 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 7
Couple Hold Up Hotel With Screwdriver "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, August 26.—An attractive brunette in a low-cut evening dress, with a young, well-dressed man, held up a New…
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PARIS, August 16. A.A.P. — A leaflet pasted on the walls of some leading Paris hotels says in English:…
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BRISBANE.—Thieves entered the Grosvenor Hotel, Brisbane, last night, opened the office safe and decamped…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Publican Committed On Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Friday.— John Lilley, publican, was committed for trial by the Coroner (Mr. P. Biggins) to-day on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lapstone Hotel for R.a.a.f
CANBERRA, Wednesday,—Lap-stone Hotel, near Sydney, would be used by the R.A.A.F., Mr. Chifley said in the House of…
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The Local Government conference in Newcastle yesterday decided to set up a special committee to investigate the possibility of councils establishing community hotels…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Burnt While Guests At Ball
PERTH, Tuesday.—The residential section of the Ironclad Hotel, Marble Bar, was destroyed by fire last night…
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PARIS, Sept. 21. A.A.P.—The film actress, Jane Russell, was asked to leave a Paris hotel after a “week-end of riotous parties."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lithgow Hotels "Worst In State"
LITHGOW, Friday.—Conditions in Lithgow hotels were the worst encountered by the A.B.C. on any tour of New South Wales, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swiss Hotelkeepers Hit by Devaluation
GENEVA, Sept. 25. A.A.P.— Swiss hotelkeepers hit by the devaluation of many European currencies are drawing up a petition…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hotels Closed to Search for Missing Boy
When Benjamin Boyd, 3, was reported missing from his home at Lambton Rd., Charlestown, on Saturday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Part Conversion Of Temple To Hotel Sought "Herald" Service
TOKYO, Oct. 3. — Povertystricken priests of the celebrated Ruzan Temple in Nara Prefecture have made an unprecedented…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guests, Staff Fled From Hotel Blaze
SYDNEY: More than 100 guests and members of the staff fled from their beds when a fire broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Beach Hotel Site To Be Resumed
The Valuer-General's Department would determine a figure as compensation for resumption of the site of the Beach Hotel,…
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MELBOURNE: A Jury in the Ballarat Supreme Court found John Lilley, 53, former publican of the Commercial…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Cash totalling £300 and cheques of a face value of £60 were stolen from the office safe at Waitara…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Hotel Suggested Near Parnell Place
A suggestion that Newcastle City Council consider erecting a community hotel on land near Parnell Place will be submitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loafing About Hotel Bars Is "Normal Recreation"
CANBERRA: Watching sport of all kinds, particularly racing, or "just loafing round city streets and hotel bars," is the normal recreation of many Australians. This charge is levelled in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Hotel Czar" Buys Waldorf Astoria
NEW YORK, Oct. 13. A.A.P.—A controlling interest in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel has been bought for 3 million dollars…
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