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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1949

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

Hotel Employee Electrocuted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—George Cook, 28, employed at Donnybrook Springs hotel was found dead at the foot of a step ladder in the…

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Eight Trapped, Two Die In Hotel Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

LONDON, October 20. A.A.P.—Eight persons were trapped and hung from windows on the upper floor calling for help in…

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London Hotels Fined For Food Breaches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 20. A.A.P.—Fines totalling £2750, with £200 costs, were imposed at the Old Bailey to-day on a number of…

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200-Room Hotel For Coff's Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 1

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tuesday.—A 200-room hotel costing £200,000 will be built at Coff's Harbour. A licence has been transferred…

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Licensing Court at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1949 · page 4

At Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. F. R. Wood, S. M., an application by Frederick John Vaughan, of Lawson-street,…

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Escapee Was In Hotel Awaiting Cup Broadcast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man who escaped from Long Bay Gaol to-day was recaptured in a hotel at Gladesville where he was drinking…

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Hotel Union Claims Conditions Worse Under Recent Award

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 3

Members of the HOtel, Club and restaurant Employees' Union were "dumbfounded" by a new award which seriously worsened conditions of 'back of the house' staffs in hotels…

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17 Stab Wounds In Hotel Slaying

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.): A Chinese clerk murdered a 33-year-old woman and then suicided in their hotel room tonight after the couple had seen the ballet "The Sleeping Beauty."…

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Award Rejected By Cessnock Hotelworkers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 3

Hotelworkers at a meeting in Cessnock last night decided to hold a stop-work meeting if publicans introduce a six-day week provided in a new award for hotel employees…

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Day Strike Plan By Hotel Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 2

Members of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union working in hotels will hold a 24-hour stoppage on December 1…

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One-day Stoppage By Hotel Employees On December 1

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 7

Newcastle and district hotel emp loyees will hold a 24-hour stoppage on Dec. 1, in protest against "adverse features" of their new award. The award comes into operation on Dec.1…

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Sydney Hotel Workers To Hold Stoppage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Three ass meetings of Sydney hotel workers decided to-day to hold a stopwork meeting on December 1,…

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Trades Council Supports Hotel Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 November 1949 · page 2

Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night supported the Hotel, Club end Restaurant Employees' Union in its protest against the award…

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Hotel Employees' Meeting Next Week At Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 November 1949 · page 3

A meeting of members of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Association in Maitland would be held next…

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Council Hotel Mooted Near Parnell Place

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 November 1949 · page 4

Newcastle City Council Works Committee recommended last night that the council negotiate with the Department of Road Transport for…

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EDITORIAL The Community Hotel Project

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 6

NEWCASTLE people will follow with considerable interest the moves of the City Council to establish a community hotel. As soon as possible after the Federal Elections the State…

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Hotel To Grotto—Then Prison

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 1

ROME, Nov. 23. A.A.P.—With police hot on his trail, "Shorty" Rustichelli reluctantly gave up living in the best hotels and took his…

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Hotel Licensee Fatally Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 November 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: Mrs. Frahm, 55. licensee of Pyrmont Bridge Hotel today died in hospital from severe head injuries she…

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Sydney Move to Avert Hotel Stoppage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 1

Mr. D. V. Morrison, Federal Conciliation Commissioner, has called a compulsory conference in Sydney for 11 a.m. to-day, to try to…

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Councils to License Smallgoods Shops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—All shops trading in smallgoods will have to he licensed in future by their municipal or shire councils…

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