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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1952

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Publican Wins Appeal Over Licence

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 9

SYDNEY.—In the public interest a Sydney publican, described as being "everything a good…

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Brewery "Probably Will Police Own Hotels"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Tooths brewery would probably appoint its own hotel inspectors, a witness said to-day. He told the Royal Commission on Liquor that the brewery did not want to usurp police functions…

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Newcastle Asks Hotel Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The New South Wales Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) has referred to the…

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Owners Defend Rural Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Forty-two letters replying to complaints about country hotels were tendered to the Liquor Royal Commission by Mr. J. W. Smyth, Q.C., counsel for…

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Publicans Here "Not Worried"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 1

Holelkeepers have nothing to worry about in the event of the Liquor Roya…

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£20,000 Damage in Hotel Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Monday.—The Royal Hotel ant Bundarra was destroyed by a fire which broke out at 4.30 a.m. to-day…

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Fire Destroys Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

INVERELL—A fire which destroyed the Royal Hotel at Bundarra is estimated to have caused £15,000…

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Oversea Practices Advocated On Clubs, Hotel Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Australia should follow oversea practices on the question of clubs and staggered drinking hours, a witness said to-day. He told the Royal Commission on liquor there was "a lot of airy-fairy stuff talked about features of club life."…

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Publican's £23,000 In 4 Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.— Cyril Gardner Maloney told the Licensing Court to-day that he had banked £1200 a week…

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Police Blitz On Vehicles Near Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Traffic police concentrated on vehicles in the vicinity of hotels at closing time last night in a…

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Hotel Repairs Approved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 2

Newcastle Council should refuse an application by Tooth and Company to repair a hotel at Lambton to try to force the company to build a new hotel, Ald. McGuirk said at a…

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Alderman's Move On Hotels Lost

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

The number of first-class hotels in Newcastle can be counted on the fingers of two hands, according to…

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Counterlunch On Again At Hotel In Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 3

A Newcastle hotel-keeper has decided to disregard the '"advice" of the Northern U.I.V.A. President (Mr. P. J. Ryan) and to reintroduce a counterlunch service. The hotel is the…

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Hotel Owner Admits He Gave False Evidence

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY.—A publican, Doyle Mallett, owner of Gearin's Hotel, Katoomba, admitted to the Liquor Royal Commission he had deliberately sworn false evidence. A few minutes earlier Mallett denied he had committed deliberate…

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Police Probe Hotel Death

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old Queensland woman at a King's Cross…

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Hotel Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 3

A thief entered a bedroom at the Grand Junction Hotel, Maitland, at the weekend and stole a…

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Many Feared Dead In Big Hotel Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 1

FAIRBANKS (Alaska), Mon. (A.A.P.): Four persons are believed dead and several are reported missing in an hotel fire here which may reach the proportions of a major disaster. Complete confusion makes…

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Hotel Transfer Approved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Application for removal of the licence of the Avenue Hotel, Coonamble, to premises to be…

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Opera Singer Hotelkeeper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—An Australian opera singer to-day became a hotelkeeper. He is Ivor Sheridan Samuel,…

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Stop Press Request to Publicans

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 July 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY.—General manager of Tooth's Brewery (Mr. T. Watson) in a circular to Sydney city and suburban publicans today…

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