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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

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No License For Ballina Dogs

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 16

SYDNEY. — The Greyhound Racing Control Board today decided to withhold the registration…

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Man Shot In Hotel At Parkes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 3

PARKES, Wednesday.—A 27-year-old man was shot four times while drinking in the bar of a Parkes hotel to-day…

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Man Vaults Hotel Bar; £10 Stolen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —A man in the bar of the Exhibition Hotel, Fitzroy, this afternoon vaulted over the bar,…

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Hotel Barred Cyclist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.— The Italian champion cyclist Enzo Sacchi was barred from a leading Adelaide hotel, the…

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Man Dies After Shot In Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 19

PARKES.—Jack Winley (21), laborer, died in Parkes District Hospital early today with six bullets…

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Fire Sweeps Hotel: 3 Die

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 6

MONTREAL, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Three persons were killed and five seriously hurt today…

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Former Boxing Champion Now Publican

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 12

Former Australian boxer[?] Horace Andrew ("Hockey") Bennell was today a successful applicant at the…

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After Hours In Hotel: 14 Men Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

Fourteen men standing in a line which stretched from one side of the courtroom to the other…

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Hotel "Clean," S.M. Told

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 11

A publican charged with having supplied liquor in prohibited hours had probably the cleanest premises in the…

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Man Denies Betting In Hotel Bar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 10

A man charged with having made bets in a hotel said in Newcastle Court yesterday that he was only taking the money…

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Newcastle Seeking Longer Royal Visit Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

Some of the major hotels in the city are likely to follow Sydney's example and apply for extension of meal and liquor hours during a period before and after the Royal visit to…

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Two Women Licensed As Trainers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 8

Miss Doreen Flett, of Manilla, and Mrs. Betty Shepherd, of Scone, have been granted trainers' licences by the…

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Move to Improve Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 4

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has begun a move to improve hotel accommodation in the city…

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Modern Hotels Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 3

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will confer with two leading breweries on the erection of at least two…

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Miners Want To Keep Last Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—Charleston, in the South Island, has a population of 45. Almost 100 years…

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Vicar Favors Square Dances In U.K. Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 5

LONDON. — A 72-year-old vicar wants square-dancing in public-houses and fun on the village…

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Newcastle Plea Two Hotels Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 4

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce Council decided yesterday to ask Tooths and Tooheys breweries to build two large modern hotels in Newcastle…

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Canberra Wants More Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA. Monday.—The A.C.T. Advisory Council to-day recommended that leases be granted to erect…

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Hotel Facilities Are Criticised

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 14

The lack and the standard of Newcastle hotel accommodation was deplored today by the vice-presient of Newcastle Chamber of Commerce (Mr. S. Dalton)…

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'Tied' Hotels To Stay: Abolition Not Needed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

"In my opinion the evidence does not warrant any attempt to abolish the tied house system," says Mr. Justice Maxwell in his liquor report, which was released today "Even if it were so, and…

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