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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

260 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 13

Bishop On Hotel Closing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 3

ARMIDALE, Sunday. — More spacious hotel accommodation and lighter beer are advocated by the Bishop of…

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Maitland Hotel Raid Causes Two Divorces

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 2

A private investigator told Newcastle Divorce Court today that he climbed on to the awning of a Maitland hotel, along a ledge and through a bedroom window in a divorce raid in June this year. The raid resulted in…

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Hotels Close on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 2

All licensed premises, including hotels, clubs, wine saloons and spirit merchants, would be closed for the liquor…

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Hotel Staff To Be At Booths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday. — Members of hotel staffs would man polling booths at the liquor referendum next…

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Former Hotel Page-Boy Will Ride Horses For The Queen

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 15

LONDON, Mon. (O.S.R.): Epsom jockey Geoff. Lewis (18), who has signed to ride for Noel Murless and so will be on some of the Queen's horses next season, was a page in a London hotel when his racing possibilities were first spotted…

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Hotel Priority 'Disappoints'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 2

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce advised Newcastle City Council last night that it was disappointed that the council had not reviewed the priority allotted to the redesign of…

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"The Newcastle Sun" Letter Box Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 12

Like every voter I am interested to know what is to be done to "civilise the pig swill" by 10…

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Evatt On Closing For Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Ten o'clock closing would be "most detrimental to the family life of the State," the Leader of…

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£60 Taken From Wallsend Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 3

The theft of £60 in cash from the Northumberland Hotel, Wallsend, is being investigated by Detectives…

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£52,000 Refused For Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Glen Ascham, a Darling Point luxury private hotel, was passed in for private sale after a…

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Colour Bar In Canadian Hotel "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 16

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—The Canadian Government has apologised to the British colony of Barbados for the treatment given to its Premier (Mr. Grantley Adams) by a…

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EDITORIAL Government Looks at Licensing

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 12

AMONG the Liquor Act amendments contemplated by the State Government is one aimed at stamping out "dummying" in the transfer of hotel…

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Centennial Hotel For Auction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 2

The Centennial Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, will be offered for sale by auction in Sydney on Tuesday…

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EDITORIAL Hotel Trading Hours; Time For A Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 12

ONE THING fairly certain in the light of the "photo-finish" vote on the hotel trading hours is that the interval between this referendum and the next will not be…

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Wetherell Did Not Tell Police To Check Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: The Transport Minister (Mr. Wetherell) said today that he had not authorised police yesterday to enter hotels to see whether tram employees were drinking during working hours. "The Road Transport…

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Hotel Delay at Kosciusko

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday. — The State Government was still prepared to consider proposals for building a hotel at…

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Car "Outside Hotel" Before Fatality

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: A car involved in a fatal accident had been seen by police parked outside an hotel two hours before the smash, the City Coroner (Mr. F. McNamara) was told today. Mr. McNamara held an…

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Publican Sued On Death Of Employee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 12

SYDNEY, Monday. — A woman's claim for heavy damages from a hotelkeeper in the Supreme Court to-day was…

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£87,000 Bid In Newcastle for Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The Centennial Hotel, Newcastle, was passed in after a bid of £87,000 by an…

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£200,000 Hotel Project

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 1

Tenders for the sale of the licence of the Central Hotel, Newcastle, and its transfer to a new hotel, to cost not less than £200,000, will be called by…

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