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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

260 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 13

Hotel Proposal "Desirable"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 3

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) said in Newcastle City Council last night that the proposal of Central Holdings Pty. Ltd., for a new £200,000 hotel was…

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Licensing Proposal Criticised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Government's proposal to license distributors of books under an amendment of the…

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£87,000 Bid Fails to Buy Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An unknown man made an unsuccessful £87,000 bid for Centennial Hotel, Newcastle,…

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Woman's Body In Hotel; Man On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: A 38-year-old woman whose nude, bartered body was found in room 626, of the Mansions House Private Hotel, Elizaberh-st., Sydney, on Aug. 25, had been so drunk that she was incapable of defending herself, said the Senior Crown Prosecutor (Mr. W. J. Knight)…

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£200,000 Luxury Hotel Planned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 6

Newcastle can look forward to a new luxury hotel, within the city proper, within the next couple of years. Negotiations have been…

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Stopwork Plan by Hotel Staffs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. —A 24-hour stoppage of hotel employees in the Sydney metropolitan area will be…

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Bid For Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 2

Newcastle City Council has acted correctly in calling tenders for the licence of the Central Hotel, which it…

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£2 Bid on Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A bid of £2 bought David Stewart Dawson's interest in Glen Ascham Private Hotel, Darling Point, at public auction to-day…

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Bomb Shelter For Luxury Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Wed. (A.A.P.).—A £4-million hotel to be built on a mountainside…

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Federal Legal Bar to Girls Under 21 in Hotel Work

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 3

Employment of girls under the age of 21 to sell or serve liquor is specifically prohibited under a Federal law but 19-year-old youths may be employed in hotel bars under…

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Hotel Club's Christmas Bounty For Children

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 3

In a practical demonstration of Christmas goodwill, drinkers and staff at a city hotel have contributed nearly £700 So give the traditional happiness of the occasion a real meaning in the lives of crippled and underprivileged children and in the homes of destitute…

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£60,000 Hotel For Jesmond

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 2

Work has begun on a new hotel in the Jesmond area and the new building and equipment will cost…

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Glen Ascham Hotel Deal Falls Through

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Amateur financier Clive Freame said today that he had withdrawn from the Glen Ascham private hotel deal. "It's the old story of the big fish that got away,"…

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Clerk Gives Up Bid To Buy Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Mr. Clive Freame said to-day that he would no longer attempt to buy Glen Ascham…

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LETTERS To The Editor Hotel Project

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 14

I READ with great interest the article ("N.M.H.," 24/11/'54) about the £200,000 hotel project of the…

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Hotel Tariff Not Increased In Newcastle Area

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 25

A warning issued recently by the N.R.M.A. that holiday tourists should allow for higher hotel tariffs in their holiday budget will not apply in the Newcastle district…

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The Pope And The Publican

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 26

ROME, Thurs. (OSR): Hoteliers please take note: The Pope said, in a…

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'Trial' Hotel Tea Break

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The tea break between 6.30 and 7.30 p.m. in the new hotel trading hours would he "in the nature of a preliminary trial," the Attorney-General (Mr…

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Private Inquiry Agents Must Be Licensed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Legislation to license and control private inquiry agents is expected to be passed in the Legislative Assembly by next April. The Attorney-General…

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Better 'Spread' Of Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Better distribution and higher standards for hotels would be effected by a Liquor Act amendment, the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) said today…

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