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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

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Revolutionary Ideas for Pfahlert's Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 7

One of Sydney's oldest and most famous hotels, Pfahlert's in Margaret Street, is being modernised and redecorated…

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Hotel Owner Praises Colour Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 7

Progressive publicans out to improve their premises, are making full use of Taubmans Colour Service at 65 York Street, Sydney. Mr. Bill Taylor of Pfahlert's…

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Travel Expert Tips Tourist Trade Rise Brighter Hotels, Restaurants, Theatres to Attract Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 7

The tourist trade is booming, and Australia can reap a big share of the profits it brings by improving Hotels…

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Move To License Of Course Bookmakers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A move to license off the course bookmakers in Victoria will be made by Mr. T. Hollway, M.L.A. He will also urge that totalisators be set up in…

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Community Hotel For Forster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 8

TAREE, Friday.—Mr. John E. Allsop, architect, of Angel Place, Sydney, was selected to-day to design the…

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Grazier Killed By Fall At Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Walter James Keegan, 76, a retired grazier, was killed when he fell from the fifth floor…

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S.A. Community Hotels Praised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.—The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Hills) said to-day that community hotels in South…

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Deputation on Hotel To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 4

A deputation from Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will meet the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) this morning to…

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Council's Plans For Its Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 6

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) said to-day that it would not be practicable at present to demolish the Central Hotel and rebuild it to provide more accommodation…

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Costs "Bar To Hotel Demolition"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 2

Because of high costs, there was no immediate prospect of demolishing Central Hotel, Newcastle, and rebuilding it…

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Kitchen Fire In Sydney Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire in the kitchen of the Hotel Australia to-day sent guests panicking for their belongings…

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Better Hotels Plan Praised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Landa) advised Newcastle Chamber of Commerce yesterday that he heartily agreed with its move to improve hotel…

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Third Fatal Fall At Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Charles Holdieldt Hauen, about 75, fell to his death from the fifth floor of the Metropole…

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Rest Home Licensing Proposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Government will introduce legislation this session to provide for the licensing of…

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£35,000 Luxury Hotel Planned For Shoal Bay

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

Plans were submitted at the Newcastle Licensing Court today for £35,000 alterations to a well-known Shoal Bay boarding house to provide Port Stephens with a luxury tourist hotel. The court was hearing an…

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Luxury Hotel For Shoal Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 10

A luxury hotel, on which at least £35,000 will be spent, is to be built at Shoal Bay, Port Stephens. The State Licensing Bench sitting at Newcastle…

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Hotel Repairs Cost £26,300

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 24

Alterations and additions to the Bank Hotel in Melbourne St., East Matiland, at a cost of £26,300 were…

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Silent Theft From Melbourne Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Thieves stole £500 worth of liquor and cigarettes from the Royal Domain Hotel, St…

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£103,000 Bull Had Best Hotel Suite

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

TYLER (Texas), March 28. A.A.P.—Prince 105 TT, perhaps the world's most highly-valued bull, walked regally into the Governor's suite of the Blackstone Hotel yesterday…

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"The Newcastle Sun" Letter Box Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 6

Statements that the public will still have to suffer the "miseries of the six o'clock swill" are an insult…

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