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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

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Fire At Big Hotel In London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, April 20. A.A.P. —A fire which threatened to engulf the top floor of the six-storied Grosvenor Hotel in…

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Plan For Community Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday. —State Cabinet will discuss easing regulations to cut the cost of building community…

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Hotel "Dummies" Barred By Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 22

SYDNEY: The Licensing Court has barred "dummies" from operating hotels for lessees whose licences have been rejected because of unsuitability…

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Recluse Kept Fortune In New York Hotel Room

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs. (O.S.R.).—When Mrs. Eleanor Barney, 70-year-old widow who lived a recluse's life in a New York hotel for the past 15 years, died yesterday police found a fortune in…

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£72,000 for Wyong Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — he Royal Hotel at Wyong was sold to-day to an undisclosed purchaser for £72,500…

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Wyong Hotel Sold

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 24

WYONG: The Royal Hotel was sold at auction yesterday to J. F. Flitcroft Pty. Ltd. for £72,500…

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Plan To Renovate Hotel Approved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 2

Tooths brewery, owners of the Grand Hotel, Bolton-street, Newcastle, plan to spend £14,483 in renovating and…

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Renewal Of Hotel Lease Deferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 4

Newcastle City Council last night again deterred the question of renewing the lease, due to expire on June 30, of the…

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No Decision On Renovations To Conucil's Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 5

Newcastle Council has still come to no final decision on proposed renovations to the Central…

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Luxury Hotel To Rise From Ruins

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 12

ISTANBUL (Reuter): The Town Council has taken over the burnt-out ruins of the Chi[?]agan…

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Hotel Fires Accidental

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — Arson Squad detectives investigating two fires in the Burligton Hotel, City, believe they were…

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Hotel Heir Fined For Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 5

NEW YORK, May 18. A.A.P. — Nicky Hilton, 26, hotel heir and former husband of film star Elizabeth Taylor,…

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Sydney Visit on Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 4

The President of Newcastle Chamber of Commerce (Mr. T. A. Vasey), and the Secretary (Mr. W. Hutchinson)…

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Pledge On Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 2

Officers of two Sydney breweries had said they intended to improve hotel facilities in Newcastle "within the…

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Hotel Run by City Vetoed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 2

A move for the council to control and manage the Central Hotel was defeated at Newcastle City Council last night by 11 votes to 9…

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Dunkley Sees Morals Risk In A Council-Run Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 6

It would be "woe betide the morals of the city" if Newcastle Council went into the hotel business, according to Ald. E. Dunkley. He was opposing a move by Ald. Breen last night…

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Terrorists Burn Down Famous Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 1

NAIROBI, May 27. A.A.P. —The Treetops Hotel, near Nyeri, where the Queen was staying when King George VI…

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Improvements To Hotel Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 2

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will ask Newcastle City Council to improve accommodation at the…

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'Oasis' Provided By Open Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Hotels at Canberra and Jervis Bay provided an "oasis" for some New South Wales drinkers…

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Rifle Shorts Hit Man In Country Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 2

BROKEN HILL.—A man peppered a Tibooburra hotel bar with rifle shots and shot a station hand…

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