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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

260 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 13

1000 More Hotel Beds Needed In Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 7

Newcastle needs casual hotel accommodation for at least another 1000 people. This was revealed last night by the Lord Mayor…

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LETTERS To the Editor Community Hotel

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

THE proposal by ratepayers of Blacksmiths and Pelican to induce the Lake Macquaric Shire Council to build…

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Hotel Staffs Want Action Over Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Australia-wide action to enforce wage demands for hotel workers is being sought by…

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New Hotel In Egypt

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 9

CAIRO, Fri. (A.A.P.).—The foundation stone of a new Shepbeard's Hotel was laid yesterday by…

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2 Armed Men Rob Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — Two armed men stole £350 from a Balmain hotel to-night. The men knocked on a side…

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Tuncurry Hotel £40,000 Fire Damage

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 3

Damage estimated by the owner at £40,000, was caused by fire which gutted…

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£36,000 Loss In Tuncurry Hotel Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 6

The Bellevue Hotel, Tuncurry, and most of its contents were destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Damage is…

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Petrol Gush In Cellar Shuts Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 12

LONDON. — For years a clear stream of water has run under the cellar of the Queen Victoria Hotel, at…

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Korean Hotel Seeks Dollars

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 12

SEOUL. — South Korea's largest and most luxurious hotel — the Banto—will be rebuilt and…

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Bid Too Low For Wagga Luxury Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 9

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Romano's Hotel at Wagga, described as one of the most modern country hotels in…

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City Publican A.L.P. Secretary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 2

Mr. G. Heuston has been elected Secretary of Newcastle branch of the Labour Party. At the last branch meeting,…

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£200 Stolen From Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 2

A thief stole £200 yesterday, which the licensee of the Grand Central Hotel at Maitland (Mrs. R. O'Hara) was…

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Carruthers in Hotel Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The former world bantamweight champion, Jimmy Carruthers, will take over a Sydney hotel…

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Carruthers Is Now Licensee

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 12

SYDNEY — Former world bantamweight champion Jimmy Carrnthers spent an anxious night Today he…

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New Hotel at Long Jetty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 7

THE ENTRANCE, Wednesday.—The 13th hotel in Brisbane Water li[?]sing district was officially opened at Long…

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Brewers Bar Hotel Film Shows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Tooth's and Toohey's breweries to-day ordered licensees to stop showing films by…

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34 Saved in Hotel Explosion

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 8

LONDON: Territorials of the Scottish 264 Beach Brigade, in training at Zeebrugge, Belgium,…

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City Hotel To Become Rural Bank

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1954 · page 2

The Criterion Hotel, at the corner of Bolton and Hunter Streets, is to become a bank. The building has been…

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Transfer Of Hotel Licence Refused

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 4

In Maitland Licensing Court today Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., refused to transfer the licence of the United Service Hotel, Cessnock to a former bookmaker, because he had…

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"The Newcastle Sun" Letter Box Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 8

Will it shock the people of N.S.W. if, besides voting for 6 p.m. or 10 p.m. closing of public bars, a…

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