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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

260 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 13

Woman's Nude Body In Hotel Room: Bitten And Battered

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Nude and battered about the face and head, a 38-year-old woman was found dead this morning in a room of the Mansion House Private Hotel, Elizabeth-st, Sydney. Police say she was the…

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Hotel Murder; Grazier's Wife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—C.I.B. detectives are questioning the owners of dry, cleaning shops in Sydney and suburbs in their search for the slayer of Mrs. Loma…

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Hotel Murder Inquiries Police Searching For Soldier

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: Police are searching for an armed soldier who, they believe, may be able to help them in their inquiries into yesterday's city hotel murder…

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"The Newcastle Sun" Letter Box Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 8

"Maitland Girl" writes: I will never vote for 10 p.m. closing of hotels, as young girls or women…

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Publican Had To Sell Out Quickly

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 25

Breaches of the Liquor Act had caused a publican considerable loss in disposing of his hotel, a solicitor…

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£180,000 Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 11

MORUYA: A new 22-bed hotel which cost £180,000 will be opened tomorrow by Mr. J. J, Maloney…

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Control On Hotel Tariffs Lifted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.— Tariff rates for hotels and private boarding establishments have been released from prices…

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Work Starts On Wangi Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 2

Work has begun on building a hotel at Wangi Wangi. The hotel will be built on a site opposite the post-office in…

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N.Z. Police Easy On Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 3

WELLINGTON, Sept. 7. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The second interim report of the commission of inquiry into police…

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Ava Gardner Asked To Change Her Hotel In Rio

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 11

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): Film actress Ava Gardner was asked to change hotels in Rio De Janeiro today, but stories differ as to the reason. Ava on a tour of South…

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Ava Says Irish Temper Caused Hotel Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 4

RIO DE JANEIRO, Thurs. (AAP): Actress Ava Gardner to-day blamed her "Irish temper" for a dispute which led to her changing hotels yesterday. She admitted losing her…

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Minister's Liking On Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Health (Mr. O'Sullivan) prefers 10 o'clock closing for all licensed…

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Licensees Want 6 pm, Says MLA

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 September 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY.—The majority of hotel licensees were working secretly for a 6 p.m. verdict in the…

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Assault In Hotel; Man Gaoled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 7

In Newcastle Court yesterday Mr. H. L. Curry, S.M., said a man whom he sent to gaol for assault had been…

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Greenland Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 8

COPENHAGEN: Greenland, the world's largest island, which has no accommodation for visitors,…

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"The Newcastle Sun" Letter Box Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 8

It is difficult to understand the reasoning of the State Government on the coming liquor referendum…

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Masked Bandits Rob Publican

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Three armed and masked bandits early today shut a man in a cupboard and told him to count to 50 while they ransacked his hotel…

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Gunmen Rob Hotel Man Of £262

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Three masked gunmen robbed a hotel licensee at Monegeeta, near Romsey, of £262, early…

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Equity Protest on Hotel Ban

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

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A meeting of 150 members of Actors' Equity to-night unanimously condemned the ban on live artists performing in Sydney hotels…

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New Hotel At Wangi

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 5

Plans for a £40,000 brick hotel to be built in Watkins-st, Wangi, were approved last night by Lake Macquarie Shire Council. The application was made by Mr. W. Malouff…

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