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Hotels & licensing, 1944

1,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 51

Famous Hotel Man Perishes

Truth · Sunday 20 February 1944 · page 15

NEW YORK, Saturday.—Trapped by flames on the second floor of his immensely popular Arrowhead Inn, 20 miles outside the city, Ben…

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Plan for 50 p.c. butter cut at hotels and cafes to increase British supplies

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1944 · page 5

To increase supplies for Britain, butter ration in Australian hotels and cafes will shortly be cut 50 per cent, and control of cream will drastically be tightened. Stating this last night, a Food…

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Butter supplies for cafes, hotels may be cut 50 p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 February 1944 · page 5

Butter supplies to cafes and hotels may be reduced by a half in the next few weeks, officials stated yesterday. Federal authorities are consulting nutrition experts…

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News in Brief Hotel Licence Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 7

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the transfers of the licence of the Carrington Hotel, Petersham, from Patrick Maher to Eric…

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£500.000 Hotel Deal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—It was reported to-day that agreement had been reached in negotiations for the sale of five of Mr. James Richardson'…

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Governor, Five Others Killed on Hotel Steps

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

MEXICO CITY, Tuesday.--Governor Rodolfo Loaza of the State of Sinaloa, Senora Michel, two of the Governor's aides, and two American…

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Governor, Five Others Killed on Hotel Steps

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

MEXICO CITY, Tuesday.--Governor Rodolfo Loaza of the State of Sinaloa, Senora Michel, two of the Governor's aides, and two American…

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"Ridge" Publican Must Join Army

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 February 1944 · page 11

BERNIE BARDSLEY BURRIDGE, 32-years-old licensee of the Imperial Hotel at Lightning Ridge, opal fields village 600 miles from Sydney…

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Sold Hotels

The Sun · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 2

Career Man: Mr. James Richardson, now 78, managing director of the Richardson hotel chain in…

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Trade at City Hotel "Worth £1000 Weekly"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 10

One of four men charged with conspiracy had said the "Yank trade" at the Sussex Hotel would he worth £1000 a week, a witness said in the Central Criminal Court yesterday…

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Big Hotel Deal Mainly in Cash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 7

It is now disclosed that the payment of £500,000 to Mr. James Richardson by the Carlton and United Breweries for the purchase of five Melbourne hotels was made mainly in cash. The balance was in…

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Big Hotel Deal Mainly in Cash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 7

It is now disclosed that the payment of £500,000 to Mr. James Richardson by the Carlton and United Breweries for the purchase of five Melbourne hotels was made mainly in cash. The balance was in…

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Big Hotel Deal Mainly in Cash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 7

If is now disclosed that the payment of £500,000 fo Mr. James Richardson by the Carlton and United Breweries for the purchase of five Melbourne hotels was made mainly in cash. The balance was in…

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Big Hotel Deal Mainly in Cash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 7

It is now disclosed that the payment of £500,000 to Mr. James Richardson by the Carlton and United Breweries for the purchase of five Melbourne hotels was made mainly in cash. The balance was in…

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Hotel Sales Benefit Loan

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 2

Mr. James Richardson, who has just sold his shareholding in five Melbourne hotel companies for about £500,000, today…

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Hotel Sales Benefit Loan

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 2

Mr. James Richardson, who has just sold his shareholding in five Melbourne hotel companies for about £500,000, today…

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Information and Help Hotel's Rights

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 10

In a place where there is one hotel can the hotelkeeper refuse to take a [?] only to provide meals and a night's…

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Licensee Fined £115

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—If the contents of a bottle of spirits seized at a Wollongong hotel had been sold in a chemist's shop, it would have…

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Man's Death In Hotel; Fumes Leakage Feared

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1944 · page 3

Apparently overcome by fumes from a room opposite, which was being fumigated, Gustav Frederick Krentler, 41, was found dead in his room on the second floor of the Great Southern Hotel, George-street, city, this afternoon…

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Court Cuts Hotel Fines

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 February 1944 · page 2

Fines of £100, separately imposed on three leading Sydney hotels, were today each reduced to £15 by Judge Studdert in the…

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