Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Hotels & licensing, all years

Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1945

741 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 38

U.s. Troops Rest in Luxury Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 June 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Sat. -- All luxury hotels on the French Riviera, between Cannes and Mentone, have been requisitioned for American troops…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Deaf, Had Bar to Himself Citizen pickets continued today to e force the boycott on the Punchbowl hotel

The Sun · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 3

Between noon and 1 pm one man stood, sipping a middy. "He is the only one so far today," a picket said…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

'Black' Hotel's License Opposed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 10

A meeting of Punchbowl Citizens' Committee last night decided to instruct a solicitor to oppose renewal of the licence of the Punchbowl Hotel…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Hotelkeeper Loses His Licence

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 5

John Knight Waterhouse, licensee of the Imperial Hotel, North Sydney, broke a solemn promise on oath when granted…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Hotels Warned

The Sun · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 7

Hotelkeepers who did not keep their bars open yesterday--King's Birthday--were liable to prosecution under National Security…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

"Black" Hotel Gets Licence

The Sun · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 6

An application for an adjournment of the hearing of an objection to the renewal of the Punchbowl Hotel licence was refused toddy in Parramatta Court and the renewal was…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

City Hotel's Penny Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 7

PATRONS standing pennies along the picture rail of the saloon bar in the Elizabeth Hotel, Elizabeth Street City, yesterday. The "Spare-Penny" Appeal poster in the bar has raised more than £31 for the Red Cross…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Ban On Another Suburban Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 5

Another Sydney suburban hotel has been declared block. This is the South Hurstville Hotel, which was picketed…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

'Smelly Story,' S.M. Tells Hotelkeeper

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 5

"An extremely smelly story," Mr. Seobie, S.M., told Leslie Howard Ritchie,licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Unchbowl Hotel Objection Fails

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 5

After an adjournment had been refused, three objectors to renewal of the Punchbowl hotel licence did not appear when called at [?]amatta Licensing Court today and the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Meeting to Discuss "Black" Ban on Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 11

Licensee of the Punchbowl Hotel (Mr. W. P. Curtis) would attend a meeting of residents today to discuss the "black" ban on the hotel, Mr. J. Queeney, a member of the residents' committee said last night…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Black Ban on 2 Hotels Continues

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2

A meeting of 100 Punchbowl citizens last night unanimously decided to continue the black ban on the Punchbowl Hotel…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Only Shadow Of Luxury For Troops In Riviera's Hotels

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 13

FRANCE'S BLUE COAST, gold-plated and gilt-edged playground between wars, camouflaged by the Germans during the occupation with the rusty grey of concrete and the green of painted palm trees, is now about to take on a…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Boycott Move At Croydon Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3

A move was made today to boycott another suburban hotel--Croydon Hotel, Hennessy-street, Croydon. A number of customers walked…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Drinkers Put Black Ban on Third Hotel

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3

A meeting of more than 70 local residents at midday today in Sydney declared the Croydon Hotel, C r o y d o n,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Three Hotels Are Now "Black"

Truth · Sunday 24 June 1945 · page 26

CLAIMING that the beer distribution was unsatisfactory, more than 70 patrons of the Croydon Hotel yesterday decided at a…

Continued on Trove, page 26 →

Third Sydney Hotel Declared Black

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 June 1945 · page 5

The Croydon Hotel was declared "black" yesterday. It is the third Sydney hotel to have been placed under boycott recently. At 12.15 p.m. a man told…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Cornish Hotel For Australians

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 June 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- One of England's most modern hotels has been taken over by the Australian Comforts Fund as a summer leave hostel for…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Rn Men Join in Hotel Boycott

Tribune · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 8

ROYAL Navy men stationed a nearby suburb had joined in boycotting of the Punchbowl H[?] Citizens’ Committee representative…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Hotel Discussions

The Sun · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 3

Mr. Larry McAbe, of St. Mark's-road, Randwick, said to-day he was neither the spokesman nor member of a committee…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →