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Hotels & licensing, 1945

741 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 38

Hotels Open on V.p. Day

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 12

Hotels in N.S.W. would not be closed during the two-days public holiday for V-P Day, said the Acting-Premier (Mr…

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Hotels Told Must Stop Beer Racket

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 5

Customs Officials have threatened to cancel the 10 per cent. industrial allowance of beer to metropolitan publicans…

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Countrywomen's Interests How Community Hotel Finances Township Improvements

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 August 1945 · page 13

RUN on community lines, profits from the Renmark Hotel, Renmark (S.A.), are being used for the benefit of the township. Founded some 60 years are by…

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Tory Publican Grew Beard As Protest, Kept It For Warmth

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 August 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.--Frederick James Wilkins, licensee of the Old Tow Tree Inn, near Hereford, who died on Friday, had not cut his hair or beard since 1906…

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Hotels Vacated by Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1945 · page 3

Several Sydney hotels, occupied by members of the R.A.A.F. and W.A.A.A.F, for "rations and quarters," will be vacated by the…

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Community Hotel. Profits Spent on Social Services

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 7

Renmark, on the Murray, is famous for its oranges, but a visitor looking for accommodation in the attractive South…

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Died After Hotel Fall

The Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 3

Injuries sustained when he fell in the Doncaster Hotel, Kensington, on June 19, may have caused the death of James Arthur…

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Hotels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 10

IF the Government is really sincere in its efforts to overcome the housing shortage, it should force hotel- keepers to let their vacant rooms…

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Decree Granted Hotel Licensee

The Sun · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 3

James Andrew McLeay McQuade, licensee of the Cutty Sark Hotel, Circular. Quay, was granted a decree nisi for the…

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City Hotel Licensee Granted Decree Nisi

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 5

JAMES ANDREW McLEAY McQUADE, licensee of the Cutty Sark Hotel, Circular Quay, City, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice…

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Hotel Transfer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 4

The application of James Albert Baird for the transfer of the licence of the Shelbourne Hotel, Sussex and Market Streets, Sydney, to James…

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Publican Fined Over Beach Home

The Sun · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 5

John Vincent Toohey, licensee of the Nelson Hotel, Oxford- street, Woollahra, was fined £10 in the Special Federal Court…

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M.i.a. Move for Community Hotels

The Land · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 6

It was proposed to spend £70,000 on two community hotels, one at Leeton and one at Griffith, said Mr. Enticnap, M.L.A., speaking for…

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Official Plans for Vp Day Hotels, Theatres Open On 2-Day Holiday

The Sun · Saturday 11 August 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Saturday.--Two days' holiday and displays of rockets and other illuminations, gun salutes and victory formations of aircraft will greet the end of the war with Japan…

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Empty Rooms in Hotels

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 August 1945 · page 4

THERE are scores of empty rooms in hotels where…

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Seal Visits Hotel But Doesn't Drink Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 12 August 1945 · page 3

LICENSEE of the Jelly Hotel, Stansbury, Eyre Peninsula, got a shock when, on the [?]dah after lunch today,…

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Press Won’t Print Hotel Ban Story

Tribune · Tuesday 14 August 1945 · page 5

Punchbowl citizens who imposed a “black” ban on the Punchbowl Hotel eight weeks ago have been boycotted by the daily press, which has refused to give the ban any publicity…

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Food, Liquor Plans For Victory Holiday Hotels May Close First Day "Enough Beer For Only Five Hours"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 August 1945 · page 5

Metropolitan hotels will probably close on the first day of the victory holidays and open for five hours on the second day. These trading hours were recommended yesterday by a liquor trades…

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Vacant Rooms in Melbourne Hotels

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 August 1945 · page 4

While thousands of people find it almost impossible to obtain accommodation, three hotels in one district of…

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Renmark Community Hotel. Record Profit for 1945

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 August 1945 · page 4

Despite restrictions created by wartime conditions, the Community Hotel at Renmark (S.A.) for the year ended…

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