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Hotels & licensing, 1945

741 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 38

Beer Still Good At Leading Tokio Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 2

TOKIO, Tuesday.--Service at the world-famous Imperial Hotel in Tokio is not what it used to be. There are no towels in the bedrooms, no hot water in the…

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Deaths in Hotel Argument Cook Convicted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 5

Francis Alexander Walls, 46, cook, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court yesterday of the manslaughter of John…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 7

The following applications for the transfer of hotel licences were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday:— Frederick James Lett. Clifton Garden Hotel…

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'Regal' Special Peace Day Bill. "Hotel Berlin" and "Murder My S[?]eet" for Next Friday and

The Biz · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 6

The management of the "Regal," Liverpool, announces two special pictures for Friday and Saturday, September 7 and 8. Those who do not wish to attend…

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P.O.W.'s Take Over Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 1

OSAKA, Saturday.--British and American POW's have taken over the New Osaka Hotel and are running it on strictly military lines except in the bar, where iced Jap beer is served. A smart guard of honor…

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Hotel Shooting Army Cook Found Guilty Of Manslaughter

Truth · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 27

AN Army cook who went to the Sunbeam Hotel, Surry Hills, on April 10, armed with a Jap souvenir revolver—because, be said, the hotel was a "low dive" where knives were sometimes drawn—was found guilty of manslaughter at the Criminal…

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Hotel Maid's Tip Revealed Jap Spy Brisbane, Saturday

The Sun · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 1

CHANCE discovery by an astute chambermaid in a Brisbane hotel just before the war gave Australian secret service men a line on Japan's plans to invade the Commonwealth…

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Hotelkeeper to Sell 2000 Bottles of Beer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 9

LITHGOW, Sunday.--Two thousand bottles of beer will be sold at the Grand Central Hotel, Lithgow, on October 3. The licensee, Mr. Travis, said…

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Community Hotels. Favored by Anglican Primate. Remove Profit From Liquor

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 4

Community hotels, if properly conducted, seemed to be the best means of solving a very difficult problem, said…

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Protest Against Tied Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 11

The Government should enforce the law on tied houses, the director, Methodist Department of Social Questions, the Rev…

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Federal Hotels Dividend Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 10

Net profit of £16,181 is disclosed by Federal Hotels. Ltd., for the year ended June 30. compared with £13,418 for last year…

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Later Hotel Hours Likely Soon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 5

Hotels may remain open till a later hour from the beginning of next year…

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Record Net, High Div. From Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 16

Federal Hotels, Ltd., Melbourne, earned a record profit of £16,061 for the year ended June 30 last, against £13,418 in…

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Aussies Relax In Jap Hotels

The Sun · Tuesday 18 September 1945 · page 1

NATAGOWA (Japan), Tuesdays.--Hundreds of miles from the nearest Allied occupation troops, cheerful Australian and other ex-prisoners are holidaying in modern Japanese…

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Licensee's Appeal Upheld

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1945 · page 10

Joceph Aloysius Murphy successfully applied in the Appeals Court for the removal of a wine Heanes from premices in Elteabsth Street, city, to an…

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Licensee Fined £20 for Overcharge on Beer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 3

ALFRED ALDIS, licensee of the Observer Hotel, George St. North, City, was fined £20 by Mr. Bromhead. S.M.. at the Special Federal Court…

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Women's News P.O.W. Nurses Enjoyed First Hotel Dinner

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 17

Forty relatives of the four released A.I.F. nurses, who had never met until the nurses arrived back in Sydney on Sunday,…

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New hotel will be built to look like an ocean liner BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 23 September 1945 · page 8

A NEW hotel planned for Southport will be built to resemble a luxury line with promenade…

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Council Offers Hotel to Brewery Rental Below Highest Tender Refusal of £25 Week Better Bid

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 September 1945 · page 2

THE City Council last night- offered Toohey's Ltd. the lease of a city hotel at £25 a week below the highest tender…

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Women Pray For No Change In Hotel Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 September 1945 · page 4

At a prayer rally in the Towr Hall yesterday members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union prayed against any…

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