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Hotels & licensing, 1945

741 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 38

Publican Really Saw The Light!

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 2

LOCAL workers In Alexandria on Monday did not intend to be denied their usual beers at Roy Glasheen's Glenroy…

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Gunmen Panic During Hotel Hold-up Miss £400 On Cabinet In Kitchen Publican Hit on Head with Pistol

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 2

FOUR gunmen, one of whom is believed to have been armed with two revolvers, became frightened and fled after staging a hold-up at the…

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Gunmen Panic During Hotel Hold-up Miss £400 On Cabinet In Kitchens Publican Hit on Head with Pistol

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 2

FOUR gunmen, one of whom is believed to have been armed with two revolvers, became frightened and fled after staging a hold-up at the…

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Gunmen Panic During Hotel Hold-up Miss £400 On Cabinet In Kitchen Publican Hit on Head with Pistol

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 2

FOUR gurmen, one of whom is believed to have been armed with two revolvers, became frightened and fled after staging a hold-up at the…

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Gunmen Panic During Hotel Hold-up Miss £400 On Cabinet In Kitchen Publican Hit on Head with Pistol

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 2

FOUR gunmen, one of whom is believed to have been armed with two revolvers, become frightened and fled after staging a hold-up at the…

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4 Bandits with 5 Guns in Hold-up at Pyrmont Bashed Publican, Missed Cash

The Sun · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 3

Four bandits, with five revolvers between them, last night held- up at gunpoint the licensee and three guests at the Woolbrokers' Arms Hotel, Allen- street, Pyrmont. Although they ransacked drawers and ripped portion of a…

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Hole Cut in Hotel Roof to Dispel Ear "Gloom"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 5

Licensee of the Plaza Hotel at Wynyard Station has beaten the power cut "gloom" . . . . by cutting a hole in the roof of his public bar to admit daylight. "It was a grand idea," the…

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Four Gunmen Flee After Hotel Theft

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 1

Mr. Reg Mclnnes, licensee -off the Woolbrokers Arms Hotel, Allen St., Pyrmont, was attacked by four armed men last night, bashed on the head with the butt of a revolver, and robbed of two fountain pens…

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4-Hour Strike Follows Dismissals From Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 October 1945 · page 5

ORANGE, Thursday.-- Domestic and office staff helped serve meals at the Royal Hotel, Orange, yesterday during a four-hour strike by most of the hotel's waitresses…

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Steady Profit and Div. for Usher's Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 October 1945 · page 21

Profit of £14,128 was earned by Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., for the year ended August 31 last, compared with £14,056 for…

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Hotels open on police order PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 21 October 1945 · page 2

OBEYING the direction of Police Commissioner J. Doyle, Perth hotels remained open this afternoon, but many beer seekers still had to go without drinks. Some hotels served beer, but others had mainly brandy and…

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Blarney Not To Enter Hotel Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Reports that General Blarney intended to enter the hotel business were "entirely groundless," Mr. Norman Carlyon said…

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History Made by MacARTHUR in Quiet Melbourne Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 11

THE Philippines could not be reinforced. The virtual destruction of the United States Fleet prevented any effectual attempt at either reinforcement or resupply. MacArthur's forces would have to fight and die where they were. This was the knowledge General Douglas MacArthur had brooded on for two long months, which he turned over…

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Usher's Hotel Profit Steady

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 15

Both gross profit and net profit of Ushers' Metropolitan Hotel for the year ended August 31 last was slightly more than for 1943-44…

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History Made by MacARTHUR in Quiet Melbourne Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 11

THE Philippines could not be reinforced. The virtual destruction of the United States Fleet prevented any effectual attempt at either reinforcement or resupply. MacArthur's forces would have to fight and die where they were. This was the knowledge General Douglas MacArthur had brooded on for two long months, which he turned over…

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History Made by MacARTHUR in Quiet Melbourne Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 11

THE Philippines could not be reinforced. The virtual destruction of the United States Fleet prevented any effectual attempt at either reinforcement or resupply. MacArthur's forces would have to fight and die where they were. This was the knowledge General Douglas MacArthur had brooded on for two long months, which he turned over…

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History Made by MacARTHUR in Quiet Melbourne Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 11

THE Philippines could not be reinforced. The virtual destruction of the United States Fleet prevented any effectual attempt at either reinforcement or resupply. MacArthur's forces would have to fight and die where they were. This was the knowledge General Douglas MacArthur had brooded on for two long months, which he turned over…

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Loses Eye in Hotel Attack

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 6

COONAMBLE, Monday. -- Allegedly attacked by four men, the licensee of the Avenue Hotel needed an operation for…

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History Made by MacARTHUR in Quiet Melbourne Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 11

THE Philippines could not be reinforced. The virtual destruction of the United States Fleet prevented any effectual attempt at either reinforcement or resupply. MacArthur's forces would have to fight and die where they were. This was the knowledge General Douglas MacArthur had brooded on for two long months, which he turned over…

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3-Year Hotel Lease Given As 21st Birthday Gift

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 October 1945 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--A three years' lease of the Globe Hotel, Albury, is Maurice Lilley's 21st birthday gift from his father. His father is Albert Lilley, well-known Melbourne bookmaker. The lease is estimated to be worth £7000…

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