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Hotels & licensing, 1945

741 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 38

£5000 From Hotel Staff

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 December 1945 · page 6

FINAL MEETING of members of the committee of Usher's Hotel Staff Fund, which, during the past three years, raised…

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£5000 From Hotel Staff

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 December 1945 · page 6

FINAL MEETING of members of the committee of Usher's Hotel Staff Fund, which, during the past three years, raised…

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£5000 From Hotel Staff

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 December 1945 · page 6

FINAL MEETING of members of the committee of Usher's Hotel Staff Fund, which, during the past three years, raised…

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Another Hotel Racket Gin Over Counter Bottles Sold at Nip Price

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 December 1945 · page 13

RECENT announcement by the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) lifting restrictions on the sale of…

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The War Is Over. Warning to Publicans

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 December 1945 · page 4

The war is over and hotel keepers must cater for the public with meals and rooms as well as liquor, said Mr. R…

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Daring Theft From Hotel Till

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 December 1945 · page 3

A man vaulted over the counter in the bar of the Pyrmont Arms Hotel. Pyrmont, yesterday afternoon while bar assistants were engaged in another…

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Cabra. Wants Community Hotel

The Biz · Thursday 6 December 1945 · page 6

Cabra-Vale Council will make history for N.S.W. If it succeeds in its objective of establishing a community hotel in Cabra-Vale…

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Licenses Not Refused, Says Minister

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 28

No bona fide wheatgrower who was a returned soldier had been refused a licence. This was stated by the Minister…

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Seaside Hotels For Children

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 26

ESTABLISHMENT this year of a registered co-educational primary school adjacent to the Chidren's…

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40 'Unseen Guests' For City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 14

The Carlton Hotel will lay places for 40 "unseen British guests" at its dining tables at dinner on Sunday, the manager (Mr. T. J. Condon) said yesterday…

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Body Found In Ashes Of Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 8 December 1945 · page 3

WELLINGTON (NZ), Saturday.--The body of an unidentified guest was found in the ashes of the Club Hotel. Dannevirke…

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City Hotels' Beer Stocks May End Next Week Production Ceases At Large Brewery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 December 1945 · page 4

City hotelkeepers expect their stocks of beer to be exhausted by the end of next week unless breweries con resume production. Hotel stocks will last until then only if normal…

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Big Wedding Postponed Bride Collapses; Reception Goes on Prepared for Big Wedding Hotel Doors Closed To Rush

Truth · Sunday 9 December 1945 · page 23

Mrs. Ethel Livesey, whose much-publicised wedding was due to take place last night, was reported to have collapsed at the last minute and, so far as is known, the wedding ceremony…

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Crowds-gather Outside Hotel to See Bride Who Wasn't Three Wedding Cake Uncut

The Sun · Sunday 9 December 1945 · page 3

Lett to right: Miss Joyee Derry, bridesmaid, Mrs. Cunningham, matron of honor, the bride, Mrs. C. Sweet, Mrs. S. Sharpe, in front is flower-girl Marigold. Part of the crowd of many hundreds which awaited the arrival of Mrs. Livesey outside the Hotel Australia. Police prevented mobbing of the steps…

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Gatecrashers get past hotel's wedding guard; flautist plays for singer

The Sun · Sunday 9 December 1945 · page 3

CATE-CRASHERS were numerous and persistent at the Mrs. Ethel Livesey wedding reception last night and extraordinary precautions were taken by the Australia Hotel to bar them. Official invitation cards were demanded by two uniformed…

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Hotelkeepers hit at breweries Blame monopoly for high prices

The Sun · Sunday 9 December 1945 · page 6

Private agreements among breweries are inflating costs to the public, claims Far North Hotelkecpers' Association secretary, J. Bryan. The association, with a…

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Dogs Live in Luxury at New Delhi Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 December 1945 · page 4

NEW DELHI, Sat. -- I waited for the woman with the two sleek dachshund dogs in the palm-decorated lounge of New Delhi's best luxury hotel yesterday. She was a friend of a friend…

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No Beer in Hotels by Next Week

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 December 1945 · page 2

Sydney hotelkeepers said yesterday that they expected to be out of beer by next weekend…

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Girl Charged with Hotel Theft

The Sun · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A 19-year-old girl arrested at South-port yesterday has been charged with the theft of £1700 from the…

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Dope Ring Works in London Hotel Bar

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Monday. -- The bar of a Mayfair hotel is believed to be the operations centre of a vast dope ring in which a pretty barmaid is the key figure. THIS is only one aspect of the…

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