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Hotels & licensing, 1946

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Attack on Hotel Licensee Alleged

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

MARY PINKSTONE (60), domestic, was charged at Redfern Court today with having caused grievous bodily harm to John Richard Stevens,…

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Herb Narvo Seeks to Be Publican; May Switch Clubs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 8

If a country Rugby League club offers Herb Narvo a business career, preferably in an hotel, he will reconsider his promise to play for St. George. Narvo said last night: "I cannot…

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Memorial to Customers Unveiled in Hotel Bar

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--A memorial to customers of a Bilston (Staffordshire) public house who were killed in World War II was unveiled in the bar last night. The licensee (Mr. W. H. Vickers) stopped serving drinks for…

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No New Taxi Licenses Yet

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 5

No new taxi licences will be granted until petrol and tyre rationing have ended, the Minister for Transport (Mr…

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Country Hotels Reap Harvest From Dutch

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 7

BATHURST, Friday. -- Bathurst publicans are getting a lot of easy money from the Dutch authorities handling the accommodation of expected refugees from Java…

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Dishonest publicans keep beer racket alive, says licensee

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1946 · page 6

PEOPLE were not getting beer in many hotels because dishonest publicans were sending most of it to the blackmarket, a Sydney licensee said yesterday. "They fake most of their quota in bottled beer and whizz it up to King's…

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New Hotelkeeper Didn't Use Dye

Truth · Sunday 20 January 1946 · page 25

An hotelkeeper who had held his licence only a fortnight and never owned a hotel before, was charged at Balmain Court last…

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Hotelman says order to sack ex-valet came from Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 January 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sat.--Hotel Kingston manager, F. Bacon, said today that the order to dismiss E. C. Fields, former valet to Brigadier Schreiber, from his job as barman, had come from Sydney. Mr. Bacon said this to Mr…

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Hotel Gives Fields His Job Back

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday. -- Ernest Cyril Fields, whose dismissal from the Hotel Kingston caused a union "black" ban on the household of Brigadier Derek…

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Fields Reinstated with Back Pay Resumes At Hotel Tomorrow K.C. Exonerates Brig. Schreiber

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.---Ernest Cyril Fields, former valet-chauffeur to the Duke of Gloucester's Chief-of-Staff (Brig. Schreiber), was today reinstated without loss of pay as a…

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Fields to Be Given Back Hotel Job End To Schreiber Dispute Shops Opposed Ban by Unions

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.--Reinstatement of Mr. E. C. Fields as a barman at the Hotel Kingston, Canberra, has been agreed to by the hotel manager (Mr. F. Bacon)…

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Fields Reinstated with Back Pay Resumes At Hotel Tomorrow K.G. Exonerates Brig. Schreiber

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.--Ernest Cyril Fields, former valet-chauffeur to the Duke of Gloucester's Chief-of-Staff (Brig. Schreiber), was today reinstated without loss of pay as a…

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Fields Reinstated with Back Fay Resumes At Hotel Tomorrow K.C. Exonerates Brig. Schreiber

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.--Ernest Cyril Fields, former valet-chauffeur to the Duke of Gloucester's Chief-of-Staff (Brig. Schreiber), was today reinstated without loss of pay as a…

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Ex-valet To Resume Work at Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—The dispute over the dismissal of E. C. Fields, former valet to Brigadier Schreiber, the Duke of…

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Polite Publicans

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 7

NEWCASTLE publicans know which section of the community provides the fruit for their sideboards. Stating that the ULVA in Newcastle…

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Hotels Must Sell Schooners

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

Hotelkeeper s who refuse to sell schooners of beer when open for trade between the hours of 4.30 pm and 6 pm…

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Hotel Ban Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 12

Drinkers yesterday threatened to impose a black ban on the Hotel Brighton, Brighton-le-Sands…

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