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Hotels & licensing, 1946

1,450 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 73

Lorry Hits Hotel Bar

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 2

A Heavy lorry, towing a five-ton crane, crashed through the barroom doors the Quarryman's Hotel, in Harris St., Pyrmont. this…

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Nightclubs get the bottles Beer "Dole" to Hotels

The Sun · Sunday 4 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY night clubs had large quantities of bottled beer, while hotel-keepers who paid heavy…

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Famous singer told to "keep quiet" at hotel

The Sun · Sunday 4 August 1946 · page 14

A FRIEND or Joan Hammond, who lives in the country and is coming 300 miles to hear her sing in…

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Profits of Hotel Rose £382,000

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 August 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. -- Profits Of Savoy Hotel (London) rose from £13,000 in 1939 to £395,000 in 1945, Mr. M. Follick (Lab.)…

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Hotel Darwen's Tradeng Future

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 6

Shareholders of Hotel Darwin Ltd. will decide at a meeting in Adelaide on August 26, whether the company should resume trading operations at Darwin…

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Finance, Commerce And Markets Record Profit, Dividend Hotel Metropole Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 5

Net profit of £35,657 and dividend of 11½ per cent. shown by the Hotel Metropole Ltd. for the year ended June 30 are records…

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Hitler's Yacht To Become Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--Hitler's former luxury yacht, the Grille, will be renamed Winston Churchill and turned into a floating hotel. The Grille cost £1,000,000 to build and £1,000,000 to eauip…

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Hotels Controlled Mr. Evatt's Criticism

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 1

There could be no improvement in hotel conditions in New South Wales until their control was divorced from the…

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Minister Slates Australian Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 9

The Minister for Tourist Activities (Mr. Give Evatt) said last night that he sympathised with Mr. Pat McDonough, American millionaire, who has criticised Australian tourist facilities. In Honolulu on Monday, Mr…

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Husband Slays Wife, Lover Triple Tragedy In Townsville Hotel Grim Mission by Ex-soldier

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 6

TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.--A few hours after arriving from Melbourne, an ex-soldier last night crept into the bedroom of his wife and her lover and shot them both through the…

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Guilty Couple Slain Townsville Hotel Shooting Grim Mission by Ex-soldier

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 14

TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.--A few hours after arriving from Melbourne, an ex-soldier last night crept into the bedroom of his wife and her lover and shot them both through the…

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Husband Slays Wife, Lover Triple Tragedy In Townsville Hotel Grim Mission by Ex-soldier

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 6

TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.--A few hours after arriving from Melbourne, an ex-soldier last night crept into the bedroom of his wife and her lover and shot them both through the…

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Hotels Criticised by Mr. Evatt "Brewery Monopoly"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 4

There could be no improvement in hotel conditions in New South Wales until their control was divorced from the brewery…

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Hotel And Six Shops Go In Q'land Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 3

WINTON (Q.), Thursday. -- Guests at the North Gregory Hotel had to force their way through smoke and flame and…

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Hotel And Six Shops Go In Q'land Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 3

WINTON (Q.), Thursday. -- Guests at the North Gregory Hotel had to force their way through smoke and flame and…

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Record Profit For Hotel Metropole

Tribune · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 7

THE recently announced dividend of Hotel Metropole Ltd. is the highest on record for this company. Profit at £35,657 compares with £31,671 last…

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Hotel's Honor System

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 9

MR. HEDLEY MACKAY, licensee of the Union Hotel, corner of Margaret and Kent Streets, has an honor system which gives patrons the right to fill their own schooners from jugs of beer. No beer has been wasted and no one has broken his trust so far…

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Hotel's Honor System

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 9

MR. HEDLEY MACKAY, licensee of the Union Hotel, corner of Margaret and Kent Streets, has an honor system which gives patrons the right to fill their own schooners from jugs of beer. No beer has been wasted and no one has broken his trust so far…

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Hotel's Honor System

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 9

MR. HEDLEY MACKAY, licensee of the Union Hotel, corner of Margaret and Kent Streets, has an honor system which gives patrons the right to fill their own schooners from jugs of beer. No beer has been wasted and no one has broken his trust so far…

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Men Leap Bar of Hotel, Rob Till of £40, Escape

The Sun · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 1

Leaping the counter of an Ultimo hotel late this afternoon, two men pushed aside a barmaid, rifled the till of about £40, and escaped. The daring theft was committed before the eyes of at least a…

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