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Hotels & licensing, 1947

1,285 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 65

Woman Killed by Hotel Lift

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A housemaid at Menzies Hotel was crushed to death by a lift in the hotel early today. SHE was Mrs. May Ford (50). who…

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Four Fined Over Brawl at Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 3

Four men were fined at Newtown Court today on charges arising out of a brawl outside the Petersham Inn Hotel, Petersham, on Saturday, when police were menaced by a hostile crowd…

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Harbour Hotel, Taxis Planned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 8

Woollahra Council has received from a Sydney company a proposal to build a "super-class tourist hotel" of 500 bedrooms on the…

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Hotel Hours Referendum

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 4

Intensified campaigns for and against an extension of hotel trading hours have been planned for this week before the…

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Hotel Unionists Back Late Closing

Tribune · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 7

Ten o’clock hotel closing will be Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees’ Union following an agreement with the ULVA, which will provide wide benefits for members…

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Wine Saloon Licensees Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 16

Mr. Scobie, S.M., at the Licensing Court yesterday, fined nine wine saloon licensees a total of £216 for having sold adulterated or wrongly labelled wine…

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Breweries Have Plans to Improve Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 10

Breweries hove already planned improvements in hotel architecture to permit of better drinking conditions. The spokesman for the Liquor…

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Poor Publican

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 4

Whilst unionism in general is striving for a 40-hour week, there are some in this State who wish to inflict on a small…

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Handbag Stolen From Visitor's Hotel Room

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 4

A HANDBAG containing a gold ring and £18 belonging to a Melbourne visitor, Mrs. Bromwell Gilchrist, was stolen from her room in…

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Handbag Stolen From Visitor's Hotel Room

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 4

A HANDBAG containing a gold ring and £18 belonging to a Melbourne visitor, Mrs. Bromwell Gilchrist, was stolen from her room in…

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£40,690 Hotel for St. Marys Licensing Board Approves Evidence on Growth of St. Marys

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 1

WITHOUT any opposition from police or anybody else, an application by Annie Eliza Nott for the transfer of the licence of Silver…

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Cases For And Against Later Hotel Closing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

New South Wales electors will decide by referendum on Saturday whether hotels will continue to close at 6 p.m. or remain open until 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. Arguments for and against an extension of hours are summarised below…

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Letters to the Editor Hotel Trading in Tasmania Different Conditions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

Sir,—The liquor trade is trying to make capital out of the statements of Tasmanian Parliamentarians regarding the so-called advantages of 10 o'clock…

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Views Differ on Hotel Trading Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 8

Conflicting views on next Saturday's liquor referendum were expressed today. Nearly £ 2,000,000 electors will vote on…

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Views Differ on Hotel Trading Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 8

Conflicting views on next Saturday's liquor referendum were expressed today. Nearly 2,000,000 electors will vote on…

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Views Differ on Hotel Trading Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 8

Conflicting views on next Saturday's liquor referendum were expressed today. Nearly 2,000,000 electors will vote on…

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Views Differ on Hotel Trading Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 8

Conflicting views on next Saturday's liquor referendum were expressed today. Nearly 2,000,000 electors will vote on…

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Editorial 6 or 10--Hotels Must Be Reformed

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 1

IF tomorrow's referendum ties the people of New South Wales to six o'clock closing for another 30 years, as the vote of 1916 did, it must not, for that reason, be taken as any sign of public…

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Story Of Fatal Hotel Brawl

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 7

AFTER he tried to break up an argument in a public bar of The Oaks Hotel, Neutral Bay, on January 25, he heard a crash, Patrick McCarthy, bar manager of The Oaks Hotel, said…

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Story Of Fatal Hotel Brawl

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 7

AFTER he tried to break up ah argument in a public bar of The Oaks Hotel, Neutral Bay, on January 25, he heard a crash, Patrick McCarthy, bar manager of The Oaks Hotel, said…

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