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Hotels & licensing, 1947

1,285 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 65

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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The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, February 14, 1947 Hotel Trading Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

To-morrow the people of New South Wales will be compelled, under penalty, to perform a duty which belongs properly to the State…

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Readers' Views On The Hotel Hours Poll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

A large number of letters has been received by the Editor of the "Herald" expressing opinions on the referendum on hotel trading hours to-morrow. A representative selection is published below…

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[?] Police investigators admit they are powerless to stop the growing record of people who tear their bodies to pieces, smash their nerves, and change themselves from normal, healthy citizens into quivering, rotten wrecks by the misuse of sleeping drugs. Doctors refer to the little white pills, bootlegged around nightclubs and hotel lounges wherever the pleasurehungry gather, as White Death, because for those who let the drugs get a hold on them, death is the inevitable result

The World's News · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 6

JIM SCULLY was found dead in bed one morning last spring when his wife tried to awaken him. Jim was only 41 and too young to…

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Hotels Closed; Only 24 'Drunks'

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 56

All hotels were closed during: voting on the liquor referendum yesterday and police said they found only one man drunk on…

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Hotel Poll Retains Six O'clock

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 1

AN overwhelming vote against any extension of liquor trading hours was cast by the people of New South Wales yesterday. Final official figures last night showed a majority for 6 pm of 378,528…

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Travellers can't get accommodation Hotels made into "boarding-houses"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 4

Sydney hotels had been converted into boarding-houses, licensing officials said this week. Except in a few first-class…

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Family of 4 lives, eats in hotel room

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 4

Three families boarding in a hotel at Pyrmont must cook their weekday meals on spirit stoves in their bedrooms…

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Why the people voted against 10 o'clock Tied-house system resented Failure to improve hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 3

Irritation with brewery control of hotels was one of the main reasons why people voted against 10 o'clock closing in yesterday's referendum…

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Editorial Publicans Must Keep Their Promises

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

THE emphasis with which almost a million voters have enforced a continuation of 6 o'clock closing in New South Wales doesn't mean that the community also wants a continuance of drinking…

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Letters to the Editor Vote on Hotel Hours Influence Of Women

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

Sir,—The overwhelming victory for 6 o'clock closing is a triumph for women and a tribute to them, for it was their influence and support that…

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Hotel Darwin Move to Wind Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 6

A proposal for the voluntary winding up of Hotel Darwin Ltd. will be submitted to shareholders at a meeting to be held in Adelaide…

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Move To "Drop" Community Hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

The Mayor of Randwick (Ald. W. J. Heffernan) will recommend to his council tonight that the proposal for a £100,000…

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Publican's Vain 800 Miles Flight for Beer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 5

A former Spitfire pilot recently flew a country hotelkeeper 430 miles to Broken Hill in a vain search for bottled beer. The pilot, R. J. McKenzie, 27,…

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Hotel to Wind Up

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 18

Shareholders of Hotel Darwin, Ltd., will meet on February 28 to consider a resolution to wind up the company voluntarily…

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£40,000 Hotel for St. Marys. Licensing Board Approves

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 4

Without any opposition from police or anybody else, an application by Annie Eliza Nott for the transfer of the licence of Silver Mines Hotel. Yerranderie to a…

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Move To Cut Saturday Hours Says Publican

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

A move to close hotels at midday on Saturdays would shortly be made by the New South Wales Temperance Alliance, the…

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Huge Majority For Six O'clock Saturday's Referendum on Trading Hours in New South Wales Hotels Protest Against Brewery Monopolies "Tied" Houses and Black Marketing

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

Saturday's liquor hours referendum resulted in an overwhelming vote against any extension of the trading hours of hotels in New South Wales. Latest figures show an absolute majority for the present closing hour of 6 p.m. of 380,872. The only electorates in which the electors…

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Community Hotel For Maroubra

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 7

A resolution moved by the Mayor (Ald. W. J. Heffernan) at Randwick Council last night, urging that a proposal to build…

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Αποτελεσματα Εκλογων Δια Το Κλεισιμoν Των Hotels

To Ethnico Vema = Greek National Tribune · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 5

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