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Hotels & licensing, 1947

1,285 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 65

Man Threw Glasses In Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 10

Det. Cecil Holmes said at the Quarter Sessions today that when he questioned Colin Smillie about throwing glasses at a…

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Man Threw Glasses In Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 10

Det. Cecil Holmes said at the Quarter Sessions today that when he questioned Colin Smillie about throwing glasses at a…

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Man Threw Glasses In Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 10

Det. Cecil Holmes said at the Quarter Sessions today that when he questioned Colin Smillie about throwing, glasses at a…

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Famed Limehouse Publican Leaves Rich Collection

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 23

LONDON, Wednesday.--Chinatown's famed Charley Brown, the man who always wore 16 watches and put them right daily, has died at the age of 60…

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Famed Limehouse Publican Leaves Rich Collection

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 23

LONDON, Wednesday.--Chinatown's famed Charley Brown, the man who always wore 16 watches and put them right daily, has died at the age of 60…

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Man Threw Classes In Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 10

Det. Cecil Holmes said at the Quarter Sessions today that when he questioned Colin Smillie about throwing glasses at a…

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Hotel Closing System To Continue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 5

The State Government will not interfere with the present system, which allows the police 20 minutes to clear hotel bars after 6…

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Ryde May Get Community Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 7

Town Clerk of Ryde. Mr. F. C. Taylor, last night urged Ryde Council, to build a community hotel "to become the social and…

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Hotel “Pig-Swill” Most Be Ended

Tribune · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 3

Rejection by poll of later hotel closing hours does not mean that the people of NSW are reconciled to continuation of the disgusting 6 o’clock “pig-swill.” LAST Saturday’s poll registered a…

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Canberra To Vote On Hotel Closing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 10

CANBERRA, Thursday.--Canberra residents will soon be asked to vote at a referendum for 6, 8, or 10 p.m. closing of hotels in the Capital…

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Bad Hotelkeepers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

Sir,—We should follow the example of those civilised people, the Swiss, and insist that hotelkeeping be raised to the status of a profession…

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Hotel Site Approved Council Objects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

Full board of the Licensing Court yesterday approved of the transfer of the Golden Grove Hotel licence from Darlington to a site…

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"TRUTH" Readers Say Pint-pots, Misery, Clubs; Letters on Hotel Hours

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1947 · page 51

THE Hotel Hours Referendum, decided in favor of 6 p.m. closing yesterday week, produced a welter of correspondence for and against. Last week there were more letters about it…

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Beer flowed yesterday More Hotels Open

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1947 · page 2

MORE hotels were open in the city and suburbs yesterday than on any other Saturday since beer…

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Publicans Fined For Overcharging

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 12

Mr. Atkinson, S.M., fined two publicans in the Special Federal Court yesterday for having sold liquor above the fixed price…

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Community Hotel Plan Deferred

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 3

Although he would rather see a community hotel at Rydalmere than one controlled by the breweries, the time was not opportune for such a…

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Police Crack Down On Hotels

The Sun · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

Liquor sales in hotel bars must cease at 6 pm sharp following instructions issued by Police…

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Hotels Seek Prices Review

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- Hotel interests in Sydney and Melbourne are seeking relaxation of fixed prices for hotel meals…

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Strict Watch on Hotels 6.20 Is "Deadline"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 5

Police will ask publicans to begin clearing their bars at 6 p.m., so that all drinkers will be off the hotel premises by 6.20 p.m…

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Hotel Darwin to Return 27- Share

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 12

Shareholders of Hotel Darwin, Ltd., will receive about 27 a share on liquidation of the company. The chairman (Mr. W. P. A…

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