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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

1,285 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 65

Former Opera Star Loses £240,000 From Hotel Room

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 12

PARIS, Monday. -- Jewels valued at £160,000 and securities worth £80,000 were stolen yesterday from the former opera singer, Mrs. Lucinne Denitez-Rejach, wife of an American…

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Woman Found £500 in Lift of City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 3

A woman lift-driver, who found a parcel containing £500 in notes in her lift on Friday morning, said that she "felt…

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Former Opera Star Loses £240,000 From Hotel Room

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 12

PARIS, Monday. -- Jewels valued at £160,000 and securities worth £80,000 were stolen yesterday from the former opera singer, Mrs. Lucinne Denitez-Rejach, wife of an American…

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Former Policeman to Manage Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

FORMER Det.-Sgt. Aubrey Francis Keating was granted a publican's licence by Mr. Scobie, S.M., at the Licensing Court today…

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Former Opera Star Loses £240,000 From Hotel Room

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 12

PARIS, Monday. -- Jewels valued at £160,000 and securities worth £80,000 were stolen yesterday from the former opera singer, Mrs. Lucinne Denitez -Rejach, wife of an American…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Woman Found £500 in Lift of City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 3

A woman lift-driver, who found a parcel containing £500 in notes in her lift on Friday, morning, said that she "felt…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Former Opera Star Loses £240.000 From Hotel Room

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 12

PARIS, Monday. -- Jewels valued at £160,000 and securities worth £80,000 were stolen yesterday from the former opera singer, Mrs. Lucinne Denitez-Rejach, wife of ah American…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Woman Found £500 in Lift of City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 3

A woman lift-driver, who found a parcel containing £500 in notes in her lift on Friday morning, said that she "felt…

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Detective Becomes Hotel Licensee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 8

A detective-sergeant who resigned from the police force to become the licensee-manager of the Hotel Mosman, was granted a licence by Mr. J…

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Hotel Bar Wrecked In Brawl

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

The bar of the Brooklyn Hotel, George- street, city, was wrecked by two men who had been refused…

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Detective Turns Hotelkeeper

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 10

A former detective-sergeant with 22½ years' service in the New South Wales Police Force, became a hotel licensee yesterday…

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Hotel "Honeymoon" Leads Two To Prison

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

Two men who were celebrating a honeymoon were sentenced to three months' gaol and ordered to pay £45 fines and compensation at Central Court today for causing damage to an hotel bar. Refused drinks at the hotel,…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Thieves Take Clothing From Hotel Room

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 20

Thieves last night took clothing valued at £90 from the room of a Melbourne journalist staying at the Australia Hotel…

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Sandwich Service in Hotels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

MEMORIES OF THE DAYS of counter lunches, when succulent turkey slices went with a midday glass of beer, were revived in some city hotels today, when a new sandwich service was started. Pictured here is a boy from the city organisation which has…

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Sandwich Service in Hotels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

MEMORIES OF THE DAYS of counter lunches, when succulent turkey slices went with a midday glass of beer, were revived in some city hotels today, when a new sandwich service was started. Pictured here is a boy from the city organisation which has…

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Daring Robbery From City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

A DARING thief crawled 20 feet along a narrow ledge three stories from the ground to ransack a room at the Hotel Australia last…

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Daring Robbery From City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 1

A DARING thief crawled 20 feet along a narrow ledge three stories from the ground to ransack room at the Hotel Australia last…

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Sandwich Service in Hotels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

MEMORIES OF THE DAYS of counter lunches, when succulent turkey slices went with a midday glass of beer, were revived in some city hotels today, when a hew sandwich service was started. Pictured here is a boy from the city organisation ' which has…

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Daring Robbery From City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

A DARING thief crawled 20 feet along a narrow ledge three stories from the ground to ransack room at the Hotel Australia last…

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Daring Robbery From City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

A DARING thief crawled 20 feet along a narrow ledge three stories from the ground to ransack a room at the Hotel Australia last…

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