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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

1,285 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 65

No Decision On Council Hotels

The Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 3

The City Council's Finance Committee deferred decision today on the question of whether the leases of two city hotels…

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Hotel Men Rally to Meatless Day Plan

The Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 3

More than 2000 hotels in NSW will be asked to observe a meatless day each week to provide food for Britain. President of the Liquor Trades Council (Mr. Watson) and…

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Gaol for Former Publican

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 6

A former N.S.W. publican, William John Laughton, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for contempt of…

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Gaol for Former Publican

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 6

A former N.S.W. publican, William John Laughtoh, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for contempt of…

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Gaol for Former Publican

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 6

A former N.S.W. publican, William John Laughton, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for contempt of…

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Duke of Windsor Fights Hotel Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--The Duke of Windsor last night helped to fight a fire in the Waldorf Tower, a section of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel where he and the Duchess are staying…

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Duke of Windsor Helps Fight Hotel Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 24

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- The Duke of Windsor turned volunteer fireman for a few minutes when a fire swept the bedroom of Baron…

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Duke of Windsor Helps Fight Hotel Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 24

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- The Duke of Windsor turned volunteer fireman for a few minutes when a fire swept the bedroom of Baron…

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Hotel Accommodation Move Govt. Making Drive For Improvements

Truth · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 34

A special drive to improve the standards of hotel and .guest house accommodation throughout N.S.W. would be undertaken immediately, the Minister for Tourist Activities and Immigration (Mr. Finnan)…

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Man seriously hurt in hotel row

The Sun · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 3

A man was critically injured during an altercation at the Port Jackson Hotel. Sydney, yesterday afternoon…

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This Hotel Beer Throwing Act Is a Real Honey

The Sun · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 7

A barmaid fills beer glasses. Arrow shows a dummy glass. Customers duck as they think they are about to receive the "beer" in their faces…

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OPINION Probing the hotel system

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 11

LIBERAL leader Treatt promises to investigate the "tied-house" hotel system, by which two…

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Government promises hotel grading

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 63

The Government, if returned to power, would immediately grade all hotels and guest-houses in New South Wales according to the type of service they offered, Tourist Minister Finnan…

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Plan To Grade Hotels And Guest Houses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 5

Better accommodation at hotels and guest houses in New South Wales is aimed at in a new Government campaign…

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Ex-Warder Fined £100; Took Bribe From Publican

The Sun · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 3

Former warder at Long Bay gaol, Percival George Leslie Thompson, 26, of Ewell-street, Balmain, today was fined £100 in Central Court for accepting a bribe of £30 to influence the release on licence of a prisoner…

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Publican Sued by Alderman

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday.--An alleged charge that he had had immoral relations with a hotel waitress was the basis of a…

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£1000 Defamation Claim Publican Sued By Alderman Alleged Fight in Toowoomba

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 8

BRISBANE, Monday.--An alleged charge that he had had immoral relations with a hotel waitress was the basis of a £1000 claim for defamation in the Supreme Court today by…

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Publican Sued by Alderman

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday.--An alleged charge that he had had immoral relations with a hotel waitress was the basis of a…

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Publican Sued by Alderman

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday.--An alleged charge that he had had immoral relations with a hotel waitress was the basis of a…

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Friday, May 2 Is Meatless Day in Hotels

The Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 3

Friday, May 2, will be observed as a meatless day in Sydney by all members of the Residential Hotels Association and meat dishes will not appear on their menu on any…

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