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Hotels & licensing, 1947

1,285 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 65

Prices Branch Criticised on Hotel Tariffs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 3

The Prices Commission's action in determining tariff rates for hotels was causing concern to licensing magistrates, the…

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Hotel Tariff Rates "Cut Below Reason"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 7

The Prices Commissioner had, to the disadvantage of the travelling public, cut hotel tariffs below reasonable levels, the Licensing Magistrates and Licences Reduction Board stated in its report for lost year…

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More hotels charged Alleged refusal to supply meals

The Sun · Sunday 24 August 1947 · page 7

MORE prosecutions of Sydney hotels for refusing to supply meals to the public will…

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City hotel director killed

The Sun · Sunday 24 August 1947 · page 1

KENDRICK Arthur Wooldridge, 63, of Castle Hill, managing director of a company…

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Hotel-keeper dies in Ryde car crash

The Sun · Sunday 24 August 1947 · page 3

Mr. K. A. Wooldridge, well known city businessman, was fatally injured when his car collided with a truck at Ryde late yesterday afternoon…

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Hotel owner killed in car crash after races

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 August 1947 · page 3

Kenrick Arthur Wooldridge, 63, a prominent Sydney hotel proprietor and sportsman, was one of five persons killed yesterday in accidents. Wooldridge was driving back to the city from Rosehill races…

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Hotel Owner's Funeral Takes Place Tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 11

THE funeral of the late Kenric Arthur Wooldridge, well-known hotel owner, who was killed in a car accident at Ryde last Saturday, will…

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Hotel Owner's Funeral Takes Place Tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 11

THE funeral of the late Kenric Arthur Wooldridge, well-known hotel owner, who was killed in a car accident at Ryde last Saturday, will…

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Hotel Owner's Funeral Takes Place Tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 11

THE funeral of the late Kenric Arthur Wooldridge, well-known hotel owner, who was killed in a car accident at Ryde last Saturday, will…

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Hotel Owner's Funeral Takes Place Tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 11

THE funeral of the late Kenric Arthur Wooldridge, well-known hotel owner, who was killed in a car accident at Ryde last Saturday, will…

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Tel Aviv Jews' Farcical 'Fast' Secret Meals in Hotels and Restaurants

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 9

TEL AVIV, Tuesday.--A quarter of a million Jews yesterday staged a farcical dawn-to-dusk fast in sympathy with three shiploads of refugees who have been refused admission to…

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Big Funeral for Hotel Proprietor

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 6

Mr. Kenric Arthur Wooldridge (63), who was killed in a motor smash on Saturday afternoon, was buried this morning in the…

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Tel Aviv Jews' Farcical 'Fast' Secret Meals in Hotels and Restaurants

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 9

TEL AVIV, Tuesday.--A quarter of a million Jews yesterday staged a farcical dawn-to-dusk fast in sympathy with three shiploads of refugees who have been refused admission to…

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Tel Aviv Jews' Farcical 'Fast' Secret Meals in Hotels and Restaurants

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 9

TEL AVIV, Tuesday.--A quarter of a million Jews yesterday staged a farcical dawn-to-dusk fast in sympathy with three shiploads of refugees who have been refused admission to…

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Tel Aviv Jews' Farcical 'Fast' Secret Meals in Hotels and Restaurants

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 9

TEL AVIV, Tuesday.--A quarter of a million Jews yesterday staged a farcical dawn-to-dusk fast in sympathy with three shiploads of refugees who have been refused admission to…

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Tel Aviv Jews' Farcical 'Fast' No Churchill Visit Secret Meals in Hotels and Restaurants

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 9

TEL AVIV, Tuesday.--A quarter of a million Jews yesterday staged a farcical dawn-to-dusk fast in sympathy with three shiploads of refugees who have been refused admission to MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. Winston Churchill has informed the Lord Mayor (Councillor P. R. Connelly) that through urgent pressure…

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Brazil’s Wonder Hotel. Helicopter Landing Field

Construction · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 6

Among the unique features of a new hotel under construction near Petropolis. the summer capital of Brazil, is the rooftop landing field for helicopters. An artificial lake is also being constructed in the foreground. The lower view…

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Gafni III, Has Left His City Hotel Suite

The Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 3

Miklos ("Open-the-door") Gafni has left his suite on the fourth floor of the Australia Hotel. But no one will say where he has gone. It seems he moved…

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Gafni Describes Assault in Hotel Attacked By "Unknown Person" Revived Horror of Nazi Camps

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 2

MIKLOS GAFNI, heavyweight Hungarian tenor, admitted in a statement today that an "unfortunate incident" occurred outside the first floor lounge of the Hotel Australia last…

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Gafni Describes Assault in Hotel Attacked By "Unknown Person" Revived Horror of Nazi Camps

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 2

MIKLOS GAFNI, heavyweight Hungarian tenor, admitted in a statement today that an "unfortunate incident' occurred outside the first floor lounge of the Hotel Australia lost…

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