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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

1,285 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 65

Tourist Company Buys Two Hotels

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 October 1947 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Monday. --Pioneer Tourist Hotels Pty Limited, which is embarking upon a £2,000,000 scheme to develop the Barrier Reef…

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Bankers Going to Capital for Nationalisation Bill All Hotel Rooms Booked

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday. -- Banking officials from all parts of Australia have…

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Only Essential[?] Repairs To Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 5

Necessary repairs, alterations, and additions to hotels are to be permitted. This was announced yesterday by…

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Guest At Hotel May Have Clue

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. -- New Zealand police are trying to locate an Australian businessman who, they…

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Guest At Hotel May Have Clue

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. -- New Zealand police are trying to locate an Australian businessman who, they…

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Bookmaker's Fall; Sues Publican

The Sun · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 3

Claiming that his ribs were broken when he fell down a stairway at the Hotel Astra, Bondi, a…

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Hotel Hours

The Sun · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 4

I read with interest in "The Sunday Sun" an interview with the president of the ULVA and his curt replies…

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Oyster Hawkers In City Hotels Fined

The Sun · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 1

Oysters hawked in city hotels had been collected in filthy tins and were not fit for human consumption, a prosecuting sergeant said in Central Summons Court today when three men were fined a total of £36…

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Wentworth Hotel Record Turnover

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 6

Record turnover offset increased costs of Wentworth Hotel Ltd. for the year ended June 30, and net profit of £12,232 is £427 higher…

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Hotel Profit Recedes Usher's Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 6

After three years' results at stable levels, a decrease of £2,007 to £12,240 in net profit is shown by Usher's…

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Housing Before Better Hotels

Tribune · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 3

The brewing monopolists’ drive for still higher profits from their licensed “piggeries” has at last compelled the State Government to force them to provide more hotel amenities…

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R.s.l. Drive for Licensed Clubs

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 18

A bitter attack on what is described as "a small band of temperance workers," who are actively opposing the establishment of licensed clubs for ex- servicemen in Victoria, is made in an editorial in…

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Trade, Finance, Produce, Overseas Markets Usher's Hotel Profit Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 12

Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., earned £12,240 net profit for the year ended August 31, compared with £14,247 for the…

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Wentworth Hotel Earns £12.232

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 12

Wentworth Hotel Ltd. earned £12,232 net profit for the year ended June 30, after charging £2530 depredation and £753 superannuation…

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Failed To Supply Meal; Hotel Licensee Fined £5

The Sun · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 2

First conviction following the recent police blitz on hotels failing to provide meals and accommodation was recorded in the Licensing Court today. George John Williams, licensee of the Rawson Hotel, George-street, City, was fined £5 by Mr. Scobie, SM, for failing without reasonable cause to provide a meal during normal…

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City Hotelkeeper Fined £5 Court Told Of Meal Refusal Chinese As Occupiers

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 4

THE Rawson Hotel, 699 George St., which accommodated only Chinese, had not been asked to supply meals for five years, said Mr. S. Redshaw,…

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City Hotelkeeper Fined £5 Court Told Of Meal Refusal Chinese As Occupiers

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 4

THE Rawson Hotel, 699 George St., which accommodated only Chinese, had not been asked to supply meals for five years, said Mr. S. Redshaw,…

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City Hotelkeeper Fined £5 Court Told Of Meal Refusal Chinese As Occupiers

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 4

THE Rawson Hotel, 699 George St., which accommodated only Chinese, had not been asked to supply meals for five years, said Mr. S. Redshaw,…

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City Hotelkeeper Fined £5 Court Told Of Meal Refusal Chinese As Occupiers

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 4

THE Rawson Hotel, 699 George St., which accommodated only Chinese, had not been asked to supply meals for five years, said Mr. S. Redshaw,…

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City Hotelkeeper Fined £5 Court Told Of Meal Refusal Chinese As Occupiers

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 4

THE Rawson Hotel, 699 George St., which accommodated only Chinese, had not been asked to supply meals for five years, said Mr. S. Redshaw,…

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