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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

1,285 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 65

Citrus Tree Shortage; Need for Licensing of Nurserymen Stressed by Dept. Expert

The Land · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 3

THE suggestion that some control should be exercised over those who sold citrus and other fruit trees, in order to protect the interests of buyers, was made this week by Mr. R. J. Benton, citrus expert to the Department of Agriculture…

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U.s. Move to Stop Fires in Hotels

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 3

CHICAGO, Saturday. -- Hotel fires, which have killed at least 200 persons within the past six months, have prompted Illinois State legislators to…

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Canberra Hotel Lounge Arrest

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Saturday. --Arrested in the lounge of the Hotel Canberra last night, Mavis Edna Thiesman (21),…

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U.s. Move to Stop Fires in Hotels

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 7

CHICAGO, Saturday. --Hotel fires, which have killed at least 200 persons within the past six months, have prompted Illinois State legislators to…

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U.s. Move to Stop Fires in Hotels

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 3

CHICAGO, Saturday. --Hotel fires, which have killed at least 200 persons within the past six months, have prompted Illinois State legislators to…

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U.L.V.A. promises better hotels with 10 p.m. closing

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 January 1947 · page 7

If 10 o'clock hotel closing become low the U.L.V.A. and brewery companies would conduct a disciplinary campaign against licensees who neglected their obligations to the public,…

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Appeal to publicans

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 January 1947 · page 7

An appeal to hotelkeepers has been issued by Tooth and Co., Ltd., Sydney brewers, in a circular setting out points in…

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Hotel Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

Sir,—May I, as one of the suffering public, protest at the way many of our so-called leading hotels are being conducted to-day?…

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Beer On At Most Hotels

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 3

A tour of city hotels today showed that most were open for business. Bars were well patronised, and…

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Luxury Hotel Not For Community Tribune Special Correspondent

Tribune · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 7

DARWIN.—News that the Government leasing the luxurious Hotel Darwin to private enterprise for 10 or possibly 15 years has caused among Darwin residents in need of a community hotel…

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Alleged Theft From Hotel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 8

William Leslie Jenkins (29), laborer, was committed for trial at Central Court today on a charge of stealing £130 from…

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Hotel keeper Had Unlicenced Pistol

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 5

Surprise that a hotel keeper had been able to buy a revolver without producing a licence was expressed by Mr. Oram, CSM, in…

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Police Investigate Hotel Accommodation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 5

Licensing polite yesterday questioned several Sydney publicans about bedroom accommodation in their hotels. Airline companies, travel…

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Referendum On Hotel Hours

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 23

VOTING is compulsory in the referendum to he held on February 15. to determine the hotel closing hour for New South…

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More Amenities Must o With 10 pm Hotel Closing McClintoek Cartoon

Tribune · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 7

The brewing monopoly is using the. hotel ours referendum to blind the people to longstanding faults in NSW hotels. the Australian Communist Party supports…

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Police Will Watch Hotels for Thug Gangs

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 3

Police are expected to be drafted into a special squad to combat pickpocket-basher gangs operating in hotels…

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"Smith's" Hotel Referendum

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 10

FEELING that the NSW 10 p.m. hotel-closing referendum does not go far enough, "Smith's" is holding a referendum on whether Australian country pubs should provide better bed and board. A city visitor gives the case For, and a country…

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Women's refining influence has invaded hotel bars

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1947 · page 13

Two West Wyalong women, Miss Moya Hartigan and Mrs. J. C. Hipwell have been granted licences to conduct hotels in city and country…

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Ex-servicemen want their own hotel

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1947 · page 5

The State council of South Australia's Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen's Association want to buy a hotel in…

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The No. 2 in liquor voting Hotel Closing Preferences

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1947 · page 3

THE idea that the 9 pm vote in the referendum on hotel closing hours must win…

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