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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

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No hotels for air travellers

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 February 1947 · page 56

Air travellers found it difficult to obtain hotel accommodation in Sydney, Mr. P. H. Bond, Sydney manager of…

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The Franklin Hotel, Poole, England Proposed 400 Bedroom Luxury Hotel

Construction · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 3

The proposed erecting of a four-hundred-bedroom, hotel, with a restaurant to seat 500 with gymnasium, squash courts, turkish bath, swimming pool, lagoon, children’s…

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Hotel Dividend Raised

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 16

Mallee Hotels, Ltd., earned profit of £4343 for the year to December 31, against £2863 for 1945. Dividend has been raised from 7[?]…

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English Press Hits At Canberra Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday.--London daily papers give prominence to the item about the Australian Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell), being refused admission to the Hotel Canberra yesterday while wearing a yellow shirt and…

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English Press Hits At Canberra Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday.--London daily papers give prominence to the item about the Australian Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell), being refused admission to the Hotel Canberra yesterday while wearing a yellow shirt and…

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English Press Hits At Canberra Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--London daily papers give prominence to the item about the Australian Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell), being refused admission to the Hotel Canberra yesterday while wearing a yellow shirt and…

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English Press Hits At Canberra Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--London daily papers give prominence to the item about the Australian Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell), being refused admission to the Hotel Canberra yesterday while wearing a yellow shirt and…

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Band Leader Sues American Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

CHICAGO, Wednesday.--Ted Lewis, veteran band leader, is suing the Sherman Hotel for 100,000 dollars (£31,250) damages, alleging he was…

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Hotel Union Election

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 9

THE general elections of the Hotel Club and Restaurant Employees' Union last night, resulted:--President. Mr. L. Valentine; secretary…

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English Press Mils At Canberra Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday.--London daily papers give prominence to the item about the Australian Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell), being refused admission to the Hotel Canberra yesterday while wearing a yellow shirt and…

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English Press Hits At Canberra Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday.--London daily papers give prominence to the item about the Australian Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell), being refused, admission to the Hotel Canberra yesterday while wearing a yellow shirt and…

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Hotel Union Election

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

THE general elections of the Hotel Club and Restaurant Employees' Union last night, resulted:--President, Mr. L. Valentine secretary…

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Wine Added to Spirits Penrith Licensee Fined

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 6

A CHARGE of adulterating spirits by adding wine, against Richard James Wolff, licensce, of Log Cabin Hotel, Penrith, was…

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Tramway Ban On Hotel Continues

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 2

Dowling-street tramway depot employees, who imposed a ban on the Moore Park View Hotel a week, before Christmas, are…

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Hotel Riddle

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 4

Can it be explained how if hotels run out of beer during these days, they will manage to open until 10 o'clock? Why…

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Hotel Hours Campaign Intensified

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 11

During the next nine days the Liquor Trades Council and the Temperance Alliance will intensify their hours referendum…

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Canberra Hotel Service Disgrace To Capital To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

Sir,—I recently reached the Hotel Canberra from a train which arrived at 1.40 p.m. I was at the booking desk at 1.50. The…

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Average Hotel

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

The average hotel in NSW is superior to the average hotel in other parts of Australia and NZ and where else in the world can…

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Saner hotel hours

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 8

SIR,--I recently visited Great Britain and the U.S. and had an opportunity of examining liquor trading hours in both…

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£130 Theft From Hotel

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

A man who stole £130 from a safe in the Invicta Hotel, Elizabeth St., was placed oh a bond of £30 to be of good behavior…

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