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Hotels & licensing, 1948

675 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 34

Hotel Blast Arrests

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 3

VIENNA, Wednesday.--Five arrests have been made in connection with the explosion last Friday in the British…

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Hotel Blast Arrests

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 3

VIENNA, Wednesday.--Five arrests have been made in connection with the explosion last Friday in the British…

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"Watch" on Hotel Court Test Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 4

Charges arising from the alleged picketing of two Mascot hotels in January and February were…

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Hotels Forced to Close in Beer Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 5

Dozens of Sydney hotels would be forced to close for port of next week and for each week the beer strike continued, Mr. N. H. Connolly said…

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Man Fasts In Hotel Bar

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 2

PARIS, Friday.--When a priest ordered a fasting man from a church today, the man continued the fast…

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Licensee's Dash After Man In City Street

Truth · Sunday 28 March 1948 · page 5

An hotel licensee last night assisted in the capture of a man, who, it is alleged, crashed the window of a city furniture store and made off with a mantel radio. The licensee, Neal McMillan…

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Publican chases man

The Sun · Sunday 28 March 1948 · page 28

A CITY hotel licensee chased and caught a man who allegedly broke a shop window last night…

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Most Hotels Will Be Closed Today

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 5

Because they are now running out of supplies of wine and spirits, most city and Suburban hotels will remain closed today. Since the strike of…

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Bookie's clerk "unfit" to hold hotel licence

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 8

A bookmaker's clerk was "not a fit and proper person to hold a publican's licence," Mr. V. H. Wells, SM, held in the Licensing Court today. Mr. Wells was giving a…

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Hotel Licence Refusal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 3

A bookmaker's clerk was not a fit and proper person to hold a publican's licence because he would be away…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 3

At Penrith Licensing Court on March 4, the licence of the Nepean Hotel, Emu Plains, was transferred from Joseph Francis O'Sullivan to Harry…

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Coalfield Hotel Declared Black

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday. -- Vale of Clwydd miners yesterday placed a black ban on the Zig Zag Hotel, and have obtained…

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Solicitor Gave Hotel Posts to His Brother

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 2

Francis Patrick Donohoe, solicitor, said in the Equity Court today that, against his better judgment, he had recommended the appointment of his brother, Mr. W. P. Donohoe, as general manager of the Carrington Hotel, Katoomba, and the Arcadia Hotel, Pitt St., Sydney…

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Hotel Licensee Killed in Crash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 12

GLEN INNES, Wednesday.-- Robert Morrison (35), licensee of the Torington Hotel, was killed instantly yesterday when…

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Hotels Cut Down Staffs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 4

Many hotels are reducing staffs because of the beer strike. A Daily Telegraph survey of hotels yesterday…

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Analysts didn't find "hooch" One Hotel in 55 Had Watered Rum

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 April 1948 · page 6

Analysis of samples of liquor from 55 Sydney hotels has revealed only one case of adulteration. The adulteration was…

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Hotelkeeper Fined

The Sun · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 2

Former Australian boxing champion Sidney George Godfrey, of the Horse and Jockey Hotel, Homebush, was…

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Detective Supports Licensee

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

An application for an hotel at Balgowlah was supported in the Licensing Court today by Det.-sgt. G…

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Detective Supports Licensee

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

An application for an hotel at Balgowlah was supported in the Licensing Court today-by Det.-sgt. G…

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Detective Supports Licensee

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

An application for an hotel at Balgowlah was supported in the Licensing Court today by Det.-sgt. G…

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