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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1948

675 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 34

Shot While Stealing 9d. U.S. Hotel Thief Killed Money Wanted by Wife for Passage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--While attempting to rob a hotel in daylight, Edward Lincoln (26), the husband of a British war bride, was shot dead by the manager of…

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Shot While Stealing 9d. U.S. Hotel Thief Killed Money Wanted by Wife for Passage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--While attempting to rob a hotel in daylight, Edward Lincoln (26), the husband of a British war bride, was shot dead by the manager of…

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Shot While Stealing 9d. U.S. Hotel Thief Killed Money Wanted by Wife for Passage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--While attempting to rob a hotel in daylight, Edward Lincoln (26), the husband of a British war bride, was shot dead by the manager of…

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Windsor Hotel Pays 10 p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 18

Windsor Hotel, Ltd., earned £18,210 profit for the year ended June 30, compared with £17,527 for the previous year…

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Publican Composer

Truth · Sunday 29 August 1948 · page 32

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A song composed by the licensee of a well-known Melbourne hotel made…

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Nurse Survives Siege in Hotel Won't Leave Her Room

Truth · Sunday 29 August 1948 · page 2

After a siege of 20 days, Nurse Agnes Tolman and her husband are still ensconced in their room at the Hotel Australia. The couple have defied…

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Nurse still in hotel room after 21 days

The Sun · Sunday 29 August 1948 · page 28

A NURSE who has set up a siege in a Sydney hotel is determined to carry on her stay-in tactics. She is Mrs. Agnes Tolman, who barricaded herself in a…

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Drunken Owner Fined If Car Outside Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 August 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sat.--A motorist who gets drunk in a Victorian hotel while he has a car outside will in future be liable to a fine off £25…

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Appearance of Hotels Criticised

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 August 1948 · page 10

The time had come to effect a departure from the type of hotel building so prevalent throughout…

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Appearance of Hotels Criticised

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 August 1948 · page 10

The time had come to effect a departure from the type of hotel building so prevalent throughout…

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Appearance of Hotels Criticised

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 August 1948 · page 2

The time had come to effect a departure from the type of hotel building so prevalent throughout…

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Board Proposes Better Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 August 1948 · page 11

New hotels built in New South Wales should provide for outside courts, or attractive beer gardens, the Licensing Board states…

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Six Seamen Charged For Damage To Hotel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 31 August 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A meat chopper was wielded and garbage tins, and a knife were thrown by seamen refused admittance to the Esplanade hotel last night a policeman said at Newcastle…

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Improving the Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1948 · page 2

The plea of the Licensing Board for a change in the prevailing hotel architecture to provide for the sale of drink in…

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The Plaza Hotel, Sydney. Additional Work Being Carried Out

Construction · Wednesday 1 September 1948 · page 5

Extensive internal remodelling of the Plaza Hotel, George Street, Sydney, is to be carried out by F. Cowell Ham and E. M. Nicholls, Architects in conjunction, and the structural engineers, M. S…

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Hotel Work "Black" Ban By Building Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 4

WAGGA. Thursday.—The Building Workers' Industrial Union has declared work on Mr. A. O. Romano's…

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Luxury Romano Hotel "Black," Work Stops

The Sun · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 5

WAGGA, Friday.-- Work on Mr. A. O. Romano's luxury Commercial Hotel at Wagga will stop tonight because the Building Workers' Industrial Union has declared the job black. BWIU representative Mr…

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Luxury Hotel "Black"

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 6

WAGGA WAGGA, Friday.-- Work on Mr. A. O. Romano's luxury Commercial Hotel will stop tonight…

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Black Ban on Romano's New Wagga Hotel

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 3

WAGGA, Friday.-- Work on Mr. A. O. Romano's luxury Commercial Hotel will stop tonight because…

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Black Ban on Romano's New Wagga Hotel

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 3

WAGGA, Friday'.-- Work on Mr. A. O. Romano's luxury Commercial Hotel will stop tonight because…

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