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Hotels & licensing, 1948

675 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 34

Four Killed in Hotel Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 December 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (A.A.P).—Four persons were killed and at least 13 injured when fire swept through the fifth…

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Carlton Hotel Profit Falls Sharply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 8

A sharp fall of £5,616 carries net profit of Carlton Hotel Ltd. to £10,309 for the year ended October 31—the lowest…

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Hotel Staff Award Claim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 4

Equal pay for male and female cooks is claimed in a new hotel employees' award which is being considered by…

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Hotel Co. Earns Less

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 16

Carlton Hotel, Ltd., earned £10,309 net profit for the year ended October 31…

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Housing Before Hotels

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 3

Until the housing programme cases, additional hotel accommodation cannot be provided in the Parramatta-Granville district, a Sydney brewery has told the council…

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Magistrate slates publican who overcharged for Christmas beer

The Sun · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 1

It was "a very serious matter" for traders to take advantage of short-supply goods at Christmas Mr. Isles, SM, said in the Special Federal Court today. Fining a hotel licensee and his mother £325 for…

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More Pay Sought in Hotels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 3

The Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union is seeking £8 8s 6d a week nay for barmen…

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Bottled Beer Is Sold to "Black," Publican Claims

The Sun · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 7

Sydney is again experiencing its customary Christmas shortage of bottled beer, and one reason, according to an hotelkeeper, is that a lot of it is sold to the blackmarket at inflated prices. This hotelkeeper estimates…

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My Sydney Survey Boom in Dress Patterns The Stocking Ramp Worst Hotels In World?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 December 1948 · page 8

Christmas shopping, now in full swing, normally draws customers away from the…

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Blind Publican Happy On Job

Truth · Sunday 19 December 1948 · page 5

John Wall (left) said to be the only blind hotel licensee in Australia is happiest when he is doing his hotel chores. He is mine host at…

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Cigarettes settled their hotel bills

The Sun · Sunday 19 December 1948 · page 14

Tagging his old hat glumly down to his ears, Mynheer Nievenhuis pointed to a smooth grassy plain. Said he: "That,…

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Hotel seeks beauties for bar

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 December 1948 · page 3

Reg Boyd, licensee of the Lithgow Grand Central Hotel, is seeking two mannequin-barmaids for his hotel. Boyd took over the hotel, in Main Street,…

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Woman crushed to death by mystery blast--hotel shattered

The Sun · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 3

A mysterious explosion blew a huge hole in the front of the Crown Hotel, on the corner of Crown and Cleveland Streets, Surry Hills, today, and a woman standing outside was crushed to death under two tons of masonry. She was Caroline Harley,…

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Xmas Beer Queue Hoots Licensee

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 7

Drinkers at the Regent Hotel, Anzac Parade, Kensington, yesterday smashed glasses and hooted the licensee while the hotel staff was issuing bottled beer…

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Scene of Fatal Explosion at Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 1

MISS CAROLINE HARLER (67), Cleveland St., Surry Hills, was crushed to death when an explosion blew out this corner of the Crown Hotel, corner Crown and Cleveland Sts., Surry Hills, this morning. The wreckage collapsed on top of her as she was standing on the corner, tending a paperseller's stand. The explosion is believed to have been caused by escaping gas.--Story, page 2…

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Woman Crushed to Death by Wall Explosion At Surry Hills Hotel Others Have Lucky Escape

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 2

A WOMAN was crushed to death today when a wall of the Crown Hotel in Surry Hills was blown down by a terrific explosion…

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Scene of Fatal Explosion at Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 1

MISS CAROLINE HARLER (67), Cleveland St., Surry Hills, was crushed to death when an ,explosion blew out this corner of the Crown Hotel, corner Crown and Cleveland Sts., Surry Hills, this morning. The wreckage collapsed on top of her as she was standing on the corner, tending a paperseller's stand.--Story, page 2…

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Scene of Fatal Explosion at Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 1

MISS CAROLINE HARLER (67), Cleveland St., Surry Hills, was crushed to death when an explosion blew out this corner of the Crown Hotel, corner Crown and Cleveland Sts., Surry Hills, this morning. The wreckage collapsed on top of her as she was standing on the corner, tending a paperseller's stand. The explosion is believed to have been caused by escaping gas.--Story, page 2…

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Scene of Fatal Explosion at Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 1

MISS CAROLINE HARLER (67), Cleveland St., Surry Hills, was crushed to death when an explosion blew out this corner of the Crown Hotel, corner Crown and Cleveland Sts., Surry Hills, this morning. The wreckage collapsed on top of her as [?]he was standing on the corner, tending a paper seller's stand. The explosion is believed to have been caused by escaping gas. -- Story, page 2…

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Scene of Fatal Explosion at Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 1

MISS CAROLINE HARLER (67), Cleveland St., Surry Hills, was crushed to death when an explosion blew out this corner of the Crown Hotel, corner Crown and Cleveland Sts., Surry Hills, this morning. The wreckage collapsed on top of her as she was standing on the corner, tending a paper seller's stand. The explosion is believed to have been caused by escaping gas. -- Story, page 2…

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