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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1948

675 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 34

Weather Got Publican Down

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 7

A COUNTRY publican who came to Sydney to arrange for the sale of his licence was arrested the following day for…

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4 Missing in Fire Hotel Blaze In U.S.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (A.A.P.).—Four guests are missing, believed dead, in a fire which destroyed…

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Burns Philp in Hotel Trade

Tribune · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 7

BURNS Philp, big shipping combine with a nation-wide grip on ships, insurance, textiles, timber and chain stores,…

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Hotels "Ruled by Breweries" Labor Leader Attacks System

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--Breweries controlled all of Canberra's liquor trade despite their efforts to conceal the fact, Mr. A. E. Gardiner said today…

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Court Sequel to Hold-up at Arcadia Hotel

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 8

TWO youths appeared at Central Court on Thursday on charges relating to the sensational hold-up at…

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Canberra hotel law "useless"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 5

A barrister and a politican said yesterday that a new Canberra liquor ordinance would not free hotels of control by breweries. The ordinance is one…

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Powers on "Tied" Hotels Official Explains Position Under New A.C.T. Laws

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

CANBERRA, Sunday.--Any member of the public could object in the Licensing Court to a brewery or its nominee holding an hotel licence, a…

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Publican expects new beer cut

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 2

A city hotelkeeper, admitting today that average trading hours of hotels was 21½ a week in a trading week of 48,…

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Move to Oppose Hotel Licences

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.--The Canberra Trades and Labor Council will consider a motion that it oppose the renewal of licences to three Canberra…

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Newcastle's Community Hotel Plan

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Greater Newcastle Council last night decided, by 15 votes to six, to…

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St. Marys £40,000 Hotel Extension of Time Wanted

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 3

The full Licensing Board sitting at Fenrith on February 12, 1947, granted (as reported at the time) an application for transfer of the licence of the…

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Mallee Hotels Profit Higher

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 12

Net profit of Mallee Hotels, Ltd., rose by £1483 to £5826 in 1947 after providing £202 more for taxation, at £2904…

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Hotel Trade Criticised "Slovenly"" View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

A slovenly attitude was developing in some directions in the hotel trade, the State Minister for Tourist Activities and…

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Repairs To Hotel As Housing Lags

Tribune · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

EXTENSIVE building operations are being carried out in the public bar of an hotel only a stones throw from the offices of Building Materials Minister Matthews. Meanwhile a vast shortage of building materials…

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Buses Won’t Carry Hotel Ban Flouters

Tribune · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

Brewery nationalisation and establishment of a Mascot community hotel were urged on Sunday at a park meeting of more than 300 local residents. IT was the fourth meeting held…

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Girl Tells of Hotel Assault West Wyalong

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 28

A YOUNG hotel domestic told the court today that a man entered her bedroom this morning and indecently assaulted her. Roy Antram, farmhand, of…

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Big rally today on hotel ban

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 5

MORE than 500 men are expected at a public meeting today to discuss a ban on three…

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Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 7

TOURIST Minister Finnan says there is too much of a "take it or leave it" attitude in New South Wales hotels…

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'Black' Hotel Ban Lifted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 7

A meeting of more than 400 men decided yesterday to lift the "black" ban on the Newmarket Hotel, Mascot…

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Hotel Guest Robbed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

A thief pushed open a fanlight at the Australia Hotel, Castlereagh Street, early this morning and entered Mrs. Dorothy N…

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