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Hotels & licensing, 1948

675 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 34

Hotel Ban At Mascot Got Results

Tribune · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 8

AFTER imposing a black ban on a Mascot hotel, for nearly three weeks, local residents and nearby workers have won…

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Wharfies Threaten Hotels Boycott

Tribune · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

Wharfies would probably boycott all waterfront hotels unless licensees ended “sharp practices” Mr. Stan Moran, assistant secretary of the Sydney branch of the Waterside Workers’ Federation, told the Tribune…

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Hotel Tariff Rise

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 5

Tariffs at Government-owned hotels at Kosciusko and Jenolan Caves will be increased by 20 per cent, from…

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Stop Press Phone: M2406 Thief in Big City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 16

A thief last night broke into a bedroom at the Australia Hotel by clubbing through a fanlight. He stoke a manicure set, perfume,…

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Selectors Six Hours Team Sifting Handed Team To Board Big Crowds at City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—After a frank six hours' discussion last night and today the Australian cricket selectors, Don Bradman, Chappie Dwyer, and…

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Selectors Six Hours Team Sifting Handed Team To Board Big Crowds at City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--After a frank six hours' discussion last night and today the Australian cricket selectors, Don Bradman, Chappie Dwyer, and…

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Police save publican

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

Vigilance of the CIB Northern Wireless Patrol saved, Mr. Pat O'Neill, licensee of the Great Northern Hotel,…

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Puzzled by hotels

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday. --It appeared, to him that hotels were not doing any trade at all, as they were…

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Licensee Acquitted

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

ROBERT THEODORE GALVIN (44), licensee of the Bankstown Hotel, Bankstown, was acquitted at Parramatta…

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Licensee Acquitted

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

ROBERT THEODORE GALVIN (44), licensee of the Bankstown Hotel, Bankstown, was acquitted at Parramatta…

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Fewer Complaints About Country Hotels

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 11

THE N.R.M.A. reports "a refreshing lack of complaints" this summer against country hotel accommodation and…

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Publican Acquitted

The Sun · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 7

Robert Theodore Galvin, 44, licensee of the Hotel Bankstown, was acquitted yesterday at Parramatta Quarter…

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The Semiramis Hotel

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 5

An Agency spokesman has disclosed that the Haganah intelligence section was in possession of information showing that the…

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Redfern Meeting On Hotel Hours

Tribune · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting will be held in Redfern Park, Sunday week, Feb. 22, at 10.30 am, to discuss hotel conditions and trading hours. Delegates…

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Say Police Insult Pickets at Hotel

Tribune · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 6

Pickets outside the General Gordon Hotel, Sydenham, allege that high police officers have “intimidated grossly insulted” them. BUT the pickets take this police…

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Licensee Acquitted

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1948 · page 8

ROBERT THEODORE GALVIN, licensee of the Bankstown Hotel, was acquitted at Parramatta Quarter Sessions…

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"Dragged Along Road"; Hotel "Grab" Sequel

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1948 · page 8

ONE of four men charged with assault and robbery had told him, "We got the drum about the cashier…

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Strike If Hotel Black Ban Broken

Tribune · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

MEMBERS of the Wool and Basil Workers' Union employed at Swanbourne and Stephen, Botany, have threatened to walk off the job if a…

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Drove Tractor Into Hotel. Mr. Harry Ferguson's Exuberance

Construction · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 5

Londoners stopped and gaped as multi-millionaire industrial magnate, Mr. Harry Ferguson, drove a full-size tractor up the stairs of Claridge's Hotel to the ballroom…

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Fumes Drive Girls From City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

FUMES OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE leaking from cellar pipes drove these five barmaids from the Court House Hotel, Oxford St., where they were working today. They were unable to return to the bar for an hour because of the…

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