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Hotels & licensing, 1949

929 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 47

Picketing of Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 4

Patrons of the Royal Hotel, Narrabeen, picketed the hotel yesterday. The licensee stopped serving beer on Saturday after a fire-cracker was set off in the bar. This picture, taken during the rush hour last night, shows the few who…

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Licensee Draws Line At Bungey In Bar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 3

A "black" ban on beer and the posting of pickets caused a stir at the Royal Hotel, Narrabeen, yesterday…

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Cameramen To Be Licensed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 7

The City Council yesterday decided to license street photographers in Sydney…

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Flashes From World News American Knocks Down 7 Russians in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 3

VIENNA, Wednesday.--Guests at the Imperial Hotel were amazed to see Edward Tuohey, U.S. Army private, chase seven Russian officers around the foyer, and knock them all down, one after another, with a…

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Flashes From World News American Knocks Down 7 Russians in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 3

VIENNA, Wednesday.--Guests at the Imperial Hotel were amazed to see Edward Tuohey, U.S. Army private, chase seven Russian officers around the foyer, and knock them all down, one after another, with a…

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Flashes From World News American Knocks Down 7 Russians in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 3

VIENNA, Wednesday.--Guests at the Imperial Hotel were amazed to see Edward Tuahey, U.S. Army private, chase seven Russian officers around the foyer, and knock them ail down, one after another, with a…

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Flashes From World News American Knocks Down 7 Russians in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 3

VIENNA, Wednesday.--Guests at the Imperial Hotel were amazed to see Edward Tuohey, U.S. Army private, chase seven Russian officers around the foyer, and knock them all down, one after another, with a…

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Picketing A Hotel Illegal, Says Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 4

The Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday ruled that it is illegal to picket a hotel and tell intending…

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Terms To Lift Hotel Ban Proposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 3

Narrabeen beer strikers met in the open air last night and drew up terms for liftng their ban on the Royal Hotel…

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Capital for Tourist Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 8

Strathtay Ltd. is offering to the public 146,000 £1 ordinary shares at par. The company intends to…

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ALP Men Defy Ban On Hotel

Tribune · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 6

WHEN customers declared the Royal Hotel , Narrabeen “black” two leading members of the local ALP…

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Hotelevision Sets

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 10

CHICAGO.--One hundred television sets have been installed at a Chicago hotel to enable guests to order a "room…

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Narrabeen Hotel War Warming Up

Truth · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 3

At a meeting at Narrabeen yesterday 200 people decided to oppose renewal in June of Mrs. Mary…

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Drinkers Will Oppose Hotel Licence

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 4

About 200 customers of the Royal Hotel, Narrabeen, yesterday subscribed £50 to contest the renewal of Mrs…

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Thief jumps hotel bar with £40

The Sun · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 3

A MAN jumped the counter at the Oceanic Hotel, Coogee, yesterday and ran out with £40…

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US Troops' hotel scandals LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 3

AN American Baptist minister wants Manchester hotels placed out of bounds to US airmen to protect their morals. He claims the hotels provide accommodation for GI's…

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Hotel guest rooms bait for staff

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 10

To keep domestic staff in their employment many hotelkeepers gave employees free accommodation in guest rooms, a city hotelkeeper said yesterday…

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Hotel in Tasmania Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 7

HOBART, Monday. -- Fire destroyed the main wooden section of the Neptune Grand Hotel at Penguin, on…

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Boots Blaze Behind Hotel Two City Fires Smoke Hinders Firemen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 4

Dense smoke greatly hindered firemen called to two fires in the city yesterday. The most serious outbreak…

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Licensee's Leave of Absence

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 4

At Penrith Licensing Court on Monday Mr. Francis B. Leavy, licensee of Hotel Penrith, was granted three months' leave of absence from the…

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