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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1950

1,081 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 55

Late News Phone: M2406 Hand-grenade Hurled Into Hotel--two Hurt

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 March 1950 · page 52

SINGAPORE, Sat.--Two Egyptian guests in the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, were slightly injured at dinnertime this, evening when a…

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Bomb Outrage In Singapore Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 6

SINGAPORE, Monday.-- A bomb was thrown through the window of the half-filled dining room of the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night, injuring two diners and a waiter. Mr. and Mrs. George…

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Bomb Outrage In Singapore Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 6

SINGAPORE, Monday.-- A bomb was thrown through the window of the half-filled dining room of the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night, insuring two diners and a waiter. Mr. and Mrs. George…

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Ties In Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 2

Sir,—Doubtless most of your readers will recall the heat and uncomfortable humidity of Sydney last Saturday week. And,…

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Licensee Charged with Refusing Meal

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 8

At Penrith Court of Petty Sessions on March 9, Irene Mary Ellen Clare Woodland, licensee of the Red Cow Hotel, Penrith, was charged with…

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Hotels May Be Compelled To Remain Open

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 16

The Attorney-General, Mr. C. E. Martin, said yesterday he would discuss with fellow Ministers a suggestion that…

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Hotels do not have to open

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 14

"The licensing laws did not compel hotels to remain open between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.," the Attorney-General (Mr…

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Hotel Licence Transferred To Terrigal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 12

GOSFORD, Thursday. — The Full Licensing Court today approved the transfer of the licence of the Humula…

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Correspondence Closing of Hotels on Anzac Day

The Methodist · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 14

sir,—For some years the Methodist Women's Federation has been asking for the closing of hotels all Anzac Day…

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Royal Show Bookings Hotels Full Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

Hotel and private accommodation in the city over Easter and the Royal Show is already fully booked…

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Bill Rodie Presents Real Life Nudism in a hotel bedroom

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 March 1950 · page 36

RONALD ALFRED ASHWORTH, of Lombard Street, Balgowlah, has publicly preached the virtues of nudism, but he made no plea of the cult's idealism when he and…

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Police action on suburban hotels (they refuse to supply meals)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 March 1950 · page 14

Licensing police will prosecute several suburban hotels for allegedly having failed to provide meals. A police official said…

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Hotel Cash and Liquor Stolen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 4

A thief stole bottles of wine, brandy and rum worth £10, and the cash register containing about £12, from the Victoria Hotel,…

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Plea to Hotels Beer Cut On Week Days

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 4

The president of the U.L.V.A., Mr. N. H. Connolly, said last night that his association had appealed to…

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Trailer hits hotel verandah

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 7

ORANGE, Sun.--A visitor to Orange was asleep on the verandah of the Great Western Hotel early today when a semi -trailer smashed two posts off the verandah. The visitor is Mr. Arthur…

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76 Fined £2 Each at Licensing Court Sequel to Raid on Sydney Night Club

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 2

Fifty-four men and 22 women, most of them young and well-dressed, were fined £2 each at the Licensing Court today for being found on unlicensed premises. Altogether, 80 men and women were charged following a…

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76 Find £2 Each at Licensing Court Sequel to Raid on Sydney Night Club

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 2

Fifty-four men and 22 women, most of them young and well-dressed, were fined £2 each at the Licensing Court today for being found on unlicensed premises. Altogether, 80 men and women were charged following a…

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Girl falls to death from hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 7

BRISBANE, Mon. --A Sydney girl died tonight from injuries received in a fall…

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Death of Girl in Hotel Fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--An hour after she had fallen from the balcony of the Palace Hotel, Victoria Place. South…

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This man governs an empire of hotels

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 12

NEW YORK, Tuesday--The story books may not all agree on the description of the typical American tycoon, but debonair 61-years-old Conrad Nicholson Hilton can fill the bill for most of them…

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