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Hotels & licensing, 1950

1,081 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 55

Scorns Official Residence N.Z. Prime Minister Prefers Posh Hotel "Not Up to Standard," says Mr. Holland

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 1

The Prime Minister's official residence in Northland, Wellington, which has been occupied by successive leaders of the country for 11 years, is not good enough for Mr. S. G. Holland and his family. He prefers the luxury of a leading Wellington hotel,…

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Doctors differed on hotel killing Famous Mysteries--

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 15

THROUGH the keyhole of o bedroom in an Antwerp hotel one day towards the end of last century come a strong smell of gunpowder. Police and porters bashed the…

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Gosford Course Licensed

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 27

A horse racing licence for 1950 had been issued to the Gosford Agricultural and Citrus Association, the4…

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Temporary Premises for Lapstone Hotel

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 3

Present holder of the licence of Lapstone Hotel, without any premises in which to operate the licence, is Mr. Prank Tidswell, who applied to…

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Victorian hotels can employ barmaids

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 18

Stating that it would be "wrong industrially" to replace the 500 barmaids employed in…

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5-day week for hotel workers

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 18

"Back of the house" employees in certain Sydney and Blue Mountains hotels were granted a five-day week, to…

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Need to smarten hotels

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 20

NSW will be in an unenviable position when the Olympic Games are held in 1956…

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Armed Men in Hotel

The Propeller · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 1

Two armed and masked men held up a boarder at the Allawah Hotel, Allawah, last Friday night, covered his…

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Barmaids Stay in Victorian Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 10

On the ground of industrial expediency, the Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. D. V. Morrison) today issued an order permitting the em ployment of barmaids in Victorian hotels…

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Barmaids Stay in Victorian Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 10

On the ground of industrial expediency, the Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. D. V. Morrison) today issued an order permitting the employment of barmaids in Victorian hotels…

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Barmaids Stay in Victorian Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 10

On the ground of industrial expediency, the Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. D. V. Morrison) today issued an order permitting the employment of barmaids in Victorian hotels…

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Barmaids Stay in Victorian Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 10

On the ground of industrial expediency, the Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. D. V. Morrison) today issued an order permitting the employment of barmaids in Victorian hotels…

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Tommy Farr Will Seek Hotel Here

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 3

Tommy Farr, former British heavyweight boxing champion, has written to his. brother-inlaw in Sydney stating he wants to become a hotelkeeper in Australia…

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Trade, Finance, Produce, Overseas Markets Broker to His Client Menzies Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 24

Client: Do you recall recommending in 1947 that I should give the Menzies' market another year to…

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Inquiry Needed; Luxury Alterations For Hotel

Tribune · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 5

The State Government should order an immediate probe into the circumstances surrounding the luxury renovation and almost complete rebuilding of the Family Hotel at Ermington, a suburb between Ryde and Parramatta. THE finished job is stated to…

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Young Hotel Maid. Elderly Man Found Head On Bed; Poison Nearby Police Theory of Couple's Death Pact

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 3

LISMORE, Saturday.—A 21 years-old pantry maid and a man of 68 were found lying dead on a bed in a room attached to a Lismore garage early this morning. A cyanide tin was found nearby and police believe the…

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Hotels Should Open in Evenings, Says Dean

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 17

MELBOURNE, Sat.--Staggered hotel hours would help Australia to throw off its reputation for drunkenness, Dean Roscoe Wilson, of St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral,…

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Hotelkeeper as stableboy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 10

A New Zealand hotelkeeper, brother of a famous All-Black footballer, is working as a temporary…

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Publican Plays Host

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 2

Newtown publican, Seth Jenkins, who last Wednesday won £6000 in the State Lottery, today gave children in…

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Nationalisation of Czech Hotels

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 4

PRAGUE. -- Czechoslovakia's nationalisation drive is putting the private hotel owner out of business…

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