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Hotels & licensing, 1950

1,081 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 55

Hotels to Stay Open

The Sun · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 1

Hotels may remain open during ordinary trading hours when deferred polling in 60 booths is held next Saturday,…

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Explosion Wrecks Hotel £500,000 damage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--A violent explosion today wrecked a three-story city hotel, injured 23 people,…

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Hotel Wrecked in Melbourne Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 3

FIREMEN at work at the front of the Town Hall Hotel, Melbourne, after an explosion shattered it yesterday. The explosion injured 23 people, damaged 18 buildings and broke more than 400 windows. Damage is estimated at £500,000. HOLE in the back of the hotel through which the…

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High Explosive Theory in Huge Vic. Hotel Blast

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A. theory that of high explosive and not gas caused yesterday's mysterious explosion in the Town Hall Hotel is being investigated by experts…

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High Explosive Theory in Huge Vic. Hotel Blast

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A theory that a big charge of high explosive and not gas caused yesterday's mysterious explosion in the Town Hall Hotel is being investigated by experts…

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High Explosive Theory in Huge Vic. Hotel Blast

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A theory that a big charge of high explosive and not gas caused yesterday's mysterious explosion in the Town Hall Hotel is being investigated by experts…

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High Explosive Theory in Huge Vic. Hotel Blast

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A theory that a big charge of high explosive and not gas caused yesterday's mysterious explosion in the Town Hall Hotel is being investigated by experts…

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Royal Hotel, Orange, Sold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 9

ORANGE, Monday.—Freehold of the Royal Hotel property, Orange, has been bought by King Pitt Investments Ltd.,…

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£70,700 bid for country hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 2

Despite spirited bids at auction in Sydney today, the Max Hotel, Moree, one of the most modern hotels in the…

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Hotel sold for £71,850

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 12

ORANGE, Mon.--A Sydney company has bought the Royal Hotel, Orange, for £71,850 A P O'Malley and Sons, real…

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Big Damage in Hotel Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Damage to other buildings from Sunday's explosion at the Town Hall…

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Hotel Man's Remand

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 4

Richard Francis Cotter (47), hotelkeeper, of the New Brighton Hotel, Manly, was remanded at Manly Court today to…

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Sydney Co. Buys Orange Hotel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 2

ORANGE, Tuesday.-- King Pitt Investments Ltd., of Sydney yesterday purchased the freehold of the Royal Hotel…

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Hotel Man's Remand

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 4

Richard Francis Cotter (47), hotelkeeper, of the New Brighton Hotel, Manly, was remanded at Manly Court today to…

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Moree Hotel Passed in

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 4

The Max Hotel at Moree was passed in at auction yesterday, when the highest bid, £70,000, failed to reach the reserve price…

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Businessmen Hit Hotel Standards

The Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 17

Immediate establishment of a National Tourist Board by the Federal Government was urged today at the annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia…

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English League men's ultimatum Best Hotel Rooms, or No Match

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 36

TOWNSVILLE (Qld.), Tues.--The English Rugby League team will insist on a guarantee of first-class accommodation in every town in…

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Hunt for Two Men After Hotel Blast

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.--Detectives investigating an explosion which wrecked the Town Hall Hotel, Melbourne, on Sunday afternoon today began a search for four men…

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Hotel Pillow Fight

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 31

TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.--English Rugby league, players had a pillow fight with their bed matresses at six o'clock this morning on the hotel verandah where they slept. Later the manager,…

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Australian Hotels Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 7

Many Australian publicans looked with "undisguised vexation" on persons seeking lodgings…

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