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Hotels & licensing, 1950

1,081 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 55

Three Hotels Change Hands

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 4

One of the best-known tourist hotels in the States, the Royal at Bundanoon, was sold at…

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Three Hotels Charges Hands

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 4

One of the best-known tourist hotels in the States, the Royal at Bundanoon, was sold at…

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Three Hotels Change Hands

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 4

One of the best-known tourist hotels in the States, the Royal at Bundanoon, was sold at…

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Three Hotels Change Hands

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 2

One of the best-known tourist hotels in the States, the Royal at Bundanoon, was sold at…

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How to Get a Hotel Room!

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 2

In Victoria a dead man has the wood on a live traveller when it comes to getting a hotel room…

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Champion Horseman's Hotel Ride

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 6

Many years ago a wealthy Englishman rode a horse into Lennon's Hotel, Brisbane, and was acclaimed a hero. Colin Bell rode his horse last week into a Brisbane bar, and was fined £5. THE Englishman was Harry…

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£47,000 for hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 9

An undisclosed buyer bought the Royal Hotel at Bundanoon yesterday for £47,000…

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Country Hotel Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 4

The Royal Hotel, Bundanoon, a two-storey brick building with 60 bedrooms, was sold yesterday at auction for…

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New Luxury Hotel Plan

Truth · Sunday 23 July 1950 · page 6

If present plans go through, Bondi will have a new luxury hotel in the near future…

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Bar to open in hotel ruins

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 July 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- The owners of the Town Hall Hotel, Melbourne, will soon open an…

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Guide For Investors Menzies Hotel As Profit Earner Still Modest, But Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 4

Profits and dividends of Menzies Hotel Ltd., of Melbourne, since 1942 haye been remarkably consistent, though not highly remunerative. Reserves, however, are not…

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Hotel Explosion Report Withheld

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Victorian Chief Secretary (Mr. K. Dodgshun) said today he would not release the official…

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Hotel Explosion Report Withheld

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Victorian Chief Secretary (Mr. K. Dodgshun) said today he would not release the official…

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Hotel Explosion Report Withheld

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Victorian Chief Secretary (Mr. K. Dodgshun) said today he would not release the official…

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Lennon's Hotel Pays 10 p.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 6

Lennon's Hotel Ltd., Brisbane, is raising the ordinary dividend from 8 to 10 per cent, by adding a bonus of 2 per cent…

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Hotel Div. Profit Up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 25

Lennon's Hotel, Ltd., made £45,289 net profit for the year ended June 30, compared with £38,548…

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Sid Godfrey Tells Hotel I Ko'd the "Tiger" As Told to Jim Mathers

Truth · Sunday 30 July 1950 · page 35

This is the second and concluding instalment of Sid Godfrey's own story of his boxing career. Godfrey, former lightweight champion of Australia, began fighting in 1914 and retired in 1924, having made a small fortune. Last…

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£330 Stolen From Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Thieves broke into the Turf Club Hotel at North Melbourne this morning. They escaped with…

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Mystery Death in City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 5

Puzzling evidence was given at an inquest held by the City Coroner (Mr. Bott) today into the…

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Mystery Death in City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 5

Puzzling evidence was given at an inquest held by the City Coroner (Mr. Bott) today into the…

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