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Hotels & licensing, 1950

1,081 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 55

Racket Claim On City Council Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 7

Racketeering was rife in the vending of hotels owned by the City Council, Aid. Thompson told the Council Finance 'Committee last night…

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Hotel Problems

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

Sir,—Mr. Rento[?]'s article ("Herald," March 1) is interesting to a point, but we shall get nowhere merely by recounting…

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Licensee Sent For Trial

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

LITHGOW, Friday.--Police alleged in the Coroner's Court yesterday that a man charged…

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Licensee Semi For Trial

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 21

LITHGOW, Friday.--Police alleged in the Coroner's Court yesterday for a man charged…

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Style Spy in a Hotel Foyer

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1950 · page 33

WE lingered awhile in the foyer of the Hotel Australia to inspect the passing fashion parade. 1. Everything about you was so studied, from the…

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Hotel on "Black" Broker asks £1000

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1950 · page 3

A FIRM of city hotel brokers is demanding 25 per cent of purchase price "on the…

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Our Opportunity-to Take or Forsake Penetrating Address by Prof. Lev Dobriansky, of Georgetown University, Delivered at the Fourth Congress of Americans of Ukrainian Descent, November 5, 1949, at Statler Hotel, Washington, D. C.

Vil'na Dumka = Free Thought · Sunday 5 March 1950 · page 4

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Luxury Hotel For Canberra

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 5 March 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Saturday.—Owners of New York's famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel are planning to build in Canberra the "most luxurious hotel in Australia." An authoritative source to-day gave a "Sunday…

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Govt. to sell Hotel Ainslie

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 11

The Hotel Ainslie, one of Canberra's leading hotels, will be auctioned on April 13. The hotel is owned by the…

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"Spy on the Englishman, Murray" From Room 413 of This Luxury Hotel Game the Order

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 6

"I defied Stalin for love" NORA MURRAY'S TRUE STORY OF HER ROMANCE UNDER THE EYES OF…

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Gunman Shoots Man And Escapes From Crowded Hotel Bar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

A man pushed his way yesterday evening into the crowded public bar of the Oxford Hotel, King Street, Newtown, drew a pistol, and shot and wounded Edward Eggleton, 37,…

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Man Shot in Crowded Hotel Bar

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

A man was shot in a crowded hotel bar at 5.45 p. m. yesterday. The shooting was at the Oxford Hotel, King Street,…

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Man Silent On Hotel Affray, Police Claim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

A 37-years-old laborer, wounded in a shooting affray in a crowded hotel bar yesterday, had not told police all he knew of the matter, it was alleged in Newtown Court…

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Win By Publican

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

A hotel licensee shared second prize of £1000 in today's N.S.W. State Lottery with one of his customers. The licensee, Bill Gillespie,…

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Man Silent On Hotel Affray, Police Claim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

A 37-years-old laborer, wounded in a shooting affray in a crowded hotel bar yesterday, had not told police all he knew of the matter, it was alleged in Newtown Court…

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Man Silent On Hotel Affray, Police Claim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

A 37-years-old laborer, wounded in a shooting affray in a crowded hotel bar yesterday, had not told police all he knew of the matter, it was alleged in Newtown Court…

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Man Silent On Hotel Affray, Police Claim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

A 37-years-old laborer, wounded in a shooting affray in a crowded hotel bar yesterday, had not told police all he knew of the matter, if was alleged in Newtown Court…

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Man Silent On Hotel Affray, Police Claim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

A 37-years-old laborer, wounded in a shooting affray in a crowded hotel bar yesterday, had not told police all he knew of the matter, it was alleged in Newtown Court…

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Man Silent On Hotel Affray, Police Claim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

A 37-years-old laborer, wounded in a shooing affray in a crowded hotel bar yesterday, had not told police all he knew of the matter, it was alleged in Newtown Court…

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Building Priorities at St. Marys Picture Show, Hotel-or Memorial Hall?

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

A REPORT by the Mayor (Aid. Chapman) at the last meeting of Penrith Council on a deputation from Council to the…

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