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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

1,069 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 54

Hotel Men to Appear at Inquiry

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 2

Nineteen city and sub- urban hotelkeepers have been summoned to give evidence today before…

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No Bids at Auction of Big Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 28

BRISBANE, Wed.--No bids were received today, when one of Brisbane's leading hotels--…

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No Bids at Auction of Big Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 12

BRISBANE, Wed.--No bids were received today, when one of Brisbane's leading hotels--…

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£22,205 Left by Publican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 8

Robert Howard Graham, Sydney hotelkeeper, who died on May 7, aged 50, left an estate of £22,205, which he…

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Night-club Man's Hotel Interest Brewery Official Tells

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 4

Mervyn Alfred Francis, assistant general manager of Tooheys Ltd., yesterday told the Royal Commissioner on liquor, Mr. Justice Maxwell, that evidence he had given on Tuesday was inaccurate and misleading…

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Licensees Give Bottle Quotas

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 5

Nine hotel licensees yesterday detailed to the Liquor Royal Commission the bottled beer quotas allowed them by the breweries…

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Nightclub Man's Hotel Link 'Guaranteed Recounts' Liquor Inquiry told

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 5

Brewery files produced yesterday at the Royal Commission on liquor linked the proprietor of Roosevelt nightclub (Mr. Abe Saffron) with the leasing of the Cumberland Hotel, Bankstown…

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Hotel Man Left £22,205

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 11

Robert Howard Graham, licensee of the Balfour hotel. King Street, left £22,205…

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Jury Visits Hotel Room

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 24

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.-- The jury in the trial of three Hungarians charged with…

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Murder Trial Jury to Visit Room at Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--A Supreme Court jury this after noon will visit a room…

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Magicians Turn Hotel Into a Madhouse a live monkey jumped from the chef's saucepan and rabbits popped out of the beds

The World's News · Saturday 22 September 1951 · page 10

THE staff of New York's Hotel Commodore is slowly recovering from the convention of the Society of American Magicians and…

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Publicans And The Law By A Legal Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 23 September 1951 · page 9

WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS and powers of a licensed publican in regard to customers and others who come into his bar, and what are their rights in…

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Salvationist And Publican: Two Views The Man Who Was Arrested By A Staff Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 23 September 1951 · page 9

THE POLISHED black Army shoes of Captain Ivan Shepley Rees have trod some strange places to bring others to the paths of righteousness. BUT none was stranger—…

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Suburban hotels shut early (Not for poll, just no beer)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 September 1951 · page 3

Suburban hotels yesterday closed earlier than usual for a Saturday. Hotelkeepers said this was not because of…

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Giff from publicans to Salvation Army

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 September 1951 · page 11

Lidcombe publicans gave drinks for sale at a Salvation Army fair yesterday. They gave the…

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San Franciscans want to know us, visit us, trade with us "Tell us everything about Australia," they said Dr. Emery Bares thinks we could attract many American tourists if we had the hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 8

SAN FRANCISCO, Sun.--Since my arrival in this fascinating, cosmopolitan city which is like a more brilliant, better groomed, and wealthier twin sister of Sydney -- I have…

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U.S. Hotels Abroad

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 16

HOLLYWOOD (I.N.S.). --Hotelman .Conrad Hilton reportedly is planning building hotels in…

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U.S. Hotels Abroad

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 16

HOLLYWOOD (I.N.S.). --Hotelman Conrad Hilton reportedly is planning building hotels in…

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Wide Hotel Check Bars Clean With Few Exceptions

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 4

Of 367 Sydney hotels inspected for glass-washing facilities, 16 were prosecuted for infringement of the Pure Food Act. This is stated in a report…

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Lessee- Licensee Held Back Answer, Judge Claims at Liquor Inquiry Witness Accused By Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 2

A charge that a witness had kept back an answer was made by Mr. Justice Maxwell at the Royal Commission on Liquor today. The charge was made by his Honor against Francis Charles Harvey, tessee-licensee of the Royal Standard Hotel, Castlereagh St…

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