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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

1,069 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 54

Royal Couple to Stay at Kenya's Hotel in Tree-top

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 11

LONDON, Thurs. -- A small tree-top hotel, built in the branches of a huge wild fig tree, is getting ready to welcome Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visit Kenya early next year on the way to Australia…

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Probe Ordered on Hotel Deals Saffron, Blank Affairs Named

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

Inspector John Young, of the Metropolitan Licensing police was asked by the Royal Commission on Liquor today to investigate hotel deals in which nightclub proprietor Abraham Saffron had been…

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Probe Ordered on Hotel Deals Saffron, Blank Affairs Named

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

Inspector John Young, of the Metropolitan Licensing police was asked by the Royal Commission on Liquor today to investigate hotel deals in which nightclub proprietor Abraham Saffron had been…

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Probe Ordered On Blank, Saffron Deals In Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

Inspector John Young, at the Metropolitan Licensing police was asked by the Royal Commission on Liquor today to investigate hotel deals in which nightclub proprietor Abraham Saffron had been involved…

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Probe Ordered On Blank, Saffron Deals In Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 1

Inspector John Young, of the Metropolitan Licensing police was asked by the Royal Commission on Liquor today to investigate hotel deals in which nightclub proprietor Abraham Saffron had been involved…

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Royal Couple to Stay at Kenya's Hotel in Tree-top

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 11

LONDON, Thurs. -- A small tree-top hotel, built in the branches of a huge wild fig tree, is getting ready to welcome Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visit Kenya early next year on the way to Australia…

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Police Tightening Check On Hotel Licensees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 4

Police in the last week have been told to intensify their check-up on people applying for hotel licences, Inspector John Young, metropolitan licensing inspector,…

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Counsels request at liquor inquiry Police Investigation Into Hotel Dealings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 9

Mr. Dovey, K.C., yesterday asked the Metropolitan Licensing Inspector (Inspector Young) to investigate the hotel interests of Abraham Saffron. David Blank. Roy Williams, and others…

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Inquiry told of mammoth hotel deals Police will probe method of finance

Truth · Sunday 2 December 1951 · page 8

Mammoth hotel deals of the McGirr and Hooker families, together with evidence of Licensing Inspector John Young, of Police Headquarters, that last week he instructed licensing sergeants to inquire further into the sources from…

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Barman's Story of Car, Ring As "Love Tokens" Hotel Proprietress Tells Court of Blackmail Plan Exposure Threat After Night In Bed Alleged

Truth · Sunday 2 December 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A 28-years-old barman told Edinburgh Sheriff Court this week that a hotel proprietress 20 years his senior gave him a car worth £925 and a solitaire diamond ring as "an expression of her love for him." The woman, Mrs. Dav…

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The Widow Whelan and her eight hotels When she was 40 her husband died. And she set to work to found a £500,000 fortune

The Sun · Sunday 2 December 1951 · page 18

IN the sitting room of a suburban hotel is a colored photograph of a white-haired woman with a firm yet…

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5 gns for bed, breakfast New luxury hotel for Sydney

The Sun · Sunday 2 December 1951 · page 9

A £100,000 hotel for overseas tourists, will open in Sydney early next year…

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Brawling mob attacks police Fight outside hotel

The Sun · Sunday 2 December 1951 · page 7

A LARGE squad of police last night rushed to the assistance of two policemen who were being attacked by 12 men outside the Albert Hotel, North Sydney…

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Move to Get Clean Glasses in Hotel Bars

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 6

The Citizens' Reform Party would press for a scientific report on the cleanliness of hotel…

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Huge Increase in Hotel Building Costs. 440% Rise

Construction · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 3

At the recent annual meeting of Tooth & Co. Ltd., the chairman, Mr. R. J. Vicars, made reference to the great increase in the cost of hotel…

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City Construction Private Hotel to Insurance Offices

Construction · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 4

McDonald Constructions Pty. Ltd. are reconstructing the Tulips Private Hotel, Margaret Street as up-to-date offices for two Insurance companies…

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O'Dea promises thorough investigation on hotel glasses

The Sun · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 5

A thorough investigation would be made into the method of cleaning glasses in hotels, said Lord Mayor O'Dea today…

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Assaults On Women At Hotel Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A man wearing evening dress' had twice entered the Hotel Australia in the…

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Woman Dead in City Hotel Room

The Sun · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 2

A 39-year-old married woman was found dead in a chair in her room on the fifth floor…

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Keen WA debate on Sunday hotels

The Sun · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 5

PERTH, Friday.--Proposal to permit limited Sunday trading in WA hotels is being keenly…

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