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Hotels & licensing, 1951

1,069 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 54

Underground Hotel for Atom Shelter

The World's News · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 15

THE Swedish Government's new air-raid shelters will be built under 40 feet of rock, capable of withstanding direct atom-bomb…

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£1,000 Fire At Medlow Bath Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Friday.— A fire destroyed 10 rooms of the staff quarters of the Hydro-Majestic Hotel,…

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Hotels Change Hands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 4

The transfers of the following hotel licenses have been approved:— Commercial, Peak Hill, from…

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Publican's Court claim

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 7

A Sydney publican claimed privilege in declining to answer some questions about his finances during an alimony suit hearing before the…

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The Man Who Didn't Believe in Banks Court Refuses Hotel Licence

Truth · Sunday 23 December 1951 · page 6

The amazing story of Belus Bamford, a man with the "Midas touch," who says he kicked off in the army with a modest bank of £200 and built it in…

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He Owes The Saffrons £6216 Licensee "Up for Bundle"; £11 a Week for Ex-wife

Truth · Sunday 23 December 1951 · page 5

Licensee of the Civic Hotel Harold Taylour, who figured in the Royal Commission on liquor, has his troubles. He is "up" for £11 a week permanent alimony, to his former wife, Mrs. Sybil Taylour, and he owes Abe Saffron and his brother a total of £6216…

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Zoo monkey comes home after 6 years "Arrested" in Tas. hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 December 1951 · page 5

A seven-year-old monkey which mysteriously disappeared from Taronga Park Zoo six years ago returned home yesterday under escort…

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Govt. to Pay for Losses in Hotel Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 1

The State Government is to make exgratia payments totalling about £21,000 to…

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Drinkers flee from blaze; hotel damaged

The Sun · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

50 men and women drinking in a first floor lounge fled when a fire broke out in the…

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Most hotels had no beer

The Sun · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 7

After the Christmas Eve, most, city hotels Were without beer today. Those which served…

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Publicans Seeking Another Beer Rise

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 1

Hotelkeepers have applied to the Prices Branch for another increase in beer prices. The president of the U.L.V.A. (Mr. N. H…

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Luxurious Hotel Razed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

HOBART, Wed.--A partly-built luxury' Hotel at Old Beach, on the River Derwent five miles from Hobart, was today gutted by a fire which caused damage estimated at £80.000…

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Luxurious Hotel Razed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

HOBART, Wed.--A partly-built luxury hotel at Old Beach, on the River Derwent five miles from Hobart, was today gutted by a fire which caused damage estimated at £80.000…

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Luxurious Hotel Razed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

HOBART, Wed.--A partly-built luxury hotel at Old Beach, on the River Derwent five miles from Hobart, was today gutted by a fire which caused damage estimated at £80,000…

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Luxurious Hotel Razed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

HOBART, Wed.--A partly-built luxury hotel at Old Beach, on the River Derwent five miles from Hobart, was today gutted by a fire which caused damage estimated at 80,000…

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Luxurious Hotel Razed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

HOB ART, Wed.--A partly-built luxury hotel at Old Beach, on the River Derwent five miles from Hobart, was today gutted by a fire which caused damage estimated at £80,000…

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Luxurious Hotel Razed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

HOBART, Wed.--A partly-built luxury hotel at Old Beach, on the River Derwent five miles front Hobart, was today gutted by a fire which caused damage estimated at £80,000…

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Hotel Fire Scare Drinkers Had To Leave

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 3

A numb[?] of people drinking in the first floor lounge of the University Hotel, Parramatta Road, Glebe, yesterday,…

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Warned of hotel fire Fire No Bar to Drinking

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 7

Drinkers yesterday stayed in the bar and lounge of a city hotel while the roof was on…

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67 Guests Flee Hotel Fire In Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 December 1951 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday. — Sixty-seven persons escaped in night clothes when the Riverside private…

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