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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1952

1,361 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 69

Publican's name used on cheques

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 7

A many yesterday admitted in the Bankruptcy Court that he, had endorsed 15 cheques with a publican's name…

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Hotels refuse to give meals Publicans Fail to Provide Regular Dining-room Service

The Sun · Sunday 25 May 1952 · page 9

MANY Sydney city and suburban hotels still do not serve lunch. Others only do so if they are specifically asked to give a meal…

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Man Dies in Hotel

Truth · Sunday 25 May 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Sat. — A man believed to be Leslie Whyte (42), of King St., Newtown (Sydney),…

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More Sensational Disclosures At Liquor Royal Commission Publican Tells Of Plan To Defraud Tax Department

Truth · Sunday 25 May 1952 · page 38

Much of the evidence at the Liquor Royal Commission this week revolved around the affairs of a Sydney publican who admitted a tax fraud, and of a…

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The Tractor King Who Wouldn't Be Bulldozed From Truth's London Office The man who won more than £3 million from the Henry Ford motor "empire." Harry drove a tractor round the great mirrored ballroom of Claridge's Hotel

Truth · Sunday 25 May 1952 · page 12

"STOW-IN-THE-WOLD, where the wind blows cold." That's where 66-years-old tractor king Harry Ferguson lives when he's at home. But the trade winds blow kindly and warmly for him, for he's the man who has just won an award of £3,303,570 and a four-years-old legal battle against the mighty Ford Motor Company…

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Chase after hotel theft

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 May 1952 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sat.--A police sergeant chased a man 300 yards this afternoon after a robbery at a…

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Publicans Told of Measure

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 6

The U.L.V.A. has notified all hotelkeepers in New South Wales that "one-fifth…

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'Cellist To Run City Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 3

The well-known Australian 'cellist, Lauri Kennedy, was given permission at the Licensing…

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Licensees give promise

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 5

Wine and spirit merchants yesterday gave an undertaking that they would not sell liquor for illegal re-sale. They gave their…

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"Inventions," Declares Licensee Bernard's Reply To Ex-policeman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 2

Ben Bernard, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, told the Royal Commissioner on Liquor (Mr. Justice Maxwell) today that allegations made by former police sergeant Alfred John Keogh were…

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"Inventions," Declares Licensee Bernard's Reply To Ex-policeman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 2

Ben Bernard, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, told the Royal Commissioner on Liquor (Mr. Justice Maxwell) today that allegations made by former police sergeant Alfred John Keogh were…

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"Inventions," Declares Licensee Bernard's Reply To Ex-policeman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 2

Ben Bernard, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, told the Royal Commissioner on liquor (Mr. Justice Maxwell) today that allegations made by former police sergeant Alfred John Keogh were…

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"Inventions," Declares Licensee Bernard's Reply To Ex-policeman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 2

Ben Bernard, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, told the Royal Commissioner on Liquor (Mr. Justice Maxwell) today that allegations made by former police sergeant Alfred John Keogh were…

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"Inventions," Declares License Bernard's Reply To Ex-policeman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 2

Ben Bernard, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, told the Royal Commissioner on Liquor (Mr. Justice Maxwell) today that allegation made by former police sergeant Alfred John Keogh were…

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Liquor Commission Hotelkeeper Denies Irregularities Ex-sergeant's 'Imagination'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 4

Ben Bernard, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, told the Royal Commissioner on Liquor, Mr. Justice Maxwell, yesterday that allegations of illegalities at his hotel were a "figment" of an ex-police sergeant's imagination…

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Tribune sales rise at Robin Hood Hotel

Tribune · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 12

ON the first Saturday after the black ban on Robin Hood Hotel was lifted, Tribune sales doubled the number sold there prior to the…

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Win for Concord Hotel Customers

Tribune · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 12

CUSTOMERS at Concord Hotel this week scored a resounding victory over the licensee. Representing the customers, a…

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Publican 'Concealed Conviction' Statement by Judge at inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 5

Mr. Justice Maxwell said at the Liquor Royal Commission yesterday that he was satisfied that Sen Bernard, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, had deliberately concealed from the licensing…

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"Personal Spleen," Declares Licensee

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 2

Ben Bernard, owner and licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, today told the Royal Commissioner on Liquor (Mr. Justice Maxwell) that the only reason he could give for statements made in evidence by a former witness was…

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"Personal Spleen," Declares Licensee

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 2

Ben Bernard, owner and licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, today told the Royal Commissioner on Liquor (Mr. Justice Maxwell) that the only reason he could give tor statements made in evidence by a former witness was…

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