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Hotels & licensing, 1954

1,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 62

Licensee killed

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 15

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- John Joseph Fogarty, a Darling Downs hotel licensee, was killed when…

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Our hotels not the best

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

Australian hotels need to improve their accommodation and service to attract…

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Hotels' going will make landlords happy

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 25

THE average landowner would be happy if he had a nice big estate with four thriving hotels on it! But four well-known…

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60ft fall from hotel window Ex-m.l.c. Killed

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1

Solicitor Hugh Morpett Wragge, 74, former member of the NSW Legislative Council, plunged 60ft to his death from a window of the Hotel…

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St. Marys' Second Hotel Extension of Time to April

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 1

The Metropolitan Licensing Court, sitting at Penrith yesterday, granted a further extension of time for the removal of the licence of the Silver Mines Hotel, Yerranderie, to a hotel proposed to be erected…

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Fatal Fall at Hotel Former M.L.C. Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 4

A former member of the N.S.W. Legislative Council was killed instantly when he fell 60 feet from a window…

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Baby's Death Fall From Hotel Roof

The Sun · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 1

While his mother's back was turned momentarily, a 19-month-old baby boy…

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Wants changes at Central Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 20

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.--There was no immediate prospect of demolishing Central Hotel, Newcastle, and re-building it to provide more, accommodation, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) said…

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Wants changes at Central Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 20

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.--There was no immediate prospect of demolishing Central Hotel, New-castle, and re-building it to provide more accommodation, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) said…

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Wants changes at Central Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 20

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.--There was no immediat, prospect of demolishing Central Hotel, Newcastle, and re-building it to provide more accommodation, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) said…

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Wants changes at Central Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 20

NEWCASTLE, Thurs. --There was no immediate prospect of demolishing Central Hotel, Newcastle, and re-building it to provide more accommodation, the Lord Mayor (Aid. Purdue) said…

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Baby Dies In Fall From Roof Of Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 5

A 19-month-old boy was fatally injured when he fell from the roof of the three-storey Biltmore private hotel…

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The exploits of "Wild" Bill Ransom He Squandered £6½-Million in Less Than Four Years When rode a goat into a hotel for a meal and was rebuked—he bought the hotel

The World's News · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 14

SOMEWHERE in the world today is a comparatively young American who went through two fortunes totalling more than £6-million in less…

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Ald. Hills To Report On Council Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 9

The Lord Mayor, Alderman P. D. Hills, said yesterday he would submit a report to the City Council…

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Hotel Kosciusko!! Holiday Resort's Crude Drinking Conditions

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 21 March 1954 · page 9

The N.S.W. Government, through the Tourist Bureau, conducts one of the crudest drink shanties in the State—Hotel Kosciusko. It is a makeshift bar in a tin shack that was set up to handle the liquor trade when the main hotel building was burned down three years ago…

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Hotel Brawl

Truth · Sunday 21 March 1954 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Police reinforcements from Newcastle, Adamstown and Hamilton,…

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Letters to the Editor A Publican Who Aims To Help

Truth · Sunday 21 March 1954 · page 38

After reading the Liquor Commissioner's report, and keeping an open mind on the subject of the introduction of civilised drinking conditions in N.S.W., I would appreciate production of photographic evidence of the manner in which the overseas civilised service is made available to the public…

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Third Fatal Fall From Same Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 2

An elderly man was killed yesterday when he fell 80 feet at the Hotel Metropole, Bent Street. City…

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Licensing Of Rest Homes: Bill Approved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 13

The Premier, Mr. Cahill, said yesterday that Cabinet had approved a bill to license rest homes and give…

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Fatal Fall at Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

Police inquiring into the death of Charles Holfeldt Hou[?]n, 70, have been told that he fell down a light well…

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