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Hotels & licensing, 1954

1,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 62

Movie industry attempts to stop hotel film shows Exhibitors and Union Lodge Protests

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 June 1954 · page 7

The motion picture industry in New South Wales is trying to stop the screening of 16 m.m. films in hotel bars and lounges in Sydney and the country. The industry has…

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Brewery threat to publicans "Union Labor or No Beer"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 June 1954 · page 6

Tooth's Brewery has told some Sydney publicans they will get no beet if they employ nonunion labor. This warning has…

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Hotel Hours Row Rages In Canberra 10 p.m. Closing Decision Shouldered By One Man

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 6 June 1954 · page 72

CANBERRA, Saturday. — One man will decide if hotel bars in the Australian Capital Territory will have their trading hours extended from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The big decision rests squarely on the shoulders of the Minister…

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Hotel films 'needed' if bar hours extended

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 9

The screening of 16mm. films in Sydney hotels hinged on a change of hotel hours, Mr. N. H. Connolly said yesterday…

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Hit at paper on hotel hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 9

A Presbyterian Minister last night denounced the Daily Telegraph's campaign for later closing of hotels. He is the Rev. Keith Dowding. of St. Columba's…

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Vic. Against Hotel Films

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.— The Theatrical Employees' Union was opposed to any attempts to show films in…

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Hotel Sold For £57,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 3

The Commonwealth Hotel 461-465 Elizabeth Street, city was sold at auction yesterday for £57,000…

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New Hotel Solves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 5

A CHILDREN'S hotel has opened in a Melbourne suburb as an answer to the problem of getting…

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No Wish for Late Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 28

Officials of the Australians For Democratic Action have told, the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) that at no time had there been any real desire to revert to the "unhappy state of affairs which existed under 11 p.m…

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No Wish for Late Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 28

Officials of the Australians For Democratic Action have told the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) that at no time had there been any real desire to revert to the "unhappy state of affairs which existed under 11 p.m…

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No Wish for Late Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 28

Officials of the Australians For Democratic Action have told the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) that at no time had there been any real desire to revert to the "unhappy state of affairs which existed under 11 p.m…

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No Wish for Late Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 28

Officials of the Australians For Democratic Action have told the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) that at no time had there been any real desire to revest to the ''unhappy state of affairs which existed under 11 p.m…

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No Wise for Late Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 28

Officials of the Australians For Democratic Action hove told the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) that at no time had there been any real desire to revert to the "unhappy state of affairs which existed under 11 p.m…

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No Wish for Late Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 28

Officials of the Australians For Democratic Action have told the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) that at no time had there been any real desire to revert to the "unhappy state of affairs which existed under 11 p.m…

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3½ hours on hotel ledge Man's Perch Stirs Crowd

The Sun · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A 51-year old butcher perched for 3½ hours early today on a narrow ledge outside a Kensington hotel window, 30ft from the…

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Poll move on hours for hotels

The Sun · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 25

ALP annual general conference will ask the Government for an early referendum on…

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Hotel Sold For £33,600

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 6

Tattersall's Hotel, Orange, has been sold for £33,600. The hotel, a two-storey…

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Stories From the Courts Thief Liked Only Best Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 8

A notorious housebreaker usually stayed at the best hotels when out of jail, a detective said at the Quarter Sessions…

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Hotel Assets

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 13 June 1954 · page 60

HOTEL METRO-POLE'S bonus issue of one-for-five was a surprise…

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A.L.P. view on hotel hours Warning Against Change Without Referendum

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 2

The extension of liquor hours without a referendum could wreck the State Government, the senior vice-president of the State A.L.P. (Mr. J. Shortell) said today…

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