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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

1,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 62

He runs hotel by remote control

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 June 1954 · page 9

A war-blinded publican is running his Liverpool hotel from his office desk by remote control. The publican has the hotel so…

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Hotel Siege By The Newspapermen

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 20 June 1954 · page 51

ALTHOUGH it was many months before the sense of Mrs. Simpion's message reached the…

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Waltara Hotel to be rebuilt

The Sun · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 12

Mr. Bliss, SM, in the Licensing Court today, granted Tooth and Co. Ltd. permission to…

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Claim Over Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 2

Certain newspapers had started a campaign to create a synthetic atmosphere in favor of 10…

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Hotel Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

Sir,—I repudiate any responsibility for deciding the closing hour of hotels by voting at a referendum…

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Hotelkeeper Loses Licence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

BATHURST, Monday.—An application by Ben Bernard, of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, for a renewal of his licence was refused in the Licensing…

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Hotel Man Fails to Get Licence

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

BATHURST, Mon.--The Licensing Court today refused to renew the licence of Ben Bernard of the Royal Hotel,…

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Longer hotel hours opposed

The Sun · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 2

NSW Temperance Alliance executive yesterday decided to launch a campaign against…

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Licensee will appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 14

A Bathurst hotel owner said yesterday he would appeal against the Licensing Court's refusal to renew…

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Hotel Metropole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 6

Shareholders of Hotel Metropole Ltd., at a meeting yesterday, agreed to the bonus issue of 50,402 £1 shares in the ratio of 1 to 5…

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Man burned in hotel explosion

The Sun · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 2

A mechanic, Stan Happ, of Belmont, was seriously burned on the face and arms when a…

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Found Dead in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 3

John Lennox (47), wharflaborer, was found dead outside his room at the Mercantile Hotel…

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Found Dead in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 3

John Lennox (47), wharflaborer, was found dead outside his room at the Mercantile Hotel…

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Found Dead in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 3

John Lennox (47), wharflaborer, was found dead outside his room at the Mercantile Hotel…

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Man Arrested in Bondi Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

Consorting Squad detectives early yesterday raided a bedroom at the Pacific Private Hotel, Bondi, arrested a young…

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Old Hotel at Albion Park Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

The burnt-out shell of the Commercial Hotel at Albion Park, which was destroyed by fire early last night…

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Baby Saved From Big Hotel Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

A barmaid last night risked her life to save a baby from a £35,000 fire which destroyed the 75-year-old Commercial Hotel at…

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£30,000 hotel razed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

ALBION PARK, Sun.--Fire tonight destroyed the Commercial Hotel,…

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Warning on hotel hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 2

Ten o'clock closing of hotels would mean an extension of the six o'clock swill with an increase in road, deaths, industrial inefficiency and absenteeism, the Chairman of…

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Warning on hotel hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 5

Ten o'clock closing of hotels would mean an extension of the six o'clock swill with an increase in road deaths, industrial inefficiency and absenteeism, the Chairman of…

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