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Hotels & licensing, 1954

1,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 62

Business As Usual at Sims' New Railway Hotel Taking Shape

The Biz · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 6

We interviewed Mrs. V. Sims and her son Merrick in the very modern saloon bar of the new Railway Hotel. Fairfield, last…

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£285 A Week Hotel Tender

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 7

The City Council's finance committee decided yesterday to recommend that council accept the highest…

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5-Year Hotel Lease

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 2

The City Council finance committee yesterday recommended a five-year lease of the…

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Hotel hours referendum may be held soon

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 9

The State Government will probably hold a referendum on hotel trading hours within the next few months…

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New Hotel for Cairo

The Sun · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 20

CAIRO, Friday.--Foundation stone of a new Shepheard's Hotel was laid yesterday by Major…

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Armed Men Hold Up Balmain Hotel, Steal £350

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 1

Two armed and masked gunmen last night held up the licensee of the Royal Oak Hotel, in Balmain, Mr. Francis Farrell, and robbed him of £350…

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Jimmy Carruthers Buys Hotel Lease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 1

Former world bantamweight boxing champion Jimmy Carruthers has bought the lease of Bells…

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Masked gunmen rob hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 2

Two armed, masked men last night robbed a Balmain hotelkeeper…

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Carruthers buys hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 2

Former world bantamweight boxing champion jimmy Carruthers has bought a hotel lease for £10,000. The hotel is Bell's Hotel, Bourke Street,…

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City Hotel Woos Home Drinkers

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 11 July 1954 · page 9

A leading Sydney hotel is enthusiastically seeking new bottle trade. The hotel management has issued a printed…

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Armed Hold-up at Hotel Alleged

Truth · Sunday 11 July 1954 · page 51

A young man gained admittance to a Balmain hotel on Friday night on the pretext that he was a detective, then held up the licensee and his [?] at [?] police alleged in Central Court yesterday Wilt [?] Patrick Stephen…

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Declaration by Hotel Manager

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

Mr. Windeyer told the Commission the date on which part of Document "J" was written could be…

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Declaration by Hotel Manager

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

Mr. Windeyer told the Commission the date on which part of Document "J" was written could be…

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Council Grants Hotel Lease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 9

The Gity Council yesterday overrode objections from one alderman and granted the lease of the council-owned Oxford Hotel, in Oxford Street, City, to the…

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HOMES And Building Open Plan in New Hotel at Brookvale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 11

The new hotel being built at the growing suburb of Brookvale, near Deewhy, will be a breakaway from the traditional tile and glitter hotel of the 1930s…

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£40,000 damage to hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 5

Damage estimated by the owner at £40,000, was caused by fire which gutted…

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City Hotels Will Keep Movies in Bars

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 2

The licensees of 25 Sydney hotels last night decided to continue showing films in their bars…

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Hotel rental offer doubted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 7

A rent of £285 a week bid for the Oxford Hotel, Taylor Square, could not be obtained from ordinary trading, Ald. H. J. Foley told the City…

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U.L.V.A. Bans Film Shows In Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 8

A meeting of the Council of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association yesterday decided to ban the…

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Fire Guts Tourist Hotel At Tuncurry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 8

Fire yesterday destroyed the Bellevue Hotel, Tuncurry, a noted north coast tourist house, in less than…

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