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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

1,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 62

Aust. Hotel's Steady Profit

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 25

Net profit of Australia Hotel Co. Ltd. rose by £769 to £42,[?] for the year ended June 30…

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Hotel Hours Likely For Clubs, Too

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

State Cabinet has recommended that the hotel closing hour, to be decided by referendum in October or…

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Hotel Normandie, Le Havre

Construction · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 2

This famous hotel, which commands a magnificent view of Le Havre waterfront, Was completed in 1951. It is very popular with passengers in transit to the U.S.A., and provides every modern convenience for its guests. This steel-frame, reinforced concrete, 11-storied hotel occupies a complete block adjacent to overseas shipping…

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Η. P. Anderson Licensed Business Agent Bl.1932. Bl.4011

To Ethnico Vema = Greek National Tribune · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 5

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No More Trains in This Hotel Lobby

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 31

BURKE, Ida. (U.P.). --The famous old Tiger Hotel, which often had a train parked in its lobby, is gone. The landmark built in…

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No More Trains in This Hotel Lobby

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 31

BURKE, Ida. (U.P.).--The famous old Tiger Hotel, which often had a train parked in Its lobby, is gone. The landmark built in…

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No Mors Trains in This Hotel Lobby

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 32

BURKE, Ida. (U.P.).--The famous old Tiger Hotel,, which often had a train parked in its lobby, is gone. The landmark built in…

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No More Trains in This Hotel Lobby

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 31

BURKE, Ida. (U.P.). -- The famous old Tiger Hotel, which often had a train parked in its lobby, is gone. The landmark built in…

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No More Trains in This Hotel Lobby

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 31

BURKE, Ida. (U.P.).--The famous old Tiger Hotel, which often had a train parked in its lobby, is gone. The landmark built in…

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Breweries ban films in hotels

The Sun · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 1

Under a joint breweries edict today, showing of films in Sydney hotel bars must cease by Monday. The "films must go" ultimatum…

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Breweries Ban Hotel Bar Films

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

Tooth's and Toohey's breweries yesterday ordered publicans showing films in hotel bars to stop the…

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Brewery Ban Not for Him Films in one hotel

The Sun · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 5

One city hotel will continue to show films, despite the breweries' ban. This is the Crecy Hotel, a freehold property in…

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£25 fine for hotel S.P. bribe

The Sun · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--An hotel licensee had offered a policeman £250 a year if he…

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Four Licensed Hotels Sold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 5

Four licensed freehold hotels were recently sold for a total of about £158,000. They are the Royal, at…

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Bar Films to Stay at Three Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 7

Three city hotels will continue film shows in their bars in spite of brewery pressure to stop the screenings. The hotels are the…

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Menzies Hotel Reply— Share Issue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 8

Directors of Menzies Hotel Ltd., Melbourne, recommend that shareholders should not sell their…

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Last toast to films in hotels

The Sun · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 1

A Paddington publican today laid a wreath on his bar film projector…

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Two Publicans to Ignore Film Ban

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 2

Two city hotels will continue to screen films in their bars next week. Another two probably will continue…

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Retiring licensee in tears

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 9

A hotel licensee cried yesterday on retiring from the trade…

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Hotels Accept Challenge "Mine host" has a new meaning now

Truth · Sunday 15 August 1954 · page 45

When I was young there was something rather discreditable in keeping an hotel. Why, I cannot say, for hotels were generally family businesses. They gave hospitable…

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