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Hotels & licensing, 1954

1,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 62

Denial On Hotel By Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 5

The president of the Hornsby Shire Council, Councillor H. G. Headen, denied last night that the…

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No Council Ban On Films In Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 4

No instructions had been issued to licensees of council-owned hotels to cease showing films in their bars, the Lord Mayor, Ald. P. D. Hills, said yesterday…

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Council Reply to Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 12

The President of Hornsby Shire Council (Cr. Headen) yesterday explained why the Council had rejected a publican's offer…

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Private hotel murder victim WOMAN (38) Murdered by Sex Fiend

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

The naked and battered body of an attractive brunette woman, was found in a room on the sixth floor…

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Accommodation in hotels Review by Magistrates

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Wed.--It is understood that action will be taken soon to improve hotel accommodation in Newcastle…

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Hotel to give way to bank

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Wed.--The Rural Bank has bought the Criterion Hotel, Hunter St., and…

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Accommodation in hotels Review by Magistrates

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Wed.--It is understood that action will be taken soon to improve hotel accommodation in Newcastle…

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Hotel to' give way to bank

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Wed.-- The Rural Bank has bought the Criterion Hotel, Hunter St., and…

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Amateur "Quest" at Fairfield Hotel

The Biz · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 18

Last Saturday morning the writer visited the beer garden of the Fairfield Hotel, corner of The Crescent and Hamilton Road to…

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Police charge man; city hotel death

The Sun · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 1

LITHGOW, Thursday.--A man was charged at Lithgow police station late today with the murder of a woman in a private hotel in Sydney on or about August 24. A man wearing a…

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Nude body of woman found in room of hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 3

Detectives investigating the death of a woman believe a man dressed in a soldier's uniform may be able to help them…

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Appointments Australia Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 10

Mr. A. C. Lewis has been appointed chairman of the Australia Hotel Co. Ltd. He succeeds Mr. F. E. Tilley, who has retired…

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Soldier In Court. On Hotel Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 6

LITHGOW, Thursday. —Donald Motbey, 23, a soldier who had served in Korea, was charged to-day…

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Aust. Hotel Board

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 33

Mr. F. E. Tilley has retired as chairman and a director of The Australia Hotel Ltd…

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N.z. Publican on W.a. Theft Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 August 1954 · page 12

Police in a Wellington (N.Z.) court yesterday charged a hotel licensee with having stolen £3842 from the Midland Railway Company, Western…

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40 Flee Blaze In Hotel

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 29 August 1954 · page 3

Clad in night attire, 40 guests raced to safety tonight when a fire broke out in a bedroom at the…

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Rough On Coogee Residents Road Before Hotel Urged

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 29 August 1954 · page 19

Residents of Liguria Street, South Coogee, think Randwick Council should provide them with a road and footpaths before it builds a £ 175,000 community hotel. "The street is made for…

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Women favor later hours if they can drink in bars Want to Share Hotel Facilities with Menfolk

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 August 1954 · page 5

Many Sydney women said this week they Would vote for later hotel closing hours if they could share hotel facilities fully with their menfolk. A majority of those who at present are opposed to later closing hours…

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

To Ethnico Vema = Greek National Tribune · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 5

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"Peter's" Travel Tales a Re-union After 33 Years for Two Brothers in a Johannesburg Hotel

The Land · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 4

NO other man has ever had the kind of experience in Johannesburg that I had, and…

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