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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

1,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 62

Hotel Tariff Rises

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 22

The N.R.M.A. says that, from the number of reports being received by its Touring Department giving…

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Publican in car, dies in river mud

The Sun · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Body of a Melbourne publican was found today, trapped inside the car in which he had plunged to death in the river Yarra yesterday…

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Bill For 10 p.m. Hotel Closing Passed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

State Parliament last night passed the Liquor (Amendment) Bill which extends the closing hour of hotels and club bars to 10 p.m., but the bill will not come into…

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Ace rider turns publican

The Sun · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 39

RETIRED Victorian cross-country jockey Brian Smith has gone into the hotelkeeping…

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Hours for Hotel Workers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 7

The Court probably would hot alter hotel employees' hours this year, a union official…

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£47,000 for Cooma Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 17

The Australian Hotel. Cooma, a two-storey brick and stone building, has sold for £47,000…

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Court Refuses Order On Hotel Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 9

The Full Court yesterday rejected an application by Tooth and Co. Ltd. for a mandamus against the…

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Glen Ascham sold to publican

The Sun · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 3

An hotel-keeper, Mr. Sid Howard, has bought Glen Ascham, private hotel at Darling Point,…

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Publicans Favour Quiet Christmas

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 12 December 1954 · page 9

Sydney hotels would not seek an extension of trading hours for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, the president of the U.L.V.A., Mr, Len Plasto, said last night…

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Crayfishers' Hotel Rings Bell

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 12 December 1954 · page 21

PERTH, Saturday. — A bell called the population of the fishing centre and…

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Glen Ascham Hotel Sold for £52,000 "Outsider's" bid

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 December 1954 · page 9

Mr. Sid Howard, of Bondi, has bought Darling Point luxury hotel. Glen Ascham, for £52,000…

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Guests Flee From Blazing Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.— Guests fled in their night attire when fire swept through the Princess of…

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Publican fined £20

The Sun · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

Henry James Lawrence, licensee of the Mansions Hotel, Bayswater Rd., Kings Cross, was fined…

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City Hotel Blitz Reveals 'Watering'

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

A Health Department blitz on city and suburban hotels wilt result in prosecutions on charges of adulterating spirits, "watering" beer and failure to put coloring dyes in beer…

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City Hotel Blitz Reveals 'Watering'

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 17

A Health Department blitz on city and suburban hotels will result in prosecutions on charges of adulterating spirits, "watering" beer and failure to put coloring dyes in beer…

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City Hotel Blitz Reveals Watering'

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

A Health Department' blitz on city and suburban hotels will result in prosecutions on charges of adulterating spirits, "watering" beer and failure to put coloring dyes in beer…

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Publican Fined for Watered Rum

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

A publican was fined £20 in the Metropolitan Licensing Court today for having sold a bottle of house rum which contained 8 per cent of added water…

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Publican Fined for Wired Rum

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

A publican was fined £20 in the Metropolitan Licensing Court today for having sold a bottle of house rum which contained 8 per cent of added water…

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City Hotel Blitz Reveals Mering'

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 17

A Health Department blitz on city and suburban hotels will result m prosecutions on charges of adulterating spirits watering beer and failure to put coloring dyes in beer…

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Publican Fined for Watered Rum

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

A publican was fined in the Metropolitan Licensing Court today fair having sold a bottle of house rum which contained 8 per cent of added water…

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