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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

205 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 11

Hotel Employees' Strike

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 2

From "Digger":— At the meeting of combined unions yesterday Mr. Quintreil, president of the W.I.U. delivered a very…

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Boarders Leaving Hotels

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 2

The decision of the Industrial Council meeting yesterday regarding boarders at "black" hotels leaving those premises by to-night is having…

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Hotel Strike Mass Meeting Yesterday Considered the Position Unionists Instructed to Leave "Black" Premises Given Till 6 O'clock To-night

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 2

At the Stadium yesterday consideration of the strike of hotel employees was given by a mass meeting of unionists affiliated with the Industrial…

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Conference Likely To-day. Hotelkbepers' Association and Industrial Council

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 2

Representatives from the Hotelkeepers' Association to-day requested that three delegates from the Industrial Council meet three…

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Melbourne Watersiders Will Not Be Licensed Owners Determined to Work the Idle Ships Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 1

Shipping representatives who attended the pick-up informed the men that employment would be under the provisions of the Transport Act. About…

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Liquor Trade Dispute Hotelkeepers to Confer with Industrial Council

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 4

A meeting of the Hotelkeepers' Association at which there was an attendance of about 28 members was held at the Freemasons' Hotel this…

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An Attempt to Wreck a Tasmanian Hotel Slight Damage Done. Launceston

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 1

An attempt was made on Sunday night to blow up the Tullah Hotel, on the west coast. Explosives had been placed under a billiard room. The…

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Work at Outer Harbor by Licensed Workers Loading Three Boats Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 4

This afternoon the work of handling cargoes on the Vardulia, Port Gisborne, and Nardana, at Port. Adelaide, which has been suspended since…

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Hotel Strike New Offer by Employers Conference Yesterday with Industrial Council Higher Wages Offered

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 2

Following on an announcement in yesterday's "Barrier Miner" that the representatives of the Hotekeepers' Association desired to meet delegates…

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Meeting This Afternoon of Hotelkeepers' Assn

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 2

Mr. P. J. Concannon secretary of the Hotelkeepers' Association, stated to-day that the conference adjourned yesterday on the understanding that…

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The Hotel Strike From "White Australian":—

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 2

I understand that the law at present demands a secret ballot to be taken before a strike takes effect. The present hotel employees' strike was…

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Hotel Strike Hotelkeepers to Meet the Industrial Council

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 2

There were no developments, to-day in connection with the strike of hotel employees. It is expected that the next move will come to-morrow…

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Hotel Strike No Developments To-day

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 2

Matters were particularly quiet to-day in connection with the strike of hotel employees. Most of the large residential hotels are still carrying on…

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Statement by Mr. Bruce That Trouble Must End Licensing of Workers Should Prevent Repetition Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 1

Mr. S. M. Bruce, the Prime Minister, in a statement regarding the water-side trouble, said:— "The Ministry is determined that the present state of…

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Hotel Strike Negotiations Opened to Bring Settlement Further Offer by Employers

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 1

Negotiations are now in progress which are likely to lead to settlement of the strike of hotel employees. At the meeting of the Industrial…

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Hotel Strike Details of Settlement Reached Last Night Work Resumed To-day Full Staffs Not Re-employed at Some of the Hotels

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 2

As was generally anticipated yesterday following on a conference between tbe Industrial Council delegates and the Hotelkeepers'…

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An Adelaide Hotel Damaged by Fire Men Tn Adjoining Building Escape by Means of Rope One Falls and Is Injured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 1

A fire at the Selborne Hotel Pirie-street, on Sunday night burnt through to Selborne Chambers next door, on the top floor of which the Toc H…

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Rates Are Increased for Boarders at Hotels Full Staffs Not Re-engaged

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 2

In consequence of the increased wages and improved conditions granted to hotel workers as a result of the recent dispute it was reported to-day…

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Two Men in Hotel for Unlawful Purpose Office Drawers Ransacked Convicted in Court To-day and Remanded for Sentence

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 3

John Henry Forbes (25). described as a printer, of England, and William Henry Moore (21), a laborer, of England, appeared before Mr. R. G…

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Compensation Claim Former W.A. Hotelkeeper Is Sued by Barmaid Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 October 1928 · page 1

Alleging that the dampness in which she had to work was responsible for her contracting rheumatic fever, Veronica Newsome, a young woman, claimed…

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