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Illawarra · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

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On Licensed Premises

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

Thomas Rawnstey, Alexander Gemmell, John Simpson, Charles Easter-brook, John Rhodes, Charles Taylor, and Richard Coleman each pleaded…

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Billiard Licenses

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

Before Mr. Chapman in the Licensing Court, Wollongong, on Monday, 24th December, applications for the renewal of billiard licenses were granted…

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License Objected To

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

Arthur William Smith, of Walker Street, Helensburgh, applied for a renewal of his license, which was opposed by the police…

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Drunken Motorist. License Suspended

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

At the Wollongong Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Chapman, S.M., Stephen Peter haynes was charged that on December 30 be did drive a motor…

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Booth License Granted

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

At the Wollongong Police Court on Monday last Mr. P. T. Doyle was granted a booth license for the Dapto Show…

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"On Licensed Premises."

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

Thomas Tollin, Thomas Balcombe and William McDonald each pleaded not guilty to being found drinking on the licensed premises of the Port…

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On Licensed Premises

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

Leslie Watts, charged with stealing a hat valued at £2, the property of Henry Sullivan, was remanded until January 21st, bail being fixed at self…

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Murder Charge. Result of Blow Struck in Wollongong Hotel

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 16

Robert Cassells died in the Wollongong Hospital on Monday as the result of injuries received the previous Saturday afternoon, and on…

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On Licensed Premises

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 8

William Morgan, charged with being on the licensed premises of the Figtree Hotel during unlawful hours, pleaded not guilty…

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Licensing Court

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 2

At Kiama Police Court yesterday, Mr. Chapman, S.M., granted the transfer of the license of the Commercial Hotel, Jamberoo, from Georg J. Beath,…

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Wily Publican's Ruse

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

Spectators in the Horsham Court became convulsed with laughter on Tuesday during the hearing of a case in which Albert McGee, of Dooen Hotel…

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On Licensed Premises

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 12

James Thorpe, charged with being drunk and also with being found on the licensed premises Of the Paragon Hotel, pleaded not guilty to both…

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On Licensed Premises

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 5

John Oughterson Workman was charged that he did allow W. J. Kelly and James William Cram on the licensed premises of the Balgownie Hotel…

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Alleged Gaming At Hotel

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 6

William Shea, of the Wollongong Hotel, was charged that he did suffer gaming for stakes on his licensed premises, and H.A. Rossitod and Granger…

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License Transferred

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 15

At the Licensing Court, Wollongong, on Monday, before Mr. Chapman, S.M., the license of the port kembla Hotel. Pot Kembla, was transferred from…

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License Transferred

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 1

At the Wollongong Licensing Court on Monday, before Mr. Chapman, S.M., the license of the Mount Kembla Hotel was transferred to Mr. Victor Henry…

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Hotelkeeper Thanked

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 11

Wollongong Caledonians have requested the writer to publicly thank the Hotelkeeper, Mr. J. Clark, through these columns, for his generosity in…

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Driving Without License

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 5

Lawford Roy Anderson pleaded guilty to permitting Joseph Edwin Williams to drive a motor tar on January 26th without being licensed for that…

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