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Illawarra · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1948

32 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2

Ban on Hotels Unionists' Demands

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 5

A meeting of about 150 union delegates and officials last night decided to impose a ban on all hotels between Clitton and Dapto…

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Unions Threaten Hotel Boycott

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 5

At a special meeting on Saturday, executive members of the Illawarra Trades and Labour Council and…

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Some Licensees Accede to Demands But Beer Ban 'Still On'

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

Although a number of licensees of hotels which have been declared 'black' in the Greater Wollongong area, have signed an agreement…

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Shop License Fees Standardised

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

Shop license fees, payable to the City Council, will in future, be standardised throughout the Greater Wollongong area…

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Settlement Talks in Hotel Boycott

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 12

As this issue of the paper goes to press negotiations are still proceeding in connections with the boycott of the 25 hotels in the…

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Fight in Hotel Has Sequel in Court

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 1

A fight in the Commercial Hotel, Port Kembla, oh January 20, landed two men in the court at Wollongong last Thursday. They appeared before…

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Two Against Lifting of Hotel Ban

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 14

The boycott on 25 holds from Clifton to Dapto was lifted last Saturday after l,[?] unionists at meetings at Wollongong…

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News & Notes from N.R.M.A. Hotel Accommodation Improves

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. reports a refreshing lack of complaints" this summer against country hotel accommodation and service, and declares the obvious…

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On License From Mental Home Stole Imitation Ring

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 3

Out on license from a mental home, a woman, who is subject to periods when she is not in full possession of her faculties, stole a…

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Hotel Glasses Disappear

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

Since the beer strike about six dozen glasses, similar to whiskey glasses, have been stolen from the Family Hotel…

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Bid for £75,000 Hotel at Austinmer

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 14

The full bench of the Licensing Court (Messrs J. B. Scobie, chairman, V. H. Wells and S. J. Bliss) is hearing an…

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Austinmer Hotel Hearing Adjourned

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 6

The hearing into an application to build a hotel at Austinmer was resumed at the Wollongong Licensing Court last week, when…

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No Decision Yet on Austinmer Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 1

An application to the full bench of the Licensing-Court, which sat in Wollongong last week, for the erection of a £75,000 hotel at…

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Hotel-room Jewellery Robberies

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 7

Five strings of pearls and an opal bracelet, valued at approximately £50, were stolen from the bedroom of Mrs…

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Hotel Safe Robbery Search For Red Utility

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

Wollongong detectives are searching for an old model red utility truck which they believe was used by thieves, to…

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New Hotels Approved Sites At Thirroul

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 5

The Full Bench of the Licensing Court on Tuesday, in Sydney, approved of applications of William Robert…

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Old Utility Truck Believed Used in £500 Hotel Robbery

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

Detectives investigating the theft carly last Sunday morning of a safe containing £500 from the Commercial Hotel at Wollongong, believe the thieves used an old model red utility truck to make a getaway…

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Sneak Thief Robs Two Hotels

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 20

Detectives investigating thefts from, rooms of two Wollongong Hotels believe that the same sneak-thief is responsible for…

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Court Approves 2 New Hotels for Thirroul

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 13

The Full Bench of the Licensing Court on Tuesday approved the transfer of two hotel licenses to Thirroul and refused an…

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Hotel Manager on Consorting Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 2

An hotel manager appeared before Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., at the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, and…

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