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Illawarra · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1949

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

Theft From Hotel Brings Fine For Gokeworker

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 1

A 38-years-old cokeworker, who told Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., at the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, that he was earning about £20 a week, asked for time to pay an £8 fine for stealing…

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Earns £19-£20 A Week —Stole from Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 1

A cokeworker, who said he was earning (Reuter.) £19 to £20 a week at eh A.I. & S. Ltd., Pt. Kembla, was fined £8 or 16 days hard labour…

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License Fees Increased

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

Hairdressers' license fees had been increased 300 p.c., Ald. Lee stated at Monday's meeting of the City Council…

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Council Considering Entering Hotel Business

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 15

The City Council has called for a report on the question of running its own community and private hotel…

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Charges Against Hotel Proprietor Dismissed

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 3

Charges against a prominent Blackheath hotel keeper and garage proprietor, of [?]riving under the influence and negligent driving…

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Motor Cyclist in Trouble No License for 12 Months

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. fined a motor cyclist £10 and disqualified him from holding a license for 12 months after he…

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Hotel Boiler Blows Up

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

The boiler controlling the hot water system at the Wollongong hotel blew up about 9 a.m. on Monday. The noise…

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Hotel Boiler Explodes Extensive Damage But No Casualties

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

A hot water boiler exploded on Monday morning at the rear of the Hotel Wollongong, hurling bricks and sheets of reeling iron hundreds of feet. There were several narrow escapes, but nobody was injured…

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Complaints Against Hotels

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 5

If official action is to be taken following receipt of travellers' complaints against hotels for breaches of the Liquor Act, the…

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New Hotel Opens

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 20

The "Open Hearth, Hotel" at Comrol House Warrawong, opens this (Thursday) afternoon. It is understood these are the…

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New Hotel at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 9

The first hotel to be opened in this district with a license transferred under provisions of the recent Liquor Act, has been…

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New Hotel at Warrawong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 6

The "Open Hearth" Hotel at Warranwong, which opened tis doors to the public for the first time last Thursday afternoon, combines comfort with steam-lined efficiency in many of the modern…

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No License for Transport

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 1

Leslie Knight, previously fined £3 at Berry for a similar offence, was fined flO with, 10/ costs, for carrying goods in a motor lorry…

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Robbery from Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 23

A mantel model radio and a marble clock were stolen from a room in the Corrimal Hotel last Sunday afternoon…

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Wine License Transferred

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 7

At the Wollongong Licensing Court on Friday the State Licensing Board (Messrs. J. B. Scoble; V. H. Wells and S. J…

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Safe (With £500 in It!) Taken From Hotel Office

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 1

Thieves made off with a large steel safe containing £500 from the office of the Hotel Ryan, Thirroul, in the early hours of Monday morning. The robbery was discovered at 7.30…

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Wine License for Port Kembla

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 7

The State Licensing at Wollongong last Friday granted the application for a transfer of an Australian wine…

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Hotel Maid's Room Robbed

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

A maid's room in the staff quarters of the Hotel Wollongong was broken into during her absence at the week-end by…

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Used Bad Language in Hotel Yard

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 7

A 26 years old miner, Ronald James Marshall, was fined £3 at Wollongong Court, on Monday, for using indecent…

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Rigger Fined for Betting In Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 September 1949 · page 25

A 34 years old rigger was fined £20 at Wollongong Court on Monday for street betting. The defendant, Henry Joseph…

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