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Illawarra · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

88 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 5

Faces At Hotel Bedroom Window

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 1

A Crown Street cafe proprietor told the Wollongong Coroner's Court yesterday he saw the heads of two people in the lighted window of Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows' hotel room…

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Wide Interest in Hotel Inquest

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 1

A crowded courtroom marked the opening at Wollongong on Tuesday of the inquest into the death of Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 54-year-old licensee of the Oxford Hotel at Wollongong…

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Hotel Keeper Did Not 'Water' Rum

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 2

Magistrate Fleeman discharged a hotelkeeper at Wollongong Court on Tuesday after he had pleaded guilty to…

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Oxford Hotel Inquest Police Evidence of Interviews with Men Charged With Murder

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

A Sydney detective last Thursday and Friday at the inquest into the death of Mrs. Lucy Barrows, gave evidence of interviews he said he had had with the three men charged with her murder. He is Detective B. K. Doyle…

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Hotel Inquest Resumes Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

The inquest into the death of Mrs. Lucy Burrows, licensee of the Oxford Hotel, Wollongong, will be resumed this morning…

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Oxford Hotel Inquest Resumes Today

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

The inquest into the death of Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 54-year-old licensee of the Oxford Hotel, Wollongong, will…

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License Restored

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

Mr. J. A. Fleeman, S.M., had an interesting case at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday when Arthur Date, 42, appealed…

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Oxford Hotel Inquest: Public Interest Maintained During Long Hearing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

The inquest into the death of Mrs. Lucy Francis Barrows, which yesterday entered the seventh day is one of the longest in the State's legal history. Mrs Barrows, licensee of the Oxford Hotel at Wollongong, was…

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Oxford Hotel Inquest: Three Men for Trial On CHARGE of MURDER

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 15

Three Hungarian migrants were, yesterday afternoon, committed to stand trial at a sitting of the Supreme Court to be held in Wollongong on September 18, on a charge of murdering Mrs. Lucy Francis Barrows. The migrants, Lazlo Kerekes…

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On Licensed Premises

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 12

The visit to Wollongong on 3rd June last of the Parramatta Footballers had a sequel on Monday when eight men and the…

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License Suspend[?]

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 6

John Watson Atchison [?] Wollongong was fined at [?] Wollongong Court on [?] a total of £9/10/- including [?]…

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License in Jeopardy

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 5

"You are getting towards the stage where you will probably lose your licence." Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. gave…

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British Film News. "Hotel Sahara" — Comedy

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 3

In "Hotel Sahara," a Tower Film Production recently previewed at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, a luxury hotel by Kafka, Oasis suddenly finds itself plunged into a no-man's-land of hostilities, after Italy's entry…

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Army Claims Right to Distribute Pamphlets in Hotels

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Murray Robson said in the Parramatta Court today that the Salvation Army claimed t[?]…

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Threats Posted to Hotelkeeper

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The licensee of a hotel declared "black" by drinkers said today he had received a number of…

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On Licensed Premises

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 2

Following a raid on the Commercial Hotel, Wollongong, on 3rd. June, after which a number of men were charged, Victor…

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Council Wants Case For Community Hotels to Go Before Commission

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 2

Greater Wollongong aldermen will ask the Local Government Association to put the case for community hotels before the…

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Renmark Community Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 7

A net profit of more than £28,000 was made by the Re[?]mark Community Hotel for the year ending June 30th, 1950. This was stated in a letter…

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Council Adopts the Principle of Community Hotels

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 7

The Greater Wollongong City Couuncil has decided to adopt in principle the establishment of community hotels in the City…

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Commission Told of Tied Hotels

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — Tooth's and Toohey's Breweries own 840 of the 2028 hotels in New South Wales, the Royal Commission…

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