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Illawarra · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

88 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 5

Woman Bashed, Robbed in Hotel Australia

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A woman was brutally attacked and rabbed in the Hotel Australia, Castlereagh Street, City, tonight…

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Liquor Commission Told Hotels Sold Above Contract Price

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Royal Commission into the liquor trade was told today a "gentleman's agreement" existed between Tooth's Brewery and wine and spirit…

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Hotels Open on Voting Day

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) said tonight the State Government would not order hotels…

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Tooheys Have Ties on 329 Hotels

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — Tooheys Ltd. has ties over 329 hotels in the State, the Royal Commission into the liquor trade was told…

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Malpractices In Hotels Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Alleged malpractices in the control of hotels were discussed before the Royal Commission into the…

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Couple Failed to Pay for Lodgings Claimed Licensee

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 3

A man and his wife who stayed at his hotel still owed £17 for meals and accommodation, said an hotel, licensee at the…

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Hotel Murder Trial Opens at W'gong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 13

At the Wollongong Courthouse on Tuesday the trial opened of the three men charged with the murder on June 11 of Mrs. Lucy Francis Barrows, licensee of the Oxford Hotel. Charged with this murder…

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Jury Inspects Hotel Room

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 2

Jurymen in the Barrows' murder trial were taken to the Oxford Hotel, Wollongong, yesterday afternoon to view Room 4,…

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Licensing Court Not Told Of Partnership

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — A hotel licensee told the Royal Commission into the liquor trade he had "carefully refrained from…

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Oxford Hotel Murderers May Be Deported

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 1

Canberra officials last night confirmed reports that the convicted murderers of Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows will be…

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North Zone Seeks Views on Community Hotels

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 2

Northern Local Committee[?] to be asked for their suggestions and opinions regarding community hotels in their…

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Sands, Olson Live in Same Hotel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 7

CHICAGO, Sunday (AAP). British Empire middleweight champion Dave Sands and Carl Olsen of Hawaii, who…

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Huge Australian Beer Stock In Sydney Hotel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 October 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Royal Commission on liquor was told today that a 10-weeks' quote of 5785 bottles of…

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Peak Hour Hotel Conditions "Disgusting"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—No description, however disgusting, could do justice to hotel drinking conditions…

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Stanwell Park Favours Community Hotel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1951 · page 2

Stanwell Park Progress Association advised last night's meeting of Greater Wollongong Council it favoured the…

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Under Age Taxi Drives Lose Licenses

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 8 November 1951 · page 19

Twenty-[?] drivers under the aged of 20 years have been advised by the Greater Wollongong Council Public Vehicles…

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Aborigines Drinking Less in Hotels

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Since he had introduced the experiment of allowing aborigines into hotels, they were drinking…

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Hotel Licence Bought For £1,850 Sold For £8,000

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Royal Commission on Liquor was told today that a hotel licence bought for £1850 was…

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License Suspended for Two Years

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 6

Two speaking motorists had their licenses suspended at the Wollongong Court last week…

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Hotel Broker Warned By Judge Maxwell

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A witness was told by the Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) that unless…

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