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Illawarra · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1953

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Threw Box At Hotel Glass Door

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Zygmount Charko, 41, of Unanderra Migrant Hostel, was found guiltyin Wollongong Court…

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Minister Urges 10 p.m. Closing For Hotels

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.— A Broken Hill clergyman today advocated 10 p.m. closing hours for hotels. "Closing at 6 p.m. is uncivilised" said the…

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Fined For Breaking Glass Door At Oxford Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 20

A man who threw a box through a plate glass panel of a door at the Oxford Hotel on January 3, was fined £5 and…

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Staff On Strike At Hotel Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 1

A strike by 13 kitchen and house staff threw the Hotel Wollongong into confusion yesterday. Later the bar staff joined the dispute. Angry strikers last night decided not to go back to work until the management accepts their…

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Hotel Dispute May Extend; Meeting Tonight

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

Whether every hotel in Greater Wollongong will be involved in a strike by 25 employees at the Hotel Wollongong will be decided at a meeting tonight. The meeting, called by…

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Hotel Strike Continues "Black" Ban Imposed

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

The licensee of the Wollongong Hotel (Mr. J. Dorahy) ordered all former employees to vacate their living quarters over the weekend. Mr. Dorahy issued the order on Saturday but allowed employees to spend Saturday…

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Hotel Negotiations To Continue Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

Fears that the strike of 23 Hotel Wollongong employees would extend to involve every hotel in the district were allayed last night. A combined meeting of…

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Sinks Bought in Hotel Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 3

A man charged with having stolen property in his possession had sold him foods which he said he had bought from a man at the Illawarra Hotel, Evan…

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Move To Suspend Delivery Of Beer To Hotel Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 1

The South Coast Labour Council is expected to move for a suspension of beer deliveries to the Hotel Wollongong. It is understood to-night's Labour Council…

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Gun Battle In New York Hotel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 11

NEW YORK, Wed.— Seven gunmen and a police squad yesterday fought a gun battle in a…

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Hotel Unions Clash Over Wollongong Dispute

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

A bitter clash between Labor and Communist unions developed yesterday in the Hotel Wollongong dispute. The hotel is now carrying on with an entirely new staff. Sydney…

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Hotel Has New Staff

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

Normal house services were resumed at the Hotel Wollongong yesterday for the first time since last Friday. The licensee, Mr. John Dorahy, announced on Tuesday…

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Hotel Ban Called Communist Bluff

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

State Organiser of the Federated Liquor Trades Union (Mr. J. Gorman) in Sydney last night described the "black ban on the Hotel Wollongong as "a Communist bluff." "The Communists know…

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New Support for Hotel Ban

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 1

Two more unions have joined the Hotel Wollongong dispute. Following the dismissal of a truck driver for…

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Hotel Employees to Meet Tonight

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

A combined meeting of all hotel employees in Greatest Wollongong being held tonight (Monday). The meeting will discuss the latest developments in the Hotel…

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Wollongong Hotel Dispute (To the Editor)

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 9

SIR,—The unionists who voted for and supported Right Wingers and Industrial Groupers in recent…

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2/- Levy to Aid Hotel Strikers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 3

Members of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union in hotels throughput Greater Wollongong will be levied 2/- a week to assist the Hotel Wollongong strikers. A meeting of combined…

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Meeting To Discuss Hotel Dispute

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 3

The State Secretary of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union (Miss Flo Davis) within a…

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All Hotel Workers To Hold General Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 2

A general meeting of all members of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Union [?]yed in Greater Wollongong will be hel[?] as soon as it can be arranged, according to the Secretary of the union, Miss F. Davis…

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Charge Against Hotel Keeper Dismissed

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 27

A charge against a hotel-keeper for allowing a person, other than a bonefide traveller to be served with liquor on his…

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