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Illawarra · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1953

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Conference Fails To Settle Hotel Dispute

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

A compulsory conference was held at Wollongong on Friday afternoon by Conciliation Commissioner, F. D. Kelly, between…

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They Wanted a Place of Their Own — a Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

In England after enduring years living in furnished rooms, flats and maisonettes, Mervyn Levy, who is a painter and teacher of art, and his…

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Woman Fined For Biting Hotelkeeper

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues. — A woman was fined £2 in Central Court today for biting a publican…

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License Suspended For Six Months

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 21

A motor cyclist who had had his license suspended for two months and who exceeded the speed limit soon after it was…

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No Settlement Yet In Hotel Dispute

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 2

No finality was reached yesterday at a conference presided over by Conciliation Commissioner…

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Miners To Discuss Hotel Dispute

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 3

The senior district executive of the Miners' Federation will attend a meeting of executive…

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No End Yet To Dispute At Hotel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 6

The President of the Wollongong Hotel Disputes Committee (Miss Margaret Stewart) last…

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Meeting on Hotel Dispute

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

The Southern District Executive of the Miners' Federation will attend a meeting of all executive officers or unions affiliated With…

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Demonstration At Hotel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 3

Police yesterday afternoon clashed with unionists who tried to enforce the "black" ban on the Motel Wollongong. They wrestled with and tore banners away from…

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Picketting of Hotel Montioned in Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 30

A case which the solicitor for the [?] said had arisen out of the picketting of a Wollongong motel was…

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Eight Demonstrators Arrested Outside Hotel Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

Police arrested eight demonstrators in a skirmish outside the Hotel Wollongong late yesterday afternoon. This was the third demonstration outside the…

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Waterfront Stoppage As Hotel Arrests Protest

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Six ships and the whole of the Port Kembla waterfront labour force were idle yesterday in protest against police arresting eight men for demonstrating in front of the Hotel Wollongong, on Thursday…

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Hotel Ban May Extend; Meeting Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 1

A meeting of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union today will discuss the possibility of extending the Hotel Wollongong dispute to other hotels in Greater Wollongong. State Organiser of the…

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Meetings This Week May Extend Hotel Strike

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 1

The Port Kembla waterfront has been idle since last Friday morning owing to an extension of the Hotel Wollongong dispute to the waterfront unions. Meetings to be held this…

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Hotel Dispute May Tie-up Three Ships

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 1

Three ships may be tied up at Port Kembla harbour until April 2, following yesterday's developments in the Hotel Wollongong dispute. The Seamen's Union…

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Letters to the Editor Anomalies In Hotel Strike

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 2

Sir.—The State Organiser of the Hotel, Club andi Restaurant Employees' Union (Mr. H. McPhillips)…

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Miners Order Wives To Leave Hotel Staff

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 1

Two waitresses on the staff of the Hotel Wollongong resigned last night on the advice of the licensee (Mr. John Dorahy). This followed a protest stoppage by miners at Nebo colliery…

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Union "Defers" Hotel Staff's Admission

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 1

A meeting of the Federated Liquor Trades Union in Sydney last night decided against admitting the present staff of the Hotel Wollongong to membership until further inquiries are made…

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Hotel Strike In Sixth Week

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 13

A mass meeting of all local members of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union will be held at Wollongong tomorrow night to discuss the Hotel Wollongong dispute, which is now in its sixth week…

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Hotel Dispute End Likely

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

The 41-days-old Hotel Wollongong dispute may be settled this morning…

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