BULLER Churchill, bulldog mascot of the Brisbane Naval Depot, was A.W.L. yesterday afternoon, and will be confined to barracks for a week for his misbehaviour. He wandered away from the depot early in the afternoon and went on a ‘pub… Read More ›
animals
Police inquiry into a ‘sozzled’ kangaroo
MELBOURNE, Sat — Will kangaroos drink beer? Should they be permitted to do so? The committee of the Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria was confronted by these puzzles this week. The matter arose from a recent complaint by a member… Read More ›
Beer Balancing Act: Newtown dog’s party trick
WITH only two legs, this would be difficult; but a Newtown fox terrier made balancing on the top of an inverted beer glass seem simple enough. Maybe she hoped that the effort would be rewarded by a full glass…. Read More ›
Dulwich Hill’s Bob Deering took his pet snake, Murgatroyd to the pub “every evening”
LIKES HIS BEER Murgatroyd the snake drinks a skinful of beer a day – to keep rats away. Murgatroyd, coiled around his master, Bob Deering, of Dulwich Hill, is taken to the hotel every evening for his middy. Deering said his pet… Read More ›
Circus chimp, ‘Lu-lu’ enjoys a friendly beer with Tom at his local pub
Circus chimpanzee, Lu-lu turned a few heads when she dropped into a Newcastle pub for a refreshing beer in 1959. While the circus was visiting the NSW steel-town, Lu-lu was photographed by the local newspaper enjoying “a friendly drop of… Read More ›
His Daily Beer: Tea Gardens Hotel
Sporty, a fox terrier cum kelpie, of Tea Gardens, is offered a class of beer by his owner, Mrs. W. Morton. Sporty is a regular daily drinker of middies at a hotel at Tea Gardens. Customers say he really appreciates… Read More ›
Goats & Beer
Goat Liked Beer A RECENT article in your estimable paper, “Lamb Likes a Glass of Ale,” reminds me of Billy, of Sussex Street, Sydney. He was once a well-known identity in the shape of an old be-whiskered goat, but died some years ago. When he… Read More ›
Hotel Pets
IN the early days pets of various kinds were kept at hotels to attract custom, and, frequently, they proved far more effective for this purpose than all the modern electric signs. The fame of some of these pets spread throughout the length and breadth of Australia,… Read More ›