TWO barmaids who once pulled beers from the same two pubs in the mid 1890s, tragically took their own lives – two years apart – over broken relationships. Nellie Willis shot her estranged fiancé, Ernest McFadden in the throat at Auburn, in… Read More ›
DRINKERS at the Australia Hotel bar are all “boys” to Elfreda Hall, 33-year old barmaid who this week became internationally known. The reason was that 16 US Marine Corps officers (all “ordinary fellas”) in Virginia, who drank at Freda’s bar… Read More ›
Mollie Hanley, 19-year-old champion Townsville barmaid, pouring beer at the record rate of 18 glasses in 20 seconds. Townsville drinkers nominate her to beat any girl for speedy beer serving. – Wellington Times Monday 17 January 1944
PLUCKY BARMAID When Jack Quigley, a former noted jockey, and now licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Bathurst, was attacked by a man with great ferocity, a barmaid, Mary McNamara, picked up a mallet, used to open barrels of beer, and… Read More ›
These three barmaids topped the poll in the Popular Barmaid contest held in aid of the Parents and Citizens’ Federation funds, to provide comforts in schools. The winner was Miss Laurie Hawe (top left), of the Oceanic Hotel, Coogee. Second… Read More ›
THE practice of placing dye or ‘ethyl violet’ in beer trays was legislated by the NSW Government in 1939. Other Australian states and territories also legislated to make the dye a requirement in trays at pubs and clubs. Reports of… Read More ›
SISTERS Lizzie , Millie and Elsie Stephens, of Torrens Street, Annerley, are trying to solve a £6,000 mystery. The “Brisbane Telegraph” received word today that first prize in an inter-State consultation was won by ticket No. 24295. It was bought in the name “Sisters”, c/- Miss Elsie Stephens, Torrens… Read More ›
TWO Sydney barmaids — Billie Williams and Gladys Henwood — were not impressed by Melbourne’s champion beer puller, Cyril O’Brien, who boasted he could serve 1000 customers in an hour at the Windsor Hotel. Newspapers across the country reported in… Read More ›
The Feminine Touch Is Taking Over PERTH’S barmen are a gradually disappearing race with the majority of city hotels employing a greater number of barmaids. There are not many unions which can claim the same wages for a woman as… Read More ›