WHILE a number of customers were collectively ‘blowing the froth off one’ at the Crecy Hotel, Oxford Street, on the morning of March 1, two Prices Branch officers ‘blew into’ the public bar and ordered two middies. Two noggins of the… Read More ›
NSW hotels
‘Terrible place, a pub with no beer’… The ‘schooner war’ and beer rationing
By MICK ROBERTS © “THERE’S nothin’ so lonesome, morbid or drear, than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer”; so goes the lyrics made famous by legendary country music entertainer, the late, great Slim Dusty. Slim Dusty’s… Read More ›
Bottle of beer in 10 seconds.
This is Mr. ‘Toby’ Sanderson, 15 stone, 12 pound (Just over 100kg), Newcastle bowler, now in Brisbane — with ‘Toby’ his personal beer glass. The nine inch high (22cm) glass holds 26 ounces (738.7396ml), and makes the drinking of a bottle of beer a… Read More ›
Good riddance to the ‘six o’clock swill’!
By MICK ROBERTS © AN attempt to rid New South Wales of 6pm closing of pubs came in 1947 when the Government held a referendum. However the vote did not achieve the required number of votes to pass, and the… Read More ›
Boycotting beer – The Great Pub Strikes
By MICK ROBERTS © THE barmaids must have looked on in sheer horror as thousands of thirsty beer drinkers began filling the public bar of their Bulli hotel on Christmas Eve 1940. With just 40 minutes before closing time, hardly a… Read More ›
Beer Strike
WOLLONGONG, Monday. At a meeting of the hotel keepers of Wollongong district on Thursday last it was decided to raise the price of the pint of beer to 4 pence. This rise brought about a beer strike at Balgownie where there is… Read More ›
Chinese publicans in Australia
By MICK ROBERTS © IT’S fair to say that the Chinese are not the first settlers who spring to mind when telling the story of Colonial pubs in Australia. Although the Irish and English dominated as Colonial publicans, there were… Read More ›
Publicans’ Purse scooter race raised money to build the Queanbeyan swimming pool
AFTER taking a dip at Queanbeyan (NSW) next time, consider also visiting a local pub to pay homage to the publicans who helped build the popular swimming pool. A scooter race especially for publicans, over a half-mile, followed the annual… Read More ›
Publican bookmakers and the White Bay Hotel, Rozelle
A CASE of outstanding importance to all publican bookmakers was decided by the Full Bench of Licensing Magistrates last week, when application by Norman James Smirl for the renewal of his licence at the White Bay Hotel, Rozelle [Sydney], was successful. Smirl has also… Read More ›
Old Hotel Laws
MAKE AMUSING PROVISIONS. New South Wales liquor laws harbor many strange provisions says Licensed Victuallers’ Association Mr. N. N. Connoly. Among them are: * A hotel is regarded as a temporary morgue for a corpse. * A licensee shall provide accommodation… Read More ›