NSW hotels

The 1948 beer strike left Sydney dry and thirsty

By Mick Roberts on September 23, 2015 • ( 1 )

By MICK ROBERTS © A STRIKE of brewery maintenance workers in 1948, just as Sydney was showing some signs of recovery from beer shortages and rationing during and after World War II, had a profound impact on the working class… Read More ›

They’d been ‘milked’ enough

By Mick Roberts on September 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

THE recent beer shortage in our town (Tocumwal) recalls 1940, when Broken Hill staged a beer strike during the hottest part of the year. Pubs were open. Beer was “on”. But there were no customers. In the blazing heat (temperatures never below 107 deg.), gangs of… Read More ›

Youngest Publican in NSW

By Mick Roberts on September 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

TAMWORTH, Friday.— John James Healion is probably the youngest publican in the State. The Licensing Court transfered the licence of the Central Hotel to him although the police objected, on the ground that Healion is single,and only 21. The young publican will have… Read More ›

Jindabyne Hotel Destroyed

By Mick Roberts on September 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

COOMA, Tuesday — Guests ran to safety as fire destroyed the historic hotel at Old Jindabyne early this morning. The tremendous heat from the fire melted beer glasses and exploded liquor bottles. All that remained of the bar today was six poles and a heap of rubble. Although the… Read More ›

The Frog Came Back

By Mick Roberts on September 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

A certain hotel in Bourke was once noted for its homing frog; it may be there now for all I know. Some of its off-“spring” are doubtless doing the polka along the Darling bank. Well, this particular frog habitually resided under the beer taps… Read More ›

Singleton Beer Taps Gain KO

By Mick Roberts on September 7, 2015 • ( 2 )

FORMER world bantamweight champion, Jimmy Carruthers, claims that serving beer in a crowded bar is harder than a day’s gymnasium work. Carruthers, who is trying out the hotel business, spent his first full day of work at the Terminus Hotel, Singleton, on Friday. “There was a record crowd for the… Read More ›

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