THE publican of the Shenton Park Hotel met a painful death in 1928, after accidentally swallowing poison from a cup, left in the bathroom by his daughter for cleaning purposes. Veteran goldfields publican Jim Durkin drank the liquid version of… Read More ›
WHILE eastern states like NSW and Victoria endured 6pm closing of pubs last century, Western Australia’s later time of 9pm didn’t give drinkers too much advantage. With beer rationing or quotas introduced as a consequence of the war, Perth’s pubs… Read More ›
YOU could be forgiven for thinking that this beaut newspaper photo shows one of Perth’s first drag shows. Well, if you thought so, you’re not too far wrong. In fact, headed, “Masculine Manneqins”, in the Daily News in July 1947,… Read More ›
BUYING beer in schooners and middies in Sydney hotels and then bottling it yourself is an expensive way of buying it, although not illegal, provided you pour the beer into the bottle yourself. To the right is a bottle containing… Read More ›
Christmas Beer Lost! Fifteen dozen of beer were smashed beyond all recovery in the backyard of the North Perth Hotel today, but an S.O.S. soon made good the loss in stock. A malevolent ‘dry’ well did the damage. The accident… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © GORDON Guy Hack was one of Western Australia’s most successful hoteliers during the first half of the 20th century. At his death he hosted one of Perth’s largest pubs, and was among the state’s wealthiest hoteliers…. Read More ›
HUNDREDS queued up outside a hotel in Leederville [Perth] from 7am onwards yesterday to collect a Xmas ration of 6 bottles of beer. Cars and taxies added to the crowd as it waited for the handout. Â Sale commenced at 10.30am,… Read More ›
THE man with his hand on a bar room door in Perth is the general secretary of the Victorian Temperance Alliance, the Rev. E. S. Sanders. He is an investigator for the Victorian Royal Commission into liquor problems. After visiting a dozen of Perth’s seamier hotels he said,… Read More ›