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 ›
Perth Hotels
Beer Mug with Dark History
ON the shelf of a city bar, stands a tall grey beer mug with a history, it was used to celebrate the launching of Hitler’s Nazism. The men who sipped heartily from its ornate rim were Adolf Hitler and, a… Read More ›
The Parkerville Tavern
A Daily Visitor: The horse shown is a daily visitor to Parkerville Hotel, and two pots of beer are ordered for him every day. So experienced and practiced is he in the art of drinking from a pot, that he is now… Read More ›
Beer by lamp light
Perth, Western Australia had major electricity loss following a breakdown at the East Perth power house in May 1946. Householders received only intermittent electricity supplies, while there was no general supplies for city shops and businesses for days. “A… Read More ›
Sailor fights over ‘mongrel’: Admitted to bar
A be-ribboned dog caused a struggle between a soldier and a sailor in Wellington-street last night. Climax came when the sailor crashed through a £16 plate glass window, gashing his ear. Perth Police Court evidence today was that the argument started when the soldier greeted… Read More ›