WITH only two legs, this would be difficult; but a Newtown fox terrier made balancing on the top of an inverted beer glass seem simple enough. Maybe she hoped that the effort would be rewarded by a full glass…. Read More ›
THE history of the Crossways Hotel at Enfield, in south-west Sydney, can be traced back to the 1840s when it originally traded on the Liverpool Road near the Cooks River crossing as a ramshackled coaching inn, known as ‘The… Read More ›
ITALIAN immigrant Emanuel Neich was given a wedding gift that many Australian blokes would envy – a pub! The accidental Australian arrived in Sydney in 1826 after taking passage to ‘New Holland’, believing he was on his way to the… Read More ›
JOE Wallis (pictured), hosted the Cricketers’ Arms Hotel, in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills during the 1940s. The popular publican was born Joseph John Newton, to working-class parents, at St Peters. As a teenager, he boxed for money and… Read More ›
IT is not generally known that, according to the Liquor Act, it is necessary that every public house must have a lamp outside the main entrance to the hotel, and it is necessary that the lamp be lighted at sundown,… Read More ›
Men who drank 7,000 gallons COPPER name-plates at their favorite position on the bar of the Old Commodore Hotel, McMahon’s Point have been tacked down for Roly [Rowley] Collins and Stan Warren. Their claim to fame is that they have… Read More ›
SCOOTING: Jim Gault, 38, rode his five-year-old son’s scooter from Lakemba to Hurlstone Park [5.7 kms] today with a two-fold purpose — to beat the rail strike and win a bet of £1 and 10 schooners. He will have to ride the scooter from his work… Read More ›
A representative of Tooth’s Brewery today took possession of the bar of the Pier Hotel, Botany-road, Botany, until certain matters are dealt with by the Licensing Court next Wednesday. The Licensee, Mr. Len Harris, has removed his stock of beer… Read More ›