A HISTORIC EFFIGY. When the White Horse Hotel was built at Box Hill (Vic.) in 1851, a wooden facsimile of a white steed was placed on top of the main entrance. The old building is being demolished, but the owner of the premises… Read More ›
Victoria hotels
Albert Hotel, Bendigo
HOTEL WITH SECRET PASSAGE. Police Make Discovery. BENDIGO, Thursday – Following a police raid on the Albert Hotel, McCrae-street, on the night of 23rd November, the licensee, Muriel Spalding, was charged in the city court today with having permitted persons… Read More ›
Lorne Hotel, Lorne
THE VARIETIES OF SUBURBAN LIFE – A CURIOUS COW. At the Colac Court, Victoria, Nellie Rooke, licensee of the Lorne Hotel, sued J. T. Anderson, storekeeper, of Lorne, for trespass by a cow. The cow was a source of constant… Read More ›
Mooreland Hotel, Brunswick
SUDDEN DEATH. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Violet Amy Preston, wife of the licensee of the Moreland Hotel, Brunswick (Vic.), died suddenly. She was working in the bar during the morning. Later she retired to a private parlor, where she fell asleep… Read More ›
St Andrews Hotel, Victoria
BOMB THROWN ON TO ROOF OF HOTEL MELBOURNE. Tuesday. A bomb, which was thrown on to the roof of the St. Andrew’s Hotel, Queenstown 25 miles from Melbourne, at 9 o’clock last night, blew a hole in the corrugated iron roof… Read More ›
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood
Explosion in Door of Hotel An explosion, which shook the building, blasted the lock from the front door of the Gasometer Hotel, Smith-street, Collingwood (Victoria), early on Saturday. An unexploded stick of gelignite was found beside the door, but police… Read More ›
Hec calls the tune
In this age of TV and large scale entertainment, there’s one hotel in Ballarat (Victoria) which has solved the problem of entertaining customers with a one-man show. It’s the Athletic Club Hotel, where barman Hec Stephens (pictured) plays a toy… Read More ›
Parrot frozen to water bowl
Joy the parrot at the Bridge Hotel, Yackandandah, Victoria, went to sleep with his long tail dipping in his water bowl. Although the cage was placed in a closed shed for the night, the water froze, and in the morning… Read More ›
Baretop girls to be charged
MELBOURNE, Monday. — Two dancers who served the new Courage beer to patrons at a Richmond hotel while naked to the waist on Friday night would be charged with indecent behaviour, the Chief Commissioner of Police, Mr Arnold, said today. Mr… Read More ›
Stolen money in wooden leg
MELBOURNE, Sunday.- Police found £142 in notes hidden in the wooden leg of a man they detained at St. Kilda last night. They had searched his clothing unsuccessfully. They were looking for a sum of money from the Village Belle… Read More ›