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 ›
Victorian hotels
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 ›
Mystic publican’s tragic end
Found dead in Melbourne hotel room By MICK ROBERTS © HEARING gunfire, the publican of a Melbourne hotel rushed upstairs to find the body of his celebrity guest lying in a pool of blood on a bedroom floor. The year… Read More ›
Gold Mines Hotel, Bendigo
Ejected from hotel Young men’s strange conduct MELBOURNE, Friday. At Bendigo on Wednesday night, a number of young men went to the Gold Mines Hotel and demanded drink, stating that they were travellers. They refused to leave the premises, and when… Read More ›
