THE Legislative Assembly has decided to permit publicans to sell non-intoxicating drinks after 9.30pm. It is expected that local publicans will follow the example of Glasgow by converting their hotels into social tea and refreshment rooms during prohibited hours. – Truth (Melbourne, Victoria edition), Saturday 2 October 1915,… Read More ›
WHEN a law was passed in Victoria forbidding the employment of women in hotel bars, it was decided that those already employed could stay on. That was 37 years ago. There were then 3,688 registered barmaids. Recently a new count was taken. There are still 3,688 barmaids… Read More ›
Find Them Hiding in Hotel Cellar Amongst Beer Barrels. Recently the Licensing Police, covertly posted,observed several men enter a South Melbourne hotel about 9.30 p.m. Deciding that a good ‘bag’ was gathered, they knocked and, after some delay, were admitted to the premises. A search… Read More ›
The opening of the new bar at Hotel London, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 24 July 1953. The liquor licensing laws of the day obliged public bars to close at 6 pm. The ensuing rush to the bar to beat the clock… Read More ›