AT the height of the infamous ‘six-o’clock-swill’, Sydney health authorities had a crackdown on pubs flouting hygiene regulations in 1946. A culture of heavy drinking evolved in Sydney pubs during the time between finishing work at 5pm, and the mandatory closing… Read More ›
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 ›
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 six o’clock swill was an Australian and New Zealand slang term for the rush to buy drinks at the pub before closing time. During a significant part of the 20th century, most Australian pubs turned off the beer at 6pm, which… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THE barmaids must have looked on in sheer horror as thousands of thirsty beer drinkers began filling the public bar of their Bulli hotel on Christmas Eve 1940. With just 40 minutes before closing time, hardly a… Read More ›
OUTBACK publicans have to be resourceful. During the early 1930s the body of a veteran prospector was discovered down an old shaft in Widgiemooltha, now an abandoned gold mining town 630kms east of Perth in Western Australia. As there was… Read More ›
THE HOTEL AT NORSEMAN (WA), where after the conclusion of the ‘Beer Strike’ this week, there was a free fight. Pots were hurled about, beer was seized and eventually the publican had to turn on free beer to save his place from… Read More ›
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 ›