CROCODILE IN STREET ATTACKS A CONSTABLE. BRISBANE, Friday. While two constables were walking along the main street of Townsville early yesterday morning, a crocodile, three and a half feet long, suddenly rose from the gutter, and snapped at a leg… Read More ›
NEAR the Hotel Wellington at Canberra stands a statue of Scotland’s Bobbie Burns. A close look at the poet’s eyes reveals that, while one of them gazes steadfastly in the direction of a nearby church, the other thoughtfully… Read More ›
BELIEVE it or not, prior to legislation in the mid 1880s banning children from buying alcoholic beverages, it was quite common for dad to send his children down to the local pub to fill a jar or two with beer,… Read More ›
By Tom Glover Too, too sumptuous counter-lunches are alleged to be ruining some publicans. The Political Barmaids :- “Darn the expense; come and eat, drink, and be merry – until after the Elections!”  – The Newcastle Sun (NSW), Wednesday 25 August… Read More ›
Shepparton, Tuesday. Fred Banjo Price, 60, hotel useful, tried to lassoo a turkey in the yard of the Shepparton Hotel. He missed and fell. Price was admitted to Mooroopna Hospital with a broken thigh. The turkey is still roaming free. – The Argus (Melbourne) Wednesday 31… Read More ›
Do you like a “spot” unmarred by an etiquette-forced minor orgy? This writer complains that he can’t go into a local pub without being pulled into an expensive “circle.” He’s right, too. It’s silly, this etiquette we’ve built around a simple noggin…. Read More ›
News (Adelaide, SA), Friday 3 October 1952, page 13
– Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) Friday 28 August 1936, page 6