THE South Australian mining town of Coober Pedy is known for its colourful characters. One of these legends was a bloke by the name of Karl Bratz. Karl, a miner who died in 1992 of cancer at the age of… Read More ›
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Rooms ransacked
“HOTEL BARBER” SEEN, BUT ESCAPES ROOMS were ransacked and two suitcases were cut open at the Eagle Hotel, Hindley street, Adelaide, last night by a “hotel barber”, who was almost captured in a lavatory. He jumped through a window and… Read More ›
Bushfires were a constant threat to ‘The Eagle on the Hill’
By MICK ROBERTS © BUSHFIRES were a constant threat to the Eagle-on-the-Hill Hotel in Adelaide’s Lofty Ranges. Fire destroyed the pub on two occasions, but each time it was rebuilt on the mountain road over the Adelaide Hills to trade… Read More ›
Beer Up – But Still Going Down
BEER PRICE COULD RISE FURTHER Beer price rises which operate today cover only increased excise. If an application by the breweries for a price increase (now before the Prices Commissioner) is approved, beer prices will rise still further. New prices in force today include :-… Read More ›
City’s Lone Barmaid
FORTY years ago this week, Adelaide stopped registering barmaids. Only one is still on the job in the city – Miss Lily Dear, of the Orient Hotel, Rundle Street. No barmaids were registered after March 31, 1909. A licensee’s wife… Read More ›