THE mining town of Coober Pedy, in South Australia, is known for its colourful characters. One such legend was Karl Bratz, a miner who died from cancer at the age of 52 in 1992. At Bratz’s funeral, in the Boot… 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 ›
The Eagle on the Hill
By MICK ROBERTS © BUSHFIRES were a constant companion to the publicans who hosted 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… 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 ›