Cattle Yards Hotel

Cattle Yards Hotel

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History
Town	Ballarat
Street	Latrobe Street
Known dates	1882-2017
Other names	Cattle Yard Inn

The Cattle Yards Hotel was a hotel in Ballarat, <1882-2019>.

Site

The Cattle Yards Hotel is in Latrobe Street, Ballarat, opposite the Ballarat saleyards.

Background

The hotel was opened about 1864 as the Cattle Yards Inn, by William Brazenor. The two names were still used interchangeably in 1882 and 1883.

History

In December 1925 the publican was fined:

As the result of a police visit to the Cattle Yards Inn, Alfredton, on Sunday morning, 13th December, Eunice Letch, licensee was fined £2 for failing to have the lodgers' book properly entered up. Two men found on the premises were fined 20/ each.

In June 1936 the publican was fined:

Eunice Petch, licensee of the Cattle Yards Hotel, was fined £5 in respect of an unfastened bar door, and £1 for allowing persons on the premises on Sunday, 17th May. Two men were each fined 30/.

Petch was the victim of a fraud in February 1934:

George McKay Morant pleaded guilty in the City Court to-day to four charges of having obtained money under false pretences. It was alleged that in December Morant falsely represented himself to be authorised to collect orders for the Elec-clock Company for electric signs with clocks bearing the words "Time for a Capstan" and that he obtained £1 from William McKenzie storekeeper of Sturt street £1/10 from Walter Frederick Ham, plumber, of Humffray street, 10/ from Eunice Petch licensee of Cattle Yards Hotel and 5s from George McKenna, storekeeper, of Humffray street. Witnesses stated that Morant offered the clocks at the rate of £1 for five years and collected a deposit on behalf of the Elec-clock Company stating that he could do it so cheaply because the Capstan cigarette people were putting £6,000 or £8,000 into such signs Standish Keon, advertising supervisor for W. D. and H. O. Wills Ltd. said that Morant was not known to the firm and had no authority to solicit orders nor to use the Time for a Capstan slogan nor had the firm any knowledge of any such firm as the Elec-clock Co.

The People

• From 1864 to at least December 1882, the publican was William Brazenor.
• In February 1925 the license was transferred from Blanche M. Tucker to Eunice Petch.
  • She was fined in December 1925.
  • In February 1934 the publican, Eunice Petch, was the victim of a fraud.
  • In 1936 the publican, Eunice Petch, was fined for breaching licensing laws.
  • She still had the license at the time of her death on 11 October 1939.
• In February 1940 the license was endorsed to Albert N. Petch and Eunice Hanbury endorsed as excecutor and executrix on the victualler's licence of Eunice Petch, deceased.
• In October 1940 the license was transferred from A. N. Petch and Eunice Hanbury, executors of Eunice Petch, to Eunice Hanbury.