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A L Nathan of the London Hotel

People, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 17, 2023

by David Thompson A L Nathan. The Record, 23 January 1923. In December 1922, Alfred Lewis Nathan retired as publican of the London Hotel, Beach Street selling the hotel to Mrs Emily Elsie Cotter of the Wayside Inn, City Road, South Melbourne intending to take a trip to Europe in May the following year.[1] A L Nathan had taken over the…

The End of the War – Hostilities Cease

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryNovember 11, 2018

About 7.30pm on Monday 11 Nov 1918, around the time the Bay steamers were returning from their day’s excursion, the news that Germany had signed the armistice reached the port. Suddenly a 'powerful whistle on the Port Melbourne shore echoed across the Bay'1 and for the next half hour the Bayside resounded to the grand chorus of sirens and ship’s whistles.…

Meeting – Mon 27 March 2017, 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 6, 2017

Tony Hill of McClusky's Lawyers will be guest speaker at our March meeting. Tony will speak about the old Port Melbourne Police Station and Lock-up which he purchased in 1998 and restored as offices for McClusky's. He will also talk about the Port Melbourne Business Association which he started in 1990. McClusky's Lawyers was established by John McClusky in Bay Street…

Meeting – Mon 23 Jun 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsJune 1, 2014

The 1923 Police Strike will be the subject of Ralph Stavely's presentation at our next meeting on Monday, June 23rd at 7.30 pm. PMHPS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall Bay Street

A L Nathan of the London Hotel

The End of the War – Hostilities Cease

Meeting – Mon 27 March 2017, 7.30pm

Meeting – Mon 23 Jun 2014, 7.30pm

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