Wellington Hotel, Wellington Square, North Adelaide, 1954

State Library Catalogue Reference: B 13123

Established as the Duke of Wellington in 1851 it became the Wellington in 1854. The building shown here dates from 1885.

'MONTH IN GAOL ON BETTING CHARGE
Imprisonment for 28 days without the option of a fine, was ordered Jack Randolph Pettitt, compositor, of North Adelaide, in the Adelaide Police Court today for having been at the Wellington Hotel, North Adelaide, for the purpose of unlawful betting on Monday. Pettitt said that he had taken bets to oblige men at the hotel, because a betting shop was some distance away. The Senior Assistant Police Prosecutor (Mr. Dayman) prosecuted.'
The News, Wednesday 26 December 1934, p7

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