Victorian Beer· Label Collectors' Society MAY 1987 VOLUME 16 No.3 NEWSLETTER

The International Society of Label Co/lectors- Australian Brewery Research VICTORIAN BEER LABEL COLLECTORS' SOCIETY PATHONS: Al'STJ{ALIA:-.: BREW ERIES PRESIDENT: L. Godden, 1319 North Rd., Clayton, 3168. (03) 544-1374 V.PRESJDENt: J. Hepworth; 5 Willow Cres., Campbelltown, 5074. (08) 337-509 J SECRETARY: G. Crompton, 11 Dublin Ave., Strathmore, 3041. (03) 379-4375 TREASURER : A. Freer, 28 Allnut Pde., Cheltenham, 3 192. (03) 584-1353 EDITOR : J. Wilks, 65 Tiverton Dr., Mulgrave, 3170. (03) 561-4221 RAFFLE CO-ORDINATOR: G. Crompton To enable smoother operation of our Society, would members please co-operate as follows : 1. Forward all monies to the Treasurer, except for rafOes. 2. Forward all contributions for the Newsletter to the Editor. 3. All general Society business, requests for labels from the Society stocks, contributions and raffle ticket requests to the Secretary. 4. New members and changes of address to the Treasurer. 5. Please forward an S.A.E. with all correspondence that requires a reply. MEMBERSHIP FEES JOINING FEE: $1.00 AustraHan. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: $10.00 Australian, due and payable on July 1st, plus any levies that rna y be called PRO-RATA FEES: After October 31st, $7.00 Australian. After February 28th, $4.00 Australian. Overseas members requiring the Newsletter by Air-mail, please add A$7.00 extra to cover postage. U.S., N.Z., U.K., and Canadian currencies accepted This Journal ia copyrigh~. None o! the COJltenta ~the . "VictoriJm.Be~r La~l Collectors' &otiety N~waletter" is to be reproduced or uaea m any manner Without t e pn.9r pernu11111on 1n wnting of the Editor and the Secretary o llie ::;oc1ety. V.B.LC.S. The International Society of Label Collectors - Australian Brewery Research

Thi s newsletter I was going to feature s tout Labels from . h owever when utting them together I realized that P ,...tout ~ brewed there were a lot mo re o ~ around Australia than I had t houq~t. so I am featuring Victorian labels onl ·~ ·

This was a - try -out of the proposed new venue for meetings - the Roy al · Hotel, North Melbourne.

The area reserv ed for us was spaci o u s and not too far fro m the bar. and whilst our usual venue has been s atisfactory . it was the general opinion that t he hotel was much more s u itable and we will t ry to make it our permanent v enue.

We wer e pleased to see o ur Pres ide nt • Laurie Godden who i s recovering nicel y f r om hi s recent heart o p eratio n, and a surpri s e v i s itor was Kerry Walton from who, with his wife Ev el yn, i s paying a short visit to Melbourne and took the opport unity to attend the meeting.

It was reported to the meeting t h a t b o th the proposed c hange t o the Society name and the sugges tion of incorporation were con s idered a nd it was decided that neither be proc eeded with at this stage.

Jac k Wi l ks info rmed the me e ting that t h e Old Ball arat Vil l age Br ewery had been sol d a nd t he n ame changed t o the Soverei g n Brewe r y . The n e w p o licy is that t h e y wil l not be issuing spe cial labels. The Soc i ety is in credit with t he b rewery a n d they have pr o mised to s e nd O.B. V. label s to take c are of t h i s , but there seems to be s o me delay .

Alex Freer h a nde d over mo r e U. K. label s a n d these will b e s ent to t h e partici pants as s oo n as t h e y are s orted.

The Castlema ine Pe rkins cat a l ogu e is now r eady f o r printi ng a nd has been p assed o n to Alex Fr e er who s h oul d have it rea d y f or t h e June meeting. We are now start ing with t he Br ewe r ies cat a l 6gue.

Terry Rya n a d v i s ed tha t a mini - brewery is p l anne d f or We st Geel ong and members gave u p- t o -the-minute news of o ther mi