Salient: An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington. Vol. 24, No. 3. 1961
Drinking
Drinking
Barrett's Hotel
At the bottom of the Plimmer Steps. Handy to the 'Varsity, to eating places and shops. Studonts and studont teachers found here. Only bar in town with a choico of beers on tap. Red Band Draught and Tui Draught.
Hotel St. George
Nearest to the University, on the corner of Willis and Manners Streets. Many like the Back Bar. Never too crowded and comfortably twilit. Handy to eating places. Red Band Draught, drawn from a refrigerated tank room.