A WONDERFUL AUTOMATIC BAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12281, 27 May 1903, Page 3

A WONDERFUL AUTOMATIC BAR.

Me. Teickett, M.L.C., of New South Wales, who has lately been on a visit to London, has been lecturing in Sydney on what he saw there. He said:—"Novelty and attraction meet one everywhere, and in no instance are these more in evidence than in the numberless automatic arrangements everywhere. There seems hardly any ! limit to the items that can be produced by putting a penny in the slot; but the automatic bar which has been opened at Lord's Cricket Ground may be regarded as the latest novelty. The length of the bar is 25ft, and there is something almost human about the ready way in which the 16 taps respond to the coin. Bad money is promptly rejected. Should too many pence be placed in the slot the requisite amount is retained and the surplus returned to the customer. The character of the liquor sold is also regis- ; tered, the money bein- conveyed to special j compartments allotted iu the till for each I drink. When a. "mild and bitter" is required, the tap turned one way will supply • the necessary quantity of bitter, and whert turned in the opposite direction the half- j pint will be completed with mild. Pres- ! sure applied on a special stand, will , permit of a flow of watei, so that every customer can wash his own glass, and, in fact, be his own barman.