When the Commonwealth Bank unveiled its new square yellow and black logo , critics said it looked like a Sao biscuit dipped in Vegemite. Not so long ago , the above nightclub in Flinders Street East , Townsville, named The Bank , having once been the Australian Joint Stock Bank , the first in Townsville , presented a worn , malty looking exterior.
It had been designed in 1881 by F.D.G. Stanley, the former Colonial Architect , renowned for designing many fine bank buildings. A bank manager of note there was Ferdinand Sachs, a crack shot with the rifle and revolver , swordsman and musician, who lived on his own in bushland at Hermit Park .
Now The Bank building has suddenly changed colour , presenting a pallid front , like a marshmallow dipped in a weak Rickett's Blue Bag solution .
The fact that this paint change has gone unnoticed on a building along the Heritage Trail by the Townsville media illustrates yet again that reporters don't hang about drinking spots in the city like the used to do . It is a well known fact that at the Murdoch Townsville Bulletin reporters were made aware that they should not be seen loitering in pubs . Apparently it is ok for scribes to slip into a coffee shop and slurp caffeine, which is strange because many News hacks regularly denigrated latte drinkers .
This blog alerted Rupert Murdoch that reporters were becoming milksops, missing out on gathering many news tips and fabulous yarns in pubs , risking dehydration as well .
