The premises were rented from Sol Green, a prominent Melbourne bookmaker.
[1] On 18 February 1907 the Beaufort Club was opened in the same premises with David Cullen as secretary and 95 members.
An application for a licence was refused by Judge Molesworth and Inspector Graham of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, on the grounds that it bore all the hallmarks of its predecessor as a venue for betting on horse races.
[1] John Wren founded the City Tattersall's Club at 222A–224 Bourke Street in 1903,[2] emulating Green, his bitter rival.
It was closed down in May 1906, and six members were charged with conducting a premises for betting.