This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: fryerning Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.australia.vic.general/11005.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do not understand the word "cab" in this context. Is it an abbreviation? There is an Adelaide Coffee Palace in Adelaide, and also in Bairnsdale. Does this have anything to do with the person you are interested in - Assuming you mean the one in Bairnsdale it is operating with that name in 1912...Bairnsdale Advertiser etc. 6 Dec 1912 Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo Chronicle 3 Nov 1906 ...Miss Bowes is now conducting the business of the Adelaide Coffee Palace, Main St Bairnsdale on her own account. Gippsland Times 5 Nov 1936 death 91yrs Walter Harman...father of Mrs E W Lucas (Sandringham) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.