Historic HB: Popular licensee died suddenly
10 Dec, 2020 02:19 AM
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The Masonic Hotel facing Hastings Street in the early 1890s. Credit: Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 10854
The Masonic Hotel facing Hastings Street in the early 1890s. Credit: Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 10854
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Michael Fowler
Frank Moeller, who became licensee of Napier's Masonic Hotel on January 1, 1892, would prove to be not only one of the most popular publicans in Napier, but also a well-respected citizen.
He had previously
managed the Occidental Hotel in Wellington for his mother, after the death of his father Philip in 1885.