Northland news briefs: No suspects in suspicious lodge fire; and Hongi Hika s musket withdrawn from sale after authenticity questioned
13 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Kohukohu s Masonic Lodge, a 130-year-old category 2 heritage building, was destroyed in a suspicious fire on April 30. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Kohukohu s Masonic Lodge, a 130-year-old category 2 heritage building, was destroyed in a suspicious fire on April 30. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Northern Advocate
Police investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a heritage building in Kohukohu have a few more people to interview but no firm suspects yet. The 130-year-old Masonic Lodge was razed in a ferocious fire that started around 4.30am on April 30. Only the efforts of volunteer firefighters particularly Eva Walker and Lindsey Davidson and a neighbour with a garden hose stopped the fire spreading to nearby cottages. Kaitaia Detective Sergeant Simon Wihongi said he planned to interview a few more people this
Historic HB: Masonic Hotel barmen perish in quake
14 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Sailors look for bodies in the ruins of Napier s Masonic Hotel in February 1931 . Photo / Supplied
Sailors look for bodies in the ruins of Napier s Masonic Hotel in February 1931 . Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Michael Fowler
One of Napier s most prominent buildings to succumb to the February 3, 1931, Hawke s Bay earthquake was the Masonic Hotel.
The photo shows sailors doing body recoveries at the Masonic Hotel.
One of the employees of the hotel, a barman, David Evans, died trying to escape the building.
A family story is told that his sister-in-law Gert Begley went with his son, Noel, about three days after the earthquake to try and find him. Sailors helped and located his body under the rubble.
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(Photo courtesy of Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge 252)
(Photo courtesy of Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge 252)
(Photo courtesy of Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge 252)
(Photo courtesy of Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge 252)
+ April 27, 2021 AROUND 30 residents in the town of Pinamungajan, Cebu benefited from the free legal consultation offered by the Mt. Moariah Masonic Lodge 252.
The Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge 252 held a free legal consultation activity at the Sports Hub in Barangay Pandacan in Pinamungajan town, Cebu on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
The group accommodated various legal concerns from the public, including issues on immigration matters concerning individuals who have been married to foreigners.
Aside from immigration concerns, the lawyers also faced individuals who had concerns on labor and affidavits.
Prince Philip s Napier room still an attraction 67 years later
13 Apr, 2021 04:53 AM
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The Queen and Prince Philip on the balcony of the Masonic Hotel in January 1954. Photo / Supplied
The Queen and Prince Philip on the balcony of the Masonic Hotel in January 1954. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Doug Laing
Landmark Napier hotel the Art Deco Masonic still gets regular requests from guests wanting to sleep in the room in which the Queen and Prince Philip slept more than 67 years ago.
It was on the night of January 6-7, 1954, a popular photograph showing them waving to the crowd from the first floor.
Community steps up to repair historic cemetery
Historic Pocahontas cemetery making repairs after financial struggles By Logan Whaley | March 8, 2021 at 10:03 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 5:46 AM
POCAHONTAS, Ark. (KAIT) - If you’ve driven through Pocahontas, you’ve likely seen a cemetery that has been around for centuries.
The Masonic Cemetery has had its fair share of financial struggles over the past few years. Mayor Keith Sutton said the cost of maintenance got to be too high for the Masonic-owned cemetery.
“It’s always been an issue with the funding,” Sutton said.
The funding led to concern from the community. Broken tree limbs and unreadable tombstones led to social media pushback.