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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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.
Tauranga Libraries celebrate 150 years, exhibition to run over next few months
7 Apr, 2021 04:08 AM
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Tauranga Public Library and Mechanics Institute (2nd building, Harington Street, built 1881). Photo / Supplied
Bay of Plenty Times
It predated the newspaper, the fire station, and even the first brewery.
On this day 150 years ago, the seeds were planted for Tauranga Library by three men at the Masonic Hotel who wanted to provide reading material to locals.
There were less than 250 households at the time, road transport was powered by horse or donkey, and the few roads that weren t dirt were made of pipi shell.
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