TWO HOTELS SOLD
NAPIER TRANSACTIONS OVER £30,000 INVOLVED , More than £30,C00 is understood to bo involved in the disposal of two wellknown Napier hotels, transactions in respect of which have just been finalised. The hotels concerned are the Provincial, situated, at the intersection of Emerson ' street and Clive Square, and the Empire in Shakespeare road. It was announced yesterday, that the Provincial Hotel had been sold by its owner, Mr. J. C. Gleeson, of Auckland, to the Sunshine Brewery Company, Limited, Napier, and that the Empire Hotel had been purchased by Hawke’s Bay Hotels, Limited, a new company, from Mr. P. S. Gleeson, of Auckland. The price in either case is not stated. The old Provincial Hotel, a brick building, was destroyed in the 193) earthquake, but was subsequently rebuilt, its name being changed to the “Riviere..” Some time ago, however, the old nam e of “Provincial” was restored. The Empire also suffered in the earthquake, extensive reconditioning being necessirvUloji-ii un£
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 2
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161TWO HOTELS SOLD Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 2
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