Sale of “Ghost” Hotel

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 94, 14 February 1947, Page 4

Sale of “Ghost” Hotel

The Inangahua Hospital Board, Reef ton, has decided to accept an offer of £2OO by Mr J. J. Morris for the Merrijigs Hotel, which was be-r queathed to the board by the late licensee, Mr Albert Wright. Situated in the now derelict mining village of Merrijigs, the hotel, which" was fully furnished, has from time to time been visited by thieves, who have removed much of the furnishings and fittings.

Question For Mr Fraser “New Zealand is a country of tremendous virility—and where do you get the paint?” asked Mr C. E. Martin, Attorney-General of New South Wales, at an .Australia Day celebration at which, the Prime Minister was a fellow-guest. “As a member of the Government I would be delighted to know. I have been in a dozen New Zealand towns where one in every ten houses is newly-painted, while at home there is not one in one hundred. We can’t even get the State houses painted.” Mr Martin added that New Zealand had much to teach Australia. He had been particularly impressed with the Probation Officer system and the attempts at matrimonial reconciliation and had learned a great deal in both fields.