Wau Hotel Reported
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Sold
WAU, Sept. 1.
IT is reported that the well-known Hotel Bulolo at Wau, which was established here “in the beginning” by Mrs. Stewart, has been sold to Mr. Frank Fraser, of North Queensland, at a very substantial figure.
The hotel was a very small place when first established: but it was added to by degrees until it now is capable of accom modating several scores of people. It is quite a frequent thing for between 70 and 100 people to have luncheon or dinner there. The long, wide, cool verandah, with its outlook over Wau aerodrome, is a kind of social centre for the goldfields.
If the report is correct, and Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart are to leave New Guinea, there will be many regrets, for they have been very popular and useful pioneers and citizens.
It is reported that Mr. Fraser has no intention personally of running the hotel —he will appoint a manager. It is under stood that he contemplates making con siderable purchases of real estate in this part of the world. Good luck to him! Men of his calibre are very welcome on these rich undeveloped tablelands.