Misplaced Pages

National Hotel

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
#987012

33-987: National Hotel , or The National Hotel or variations, may refer to properties in: Australia: National Hotel (Fremantle) , in Western Australia National Hotel, Warwick , in Queensland Queensland National Hotel in Mount Morgan, Queensland Canada: National Hotel (Toronto) Cuba: Hotel Nacional de Cuba Moldova National Hotel (Chișinău) Russia: Hotel National, Moscow Taiwan: National Hotel (Taiwan) The United States: National Hotel (Nevada City, California) National Hotel (Miami Beach, Florida) National Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri) National Hotel (Cuylerville, New York) National Hotel (Washington, D.C.) Topics referred to by

66-407: A large kitchen, three cellars two wine store rooms, a scullery, storeroom and servants' dining room. The West Australian in 1902 stated that "The architect has, throughout, apparently, striven to produce something which will reflect the highest credit upon his profession, and when the building is completed, it should form a valuable addition to the architecture of Fremantle." The National Hotel

99-508: A more modern and commodious hotel, worthy of its position in the centre of Fremantle. The original two storey hotel was to be replaced with a new hotel of five storeys including a basement. The hotel was to be constructed of stone and brick with stone forming the foundations and the lower portions of the walls with the brick above. The plans included a right-of-way from Market Street, and balconies totalling 140 metres (450 ft) in length and about 2.7 metres (9 ft) in width. The wall height

132-410: A popular tabloid. It has very ably utilised colour printing and its monopolist status to maximise display advertising including the use of multi-page advertorial supplements and loose inserts . Advertising is frequently accorded priority over news on the front page by means of a four-page wrap-around cover section. As of January 2015 , refraining from reporting greatly reduced print circulation,

165-596: A single storey shop in 1868 which was run in 1869 by Abraham Moise Josephson (who was later a successful pearl merchant). During the early 1880s the building was occupied by a branch of the National Bank of Australasia . In 1886 the branch relocated to a premises in High Street opposite Sandover's store. Later that year the building was converted into a hotel retaining the name as the National Hotel. The site and building

198-510: A week. On 18 November 1879, it was relaunched as The West Australian . In October 1883, production was increased to three editions per week; two years later it became a daily publication. The proprietors of the West Australian at that time also inaugurated the Western Mail , in 1885. Initially, delivery of the paper beyond settled areas was problematic, but the growth and development of

231-475: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Hotel (Fremantle) The National Hotel is on the corner of High and Market Streets Fremantle . Originally built as a shop in 1868, it was occupied by the National Bank in the early 1880s. When the bank relocated in 1886, the building became the National Hotel. The site was originally occupied by

264-456: Is the online version of the daily newspaper, available only to subscribers. The West Australian leans right wing politically. An editorial published on 25 April 2022 claimed that the newspaper was "economically conservative, but socially progressive". For every federal election from 1922 to 1969 , the newspaper endorsed the conservative Coalition . At the state election held in March 2017,

297-739: The Liberal–National Party Coalition . It has Australia's largest share of market penetration (84% of WA) of any newspaper in the country. The West Australian publishes international, national and local news. As of 23 February 2015 , newsgathering was integrated with the TV news and current-affairs operations of Seven News , Perth, which moved its news staff to the paper's Osborne Park premises. SWM also publishes two websites from Osborne Park—thewest.com.au and PerthNow. The daily newspaper includes lift-outs including Play Magazine, The Guide, West Weekend, and Body and Soul. Thewest.com.au

330-609: The Seven Media Group in April 2011, West Australian Newspapers Holdings became Seven West Media , Australia's largest diversified media business. The West Australian traces its origins to The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , the first edition of which appeared on 5 January 1833. Owned and edited by Perth postmaster Charles Macfaull , it was originally a four-page weekly. It was, at first, published on Saturdays, but changed to Fridays in 1864. From 7 October 1864 it

363-466: The McGowan Labor Government up until 20 January 2022, when the decision was made to delay the reopening of interstate borders, locking Seven West Media Chairman Kerry Stokes , who was on an overseas trip, out of the state. Following this, the newspaper has been highly critical of McGowan's COVID-19 response. Formerly a conservative "daily paper of record", The West has adopted the style of

SECTION 10

#1732848069988

396-534: The editor of the Perth Gazette , Charles Macfaull , by the accusations of incompetence and impugned character printed in regard to a Captain Clark. A letter of apology was refused and the court awarded damages of £27 to the captain of the vessel. Macfaull maintained his reputation although his resources were significantly reduced by the verdict. In February 2005 former Australian Labor prime minister Bob Hawke labelled

429-430: The editor, Paul Armstrong, saying that "the board of West Australian Newspapers needs to sack the editor. It is personally driven by a particular individual". Armstrong responded by saying he "could not give a fat rat's arse" about Mr McGinty's comments and was then virulently attacked by premier Alan Carpenter , whose government the paper continued to denigrate until its defeat at the 2008 election . On 8 December 2014

462-698: The first stage reopening occurred in December 2013 with the remainder including a rooftop restaurant due towards the end of 2018. The West Australian The West Australian is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth , Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, The Sunday Times . It is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper in Australia, having been published since 1833. It tends to have conservative leanings, and has mostly supported

495-458: The life of the city and state for more than 50 years. Newspaper House was vacated in the mid-1980s for the ill-fated "Westralia Square" redevelopment which was completed in 2012 under the name Brookfield Place . The editorial staff was temporarily relocated in a nearby office building. Recognised as part of an important heritage precinct, Newspaper House was scheduled for preservation and refurbishment. In 1988, larger and more modern accommodation for

528-549: The newspaper suite in WA, and have since moved all of the community websites onto the PerthNow website. In June 2019, The West Australian began putting some of its website content behind a subscription paywall . In 1933, The West Australian moved to the purpose-built Newspaper House on St Georges Terrace in Perth. It included an office and publishing plant, and was a prominent landmark in

561-680: The newspaper's editorial endorsed the Australian Labor Party opposition, led by Mark McGowan , over the Liberal – National government led by Colin Barnett . The West Australian endorsed the Coalition at the 2019 Australian federal election , Labor in the 2021 state election , and the Coalition at the 2022 Australian federal election . During the COVID-19 pandemic , The West Australian supported

594-508: The paper "a disgrace to reasonable objective journalism". Academic Peter van Onselen substantiated this attack, identifying 10 pro-Opposition front-page headlines in the lead-up to the 2005 state election , but no pro-Government headlines. In May 2007, then attorney-general and health minister in the State Labor government, Jim McGinty , described the newspaper as "the nation's most inaccurate and dishonest newspaper". He went on to attack

627-508: The paper claimed "readership across print and online platforms" of 1.8 million per month (a daily average of less than 70,000). The West Australian recorded a significant fall of nearly 25% in profit in June 2016. A serious drop in circulation was also reported, with average weekday circulation down from 157,000 to 145,000, while the weekend edition averaged 241,000, down from 258,000. Cost-saving measures, such as staff redundancies, were attributed to

660-513: The paper's printing presses was commissioned in Osborne Park. In 1998, the editorial operations also moved to the Osborne Park complex. In the 1940s and later, the newspaper published more than twenty editions of Charles Gardner's West Australian wildflowers. At various stages in its history, the newspaper had a periodicals division that has published calendars, gardening books, and collections of historical photographs. In 1954, to celebrate

693-641: The paper. This ownership structure only survived for a few years until the collapse of Bond Corporation. A newly formed company, West Australian Newspapers Holdings , then purchased the paper from the receivers before being floated in an oversubscribed $ 185 million public offering. The company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange on 9 January 1992. A management fee of $ 217,000 and underwriting/brokers handling fee of $ 1.9 million were paid to companies associated with former short-term directors John Poynton and J. H. Nickson. After acquiring

SECTION 20

#1732848069988

726-493: The poor performance. In 2021, audited "cross-platform readership" of The West and The Sunday Times combined was 4.1 million per month. In February 2022, Seven West Media WA chief executive Maryna Fewster announced growth to 4.5 million per month boosted by (potentially duplicated) counts of hits on subsidiary websites including PerthNow , the video program Up Late , morning radio show The West Live , and sundry video packages launched on thewest.com.au. The West Australian

759-600: The prime minister. This was repeated the next year, on 28 May 2023. In the 1990s, a series of pictorial books from the photographic archives were produced: The first book published in Western Australia, Report of the Late Trial for Libel!!! Clarke versus MacFaul (Fremantle, 1835), by the future editor of the Swan River Guardian William Nairne Clark , concerned a libel case brought against

792-426: The property to Mr. James E. Hagan. In 1895 the building underwent a major reconstruction, with F. W. Welford taking over as proprietor. The hotel was subsequently acquired by Michael and Daniel Mulcahy who came to Western Australia to prospect for gold and enjoyed great success, going on to become prominent hotel proprietors and pastoralists. In 1902 they enlisted the architect Louis Pearce to prepare plans to rebuild

825-545: The rural railway system in the early 1900s facilitated wider circulation. In September 2015 the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission approved the acquisition of The Sunday Times , which would give Seven West Media a monopoly over major newspapers in the state. Finalisation of the deal, which includes the website PerthNow , was announced by The West Australian on 8 November 2016. In May 2019, SWM acquired Community Newspaper Group , adding 13 titles to

858-425: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title National Hotel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Hotel&oldid=1239995685 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

891-419: The top floor was destroyed by fire. In 1995, the owners commenced extensive restoration work with the facade and 1st floor balconies, in 2007 while closed and nearing completion of redevelopment work the building was again set on fire resulting in substantial damage. In 2009 the building was sold to Carnegies, an international hospitality chain. Since then the building has been the subject of restoration efforts;

924-527: The visit of Queen Elizabeth II , a souvenir program was produced. On 27 May 2022, as part the National Reconciliation Week , the paper under the title of Marawar Boodjara, published a special wraparound where the front cover was written bilingually in the local Indigenous language of the area, Noongar and English. This was helped by the newspaper's resident Noongar linguist, Alison Nannup. This received praised from many quarters including

957-422: Was 14 metres (45 ft), extending to 21 metres (70 ft) from the ground to the top of the dome, the flag pole being a further 6.4 metres (21 ft) high. Internally, there was to be a total of between 50 and 60 rooms with provisions of 4.0 metres (13 ft) ceilings on the ground floor to 3.7 metres (12 ft) ceilings on the other floors as well as spacious stairways and corridors. The basement contained

990-506: Was anticipated to cost between 7,000 and 8,000 pounds. By 1907, M. Byrne had taken over as proprietor of the hotel. Michael Mulcahy died in July 1917 and his brother, Daniel, died in June 1925 with the hotel remaining in the family ownership. By 1948 ownership had changed to Mr. T. Dean who also owned the Central Hotel in Perth. In 1953, the building underwent further changes, and in 1975

1023-459: Was known as The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Times and was published by Arthur Shenton, until 24 March 1871, after which the publisher was Joseph Mitchell, until 29 September 1871. The new publisher, M. Shenton, remained in place until 26 June 1874. when it was bought by a syndicate who renamed it The Western Australian Times and who in September 1874 increased production to two editions

National Hotel - Misplaced Pages Continue

1056-488: Was owned by the publicly listed company West Australian Newspapers from the 1920s. In 1969, the Melbourne based Herald & Weekly Times bought WAN and published the paper until 1987 when it was sold to Robert Holmes à Court 's Bell Group , when the remainder of H&WT was bought by Rupert Murdoch 's News Corporation . The following year Alan Bond , through Bond Corporation , gained control of Bell Group and hence

1089-515: Was then owned by John J. Higham , a local merchant and businessman. William Conroy became the first landlord of the National Hotel on 6 September 1886, but ceased this occupation less than a year later when at 12:45   am on 24 June 1887 he confronted Councillor John Snook in the Fremantle Town Hall . Conroy shot Snook in the jaw. Snook subsequently died three months later. Conroy was tried and hanged for his murder. In 1891 Higham sold

#987012