EASTER-TIDE AT THE SOLDIERS' CLUB
BUSY DAYS AND NIGHTS.
Eastertide at the Soldiers' Club in Sydney Street involved busy days and nights for those who sacrificed their hwiday leisure for the sake of tho soldiers, thousands of whom found occasion and reason to feel grateful for the existence of the institution. On Good i'riday the luncheon arrangements were m the hands of Mrs. Salmond, and a great, many men~ including the French Uilomals from Tahiti, who are at present in training preparatory to leaving *°, r ' -France, visited the club. J. he Good , Friday evening tea was m charge of Mrs. Coleridge, and,again there was ,a big crowd. During the evening a flashlight photograph Oi the scene was taken! . On Saturday afternoon tho Boys' Drum and Fife Band 'from Auckland enlivened the proceedings at the club, flnd their tuneful martial airs were most inspiring. The boys were; afterwards entertained.. •. Saturday ovening was a. most strenuous ordeal for the ladies Mrs. 0." Earle .and party—who had undertaken to entertain the men. lea was dispensed continuously from 4.30 pm. till 11 p.m. A jolly dance was held m the "Gym," amongst thoso present being the President (Mrs. Massey), and tho Mayoress (Mrs. Luke)! r 4.i - was a very popular event. In tho mam hall a miscellaneous entertainment of musical items was carried out by the men, Miss Putnam playing the accompaniments. Mr. Foster was in chargo of the men's coats, and at one stage he had no less than 300 in his charge/
Mrs. Massey arranged the hmcli for bnnday,; while Mrs. Wilson (of Taumarunui) took the afternoon and evening. Tho club was crowded all'day. and was especially. so in the evening when Miss Massey:took' charge of tho coats. ~. soldiers' Club has now become an intimate part and'parcel of the big training camps.. :It- is the men's City rendezvous, i a hostel whose doors are always open, and wbere'tliey are always sure or a welcome. But it costs money to run, for rent has to ba paid, and there are various running expenses which tot up as the weeks go by. Donations are always welcome, the most acceptable being, of course,' goods which lielp m the provisioning of tho lunclies and teas, such as pastes, tea, suo*ar and,so on, and it is here that the business community can lend a friendly band for the sake of the boys.
n\\ Rowland, the Public Sc-rvico Optician and Jeweller, has been appointed spectacle maker to the Wellington Hospital. .Further; the firm . offers IS per cent, discount to soldiers and their friends when purchasing for them. See Howland s Cret-ricb-qiiick Sale," 90 Maimers btreex.—Advt. .•
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 6
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437EASTER-TIDE AT THE SOLDIERS' CLUB Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 6
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