NEW SOLDIER'S HOSTEL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2819, 10 July 1916, Page 4

NEW SOLDIER'S HOSTEL

FOR MEN IN TRAINING

! tMA SECURE ENNMORE HOUSE

1 for some time past it has been felt in certain quarters that some kind of res'' tSe'ntial rcst-lioii.se was needed in Welling ton for the accommodation of those sole tiers who are either on leave or liavo dut ts to perform in town. Tlioro have beer i occasions when such men have foun d the utmost difficulty in securing lodgi if "s for the night. At certain timcß the J Vctels and City boardinghouses have had arrange shake-downs to take in the i won, and there have been occasions when . pe" khaki have actually slept out e ill night in railway trucks, having failed earlier -in the evening to make provis.-ft"? for 'the night. This stale of things '1 tas come under the notice of tho ever-w etl'chful Y.M.C.A., and, after dcliherat i<t>n, the association has made, definite plans that should mean additional comfoi ft. for the soldiers, who 'aro often put to . aj >solute inconvenience for want of a place <: "whereon to lay their heads" after a >'d«y or evening in town. Quito recently '.th 0 Y.W.C.A. entered into negotiations 1 to purchase outright that fine residenc 0 next to the Albert Hotel in Boiilcott i . Street known, as "Ennismnrs House." af different time? in the occupation of I h'S. Coliin.- ami Hislop, and more reeentfT xiHlised as a boardinjhouse. It is the'inta ">tion of the YAV.C.A. to use the bniidjl as th^ii- headquarters in Wellington (now in Fowlds's building in Manners wefA, but in view of th-* urgent need « f a hostel for men in training whilst the r nre "J }Vellington, that ciation ha' agreed to allow thi I.M.G.A. the use of \#e building for the purpose mentioned fV the term of the war, and forsixmo .#*>* after peace is concluded triint hnrii i£r teen arranged, the local committee the Y.M C.A." is losing no time in «ct tt the scheme goinp. lhe building is a ? present empty. It requires renovating c (ft lie alterations, and furnishing, and tier e. #*e nrqsDeets of the money for that pir rjH™ hemg forthcoming jn the near bi\ ,s anticipate! that tho : vrill l >° ready for occnpation a fortni;."# \ hence.. It is to be t 1»W the hands of a matron, with V suitable st-ff. II is only proposed that tl je men shall be accommodated with a Ij/J '• and breakfast, for winch thev will be'el' p rpe ( .immmnm rates, lv-t i<: is not antici that it" will pay its ° The \ <""'6 highly suitable in every way Th»i 1' are-some 'twenty rooms, and it i*'hoped ft>?t sleepins accommodation will be pr< wuled for «ome HI) men. each ill a separa Je- single '<et' or stretcher. The hall i= to \k converted .into n. spacious, well-linhte.U <«we and the sittingroom in front cs n be extended by means of folding doors - W to quite a hrce apartment. at the r»ar (I '"d of which it is proposed to establish U I \' lff(! t-. where soldiers mnv get a sna A"' w ''-en in need of it. Th"re is Hii'<le ba' % room npenmmorntion. and all the lwlvoc ft « are lipbt and airv. '.\l.\k-p all. tl>« nlae b. is central, and within viow of all t»a*« from IV corner of Manors' and Wi 11 VStreefs. The secretary (Mr. Vnrney)t Vf workm? hard on ih© scheme -pM«« h\ *: .. r , O 1S ?i< doubt that he end ft' s con Vil succeed in providinc »v. hiiicr-felt want.