SOLDIERS’HALL & SOCIAL CLUB.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1924, Page 2

SOLDIERS’HALL & SOCIAL CLUB.

Tim completion of the Soldiers’ Hull ami .Social l luo ill Seweti si. is generally desired b.v the memU'is of lt.fi.A. In connection with the campaign io raise I mins lor Hie object in \ lew, a monster tiazaar is to open m the Soldiers’ Hail on i iicsuny next, ami will he continued over tlie billowing nights, iiii-iiniing -pceial afternoons lor toe lames on U eiine-day anil lliui’silav next.

i ue completion of the building is a worn ol some magnitude. me frontportion awaiting erection will have n i rout age to Sewed St., in line with the Government Building, ol 48 loot; it wnl lit* a concrete front of ornamental cnaracU-r. ill keeping with the adjoining Government nuiiiling. There are to he six rooms on the club-room portion of tlie building. These will include a cliin room Istit. x Jolt., billiard room 30ft. x 241 t, card room loti, x I Git., library and writing room Isn. x Li,.1., ladies' cloak room 15ft x lMt., and gen’s cloak room 10[t. x I—ll. 11l addition there will lie a mam passage way entrance 711. wide, and a side entrance (at the front of the present ball) live feet wide. The whine will supply a very complete and handsome suite of clufi-rooms, while the cloak rooms and side entrance will be a special acquisition to the hall in connection with private parties, dances, halls or other social gatherings. The cost involved in the scheme is about .18110**. and the intention is to proceed piece-' meal with the building as tlie funds accrue, erecting the three rear roams for it, so os to provide urgently necessary eunvc-ilieiK cs to the hall now ill general line.-

The Soldiers' Hall itself is very popular with the public, A special floor tor dancing was put in when the building won moved to ic> present site, oml is being kept in first class order. Votorics enjoying dancing describe it as the finest floor of it* kind in the district. When the front dressing rooms are provided, the rear anteroom will he used for storage and as a smoking room between dances. At present the annexe or portion ol the supper room lias to lie used lor storage

purposes. Tut- building scheme when carried into final effect will ensure a veiv line ball and chib room lor the town. In order to’make the Club room portion more generally useful, it isprnp »ed to admit honorary or associate members to the < bib. drawn from the civilian ranks. There is the need for such a place of regulated rendezvous here - , and’ the • room* should lv.- a popular meeting place at nights. I lie public in .supporting, the Imiloing project will be helping, therefore, to provide the town with a very useful general meeting place, which would he. Horn its central position, a-most useful centre for all the local sporting bodies, and the rental from this source wXoiJ Ik- very useful towards the general upkeep. ■