The Manawatu Hotel.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 7 March 1891, Page 2

The Manawatu Hotel.

+ The late proprietor, Mr T. P. Williams, made this hotel known as tho " house of call " for those interested in the flax drassing business in all grades, and the trade done was of a corresponding dimension with the growth of the flax industry. Mr Robert Cawston, who purchased the property at the beginning of December, determined that nothing on his part should be left undone to retain this trade and also to increase it, and with an eye to his customers comfort he has made considerable alterations and embellishments. The whole outsida has been painted, and this has naturally lightened up the building. The commercial room has been provided with an entrance, the bar counter having been cut shorter to allow of a passage from that room to the front of it. At one end of the bar a division has been erected, iu which SMts ftnft & table to phed, thus giv*

ing a private spot for a few friends to meet together and transact any little business. A further sliding door has been opened from the bar into the passage* The private sitting room at the end of of the bar has had the counter renloved dilt of it, arid is riow a large comfortable room. The billiard room has been new seated, and the cloth on the table turned, and presents as good a room for the game as there is in town. Upstair the chief sitting room is very comfortably furnished, and all the bedrooms are bright and clean, iron bedsteads being found throughout. We understand that 20 beds can easily be found. Outside an old building has been moved, and a nice kitchen garden laid out, now stocked with a supply of vegetables. A new piggery with boarded floor and fowl and duck houses have been built. There has been a deal of renovating done inside, in painting and papering which does not need particularising. We understand that the whole of the improvements are even now not yet made, but what we have described will show that Mr Cawston has endeavoured to meet his supporters,, and as we undei stand not without success.