A Poor Man's Hotel.
• The large common lodging-house ' which Lord Kowton is erecting nearVauxhall Station will be a unique institution. It will be completed by October, and is intended as a residence, permanent or otherwise, fos -' single men o{ the labouring classes, 450 of who'na can be. accommodated. Although the prices' will be much ifche sa'<ne as those prevailing in , similar institutions, the inmates will • '.enjoy advantages 'whiaii have hitherto been reserved' 'for ''superior places of * -lnesidence. The; beds are 'placed 1 in corridors, ea.<jh ,'iraan having ; his own cubicle," w,nicb \}s fitted, up liko . :the ; inside of a ship's cabin. Large baths and washing (roughs are in the immediate vicinity ,■ and : the' jvhole '*■ place is'wann^hyho^ water pipes. In addl Won to these comforts the inen|will have the privilege, of ; ad J mission to the large dining, reading and smol ring-rooms attached to the building, and can smoke a pipe or play a game, of skittjes. in. the; long prom^ade ot.nearjy 200ft .^hich ex.-; . .tends, at the ;rear of the •-■building.
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Manawatu Herald, 11 October 1892, Page 3
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171A Poor Man's Hotel. Manawatu Herald, 11 October 1892, Page 3
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