Middleton’s Hotel.

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 72, 12 March 1895, Page 2

Middleton’s Hotel.

This popular hotel, with the travelling public and settlers in the distriotj has undergone extensive improvements since Mr and Mrs Kennedy have assumed the proprietorship, and it now stands unrivalled on the coast for comfort and convenience. In the upstairs portion all the bedrooms have been renovated, and the sitting-room has been refurnished, a grand piano being added to its attractions. On the .ground floor the commercial-room has been refurnished with a suite of elegant design and, richly upholstered in brown leather. There is also a piano in this room for the ' amusement of the public. Ail the rooms and halls on this flat have been laid anew with linoleum. No expense has been spared to make the billiard-room complete and comfortable. The old cushions which were perished have been removed and replaced by new patent ones and it is now one of the fastest tables in the colony, and highly praised by the knights of the, green cloth. A number of new cues have been procured as well as a new full sized set of balls. The room has been repapered and varnished and the ceiling painted in distemper. The table is excellently lighted and a lavatory is also provided in the room. Mrs Kennedy has furnished a pretty little drawing room for her own private use adjoining the dining room, and here as elsewhere throughout the house she has samples of her own work as an artist, which are worthy of a place in any collection. The dining-room has also been refitted throughout and decorated with some very handsome pictures. The painting, paperhanging and decorating were entrusted to Mr J. Eatock, and are a first-class testimonial to his ability, taste, and workmanship. Since assuming possession of the hotel both Mr and Mrs Kennedy have become deservedly very popular, and leave no stone unturned to provide for the comfort and convenience of visitors. Were all _ hotels conducted on the same strict lines as this there would be less complaint against the hotel business, but like in many other lines the innocent arc classed with the guilty by opponents of the trade. On sale days special provision is made for visitors, when dinner is served at the moderate charge of one shilling.