AKAROA’S NEW HOTEL

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1019, 9 July 1930, Page 6

AKAROA’S NEW HOTEL

TO CATER FOR TOURISTS NURSERIES INCLUDED Akaroa, the delightful little Anglo-French village which is within such easy reach of Christchurch, is to be enriched by the erection of a fine new hotel that is to cater for the rapidly increasing tourist traffic. The hotel will be individual in style, luxuriously appointed and thoroughly up-to-date iu every -way. The building will be constructed of reinforced concrete, column, girder, beam and slab principle, having hollow tile partitions and brick curtain walls. The external finish will be of cement tinted in terra-cotta, buff and yellow. Ceilings and walls throughout the building will be of insulated plaster.

The lounges, dining-room, foyer and hall, are to be of rough texture finish in travertine and similar style, with enrichments of bronze finish. All timber finishings are rimu, mahogany

stained and polished. The furnishings will be iu colours to harmonise with the various settings, and will be of tlie most modern design. This applies to floorings, carpets and curtains. The bedrooms will be equipped in accordance with the most modern standards of comfort, and will be finished in flat colours such as sea green, pale blue, fawn, ivory, old ivory and coral, with fittings to tone in flat enamel. Each bedroom will have a built-in dressing-table fitting, lavatory basin and telephone. Ample bath and lavatory accommodation is provided on each floor for both sexes. Special provision is made for women travelling with young children, in the form of a nursery opening on to a sun balcony. This nursery will have a suitable number of cots and cubicles, and will have a qualified nurse in attendance. A shop opening off the hall will enable guests to purchase cigarettes, papers aud toilet requisites, and a hairdressing saloon and postal facilities will be provided. Central heating will be installed throughout the building, and hot water will be obtainable at all times at every bedroom basin. The lighting installed throughout the building and grounds will be modern and efficient, with attractive fittings. The kitchen arrangements will be thoroughly efficient, and according to the most modern principles, and refrigerator store and laundry will be in the building. Garage accommodation for approximately 20 cars is incorporated in the layout. Every possible provision is made, in the form of balconies and piazzas with French aud sliding doors, to ensure the maximum of sunshine reaching the bedrooms, lounges and dining-room. Afternoon tea may be served on the large balcony area above the dining-room and lounge. The flat roof of the main building will be put to good use as an open-air skating rink and promenade garden. From the sports side, there is plenty of variety, as the devotees of tennis, bowls, croquet, golf, dancing, swimming, yachting and outboard motor racing are all catered for. Every known facility is provided to allow of ideal administration. The placing of entrances and kitchen arrangements guard against any inconvenience to guests. After rugs have been cleaned and relaid they are often found to be faded, while they still retain their weight and nap. The colour can easily be restored by using a good dye, applying it to the figures with a small, stiff paint brush. Lay the rug flat on the floor, and while the dye is hot go over each figure very carefully, applying one colour at a time. Only the most prominent colours need be retouched to give the rug a fresh appearance. The same treatment is very satisfactory in carrying out a one-colour scheme on faded Brussels or velvet nile carpets.