The Mangatera Hotel.

Bush Advocate, Volume V, Issue 372, 27 September 1890, Page 2

The Mangatera Hotel.

The opening of the above hotel took place on Thursday as advertised, a very large number of people attending to wish the host, Mr Poulsen, success in his new venture. It is a very hard matter to give the exact number present, but as near as could be estimated the total would be about one hundred and fifty. The Danevirke Brass Band attended and gave a number of pieces outside of the building prior to the commencement of tho fun inside. The building is a substan- ; tial 11-roomed house, and is a credit ! to the owner and to the builders. Tho . bar is spacious and well situated, the shelves being nicely placed, thus helping to give a finishing touch to the arrangements. Proceeding down the hall on tho right of the building two nico double bedrooms are situated, both being largo and airy and papered with an exceptionally neat paper, aud the floor laid with oilcloth. On the opposite side of the hall aro two. single bedrooms, both of which are large and suitably furnished. Adjoining tho bar is the bar parlor, which, to all appearances, is ample to meet the requirements of the house. Opposite the bar parlor is a very comfortable private parlor and bedroom. Adjoining tho bar is the commercial room, a nice large apartment. Proceeding along tho hall to the left of the bar the first room . is the dining room, which is both nicely situated and. quito largo enough to meet the requirements of the. place for a very long timo to come. Tho kitchen which adjoins it is a goodsized room, and is furnished with a really splendid range. The whole house, halls and rooms, as dadoed with alternate boards of white pine and rimu, and being nicely varnished gives a very cheerful appearance round about. Thero ■is a roomy stable at the back of the hotel, this completing the accomodation, for man and beast. Tho buildings, taken as a whole, refloot great credit on the builders, Messrs Illingworth. and Johnson, and the painting, which was entrusted to Mr G. Abraham, of Waipawa, does credit to him, the work having been carried out in a truly workmanlike stylo. About eight o'olook the dinner was announced as ready, and a largo number of gentlemen sat down to a really first-class meal, and fr®m that time out the waiters and waitresses, four in number, were kept busily employed until about 11 o'clock, the host's health having been drank in bumpers several times, with tho usual song, "For he's a jolly good fellow." After tho dinner was finished, tlio table was removed from the diningroom, and preparations were at q-qog made for dancing, which was kept up with great spirit till the small hours, a very enjoyable evening being spent by all present. Thoso not engaged in dancing occupied another room, where songs, otc, wero tho qrder of the night. Evorything passed oil" very quietly, not a single row having occurred, so that Mr Poulson may havo been said to have started on his journey very pleasantly, having bad a capital " houso warming."