TRINITY HALL.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14668, 17 May 1913, Page 5

TRINITY HALL.

A CITY IMPROVEMENT. .Trinity Hall, an addition to Trinity Congregational Church, which has boon completed, adds another improvement to the city's architecture. This twostoried elevation, facing Manchostor .street, in keeping with the church, is built in grey irregular stonework with white stone facings, ar.d was designed by Mr G. A. J. Hart, architect, ard constructed by Messrs Graham and j Son at a .cost of £1500. The Main Hall which has an entrance lobby in Manchester street, will accommodate 200 people .apart from the platform. It j is finished in the same substantial stylo. ' as the exterior, and is (well heated a'j d lighted. At the rear there, is very complete kitchen aceo/nmexbtion. On the upper floor is siln.itcd the minister's vestry, 19ft by 19ft, church parlour and young men's room 23)t by 19ft. besides two olncs rooms with folding partitions. Tiie larger rooms have boon tastefully furnished, and arc well lighted, heated and well-venti-lated. ] Th.A dedication service took place : last Sunday afternoon, and the official ' opening was celebrated o:i Thursday by , a social, wlicn the buildup: was closely j packc-d. and.an interesting programme I carried out. . ' Addresses wore given Iby the Her. Marry Johvson (tho pastor) and tho Rev. "j. Sr-.r-.r'n:• on, and ; after supper tho building was thrown ! open for ini-ocrtinn. The secretary i (Mr W. Ijnll), in his rr-port. stni<vj I that, by the sale of t'.in old school

room they had boeu enabled to epen tho new buiNlirg free of debt, ard give the S'.inditv School and other organisations of the church every facility for carrying o:i their work in comfort. Durirg the evening two o!d pioneer/ of Congregationalism in Christehureii —Mr W. Widdow.son and Mr James Wnndhnin—recourted some of tiie early struggles of fifty years ago. when tussocks grew whero ihc church now stood, and both thesn veterans wished the Church Gcd speed in the extension work being carried on in this district