THE ANZAC LOUNGE, Palmerston North.

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 146, 21 June 1916, Page 16

THE ANZAC LOUNGE, Palmerston North.

In various cities of New Zealand lounge bars are being brought right up-to-date,1 and are being conducted on approved American lines. Palmerston hes for some time felt the need of a really first-class lounge, and the public will be pleased to learn that this want is now filled by Mr. J. Madden, who lias opened the Anzac Lounge on Main-street west, near the railway station. A most up-to-date iceless soda fountain has been installed, a feature of which is that no ice. enters the soda water, the water simply passing between ths ice. The service will be strictly sanitary, a'patent attachment allowing of not moi'O than one drinking glass being washed _in the same water. In the preparation of drinks and flavourings, only pure fruits will .be prepared, without the use of powders or substitutes. A special apparatus has also been installed for the preparation of soups, beef-tea, etc. Dainty afternoon tea will be a specialty. An idea ,of the extensive range-of the business may be gathered from a perusal of the menu; it is more comprehensive than usually issued by the best City lounges. The interior has been tastefully decorated, and everything presents a delightfully fresh and bright appearance. Adjoining the main lounge is a beautifully fitted-up room for ladies and their escorts. ,- The. furniture is of American fumed oak, supplied by Chas. Giorgi and Co., and everything is in good taste, and admirably arranged *ior the class of business it is intended to conduct. The name chosen for the lounge is a particularly appropriate) one, and the lounge will certainly prove a great convenience to visitors to Palmerston North and the public generally. Remember to visit Maddens Anzac Lounge.

The above photo represents the handsome new building that is just about completed at Shannon to take the place of the hotel destroyed by fire some time ago. The new Albion, which can be described as the most up-to-date country hotel in the Dominion, will be open for the reception of visitors in the course of the next week or ten days. The new bar is already open. .... Jlr. Wm; McKegg, who so successfully conducted the Central Hotel at Otaki -for some seven - years, has purchased the freehold outright, and with his experience and popularity the new Albion Hotel will undoubtedly be extensively patronised by the commercial trade and visitors to Shannon. Some idea of the interior of this fine house may be gauged from the fact that the building has just on seven thousand square feet of floor space. The top story consists of about twenty bedrooms, two sitting rooms, several bathrooms (hot and cold water), lavatories, etc., all supplied from an excellent high pressure water service gained by. a neyer'-ending artesian bore put down near the hotel. The ground floor comprises' a large circular bar, a beautifully furnished dining-room, a commercial and a writing room, private sitting-room, office, and neatly fitted bar parlour, storeroom,' kitchen, servery, scullery, etc. The private entrance is tiled, and a spacious stairway leads therefrom to the top floor. The Albion is lighted throughout with electric light generated from a plant specially installed by Mr. McKegg, the owner, and a feature of the house is the fact that the living portion is entirely shut off from the bar. The hotel_ was designed by L. G. West and Son, architects, of Palmerston North, and furnished throughout by Veitch and Allan, of "Wellington.