RIVERLEA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 October 1924, Page 6

RIVERLEA.

(From Our Own Correspondent). THE NEW HALL. Oil Friday evening, next a grand plain and fancy dress masquerade bail is to be held in the now completed nail, and from all accounts there, will be a bumper crowd present at the function. A strong ladies’ committee is busily making arrangements for the supper, which will be the first m the new supper-room, and this committee is determined that all the famous Kiverlea suppers of the past are to be completely put in the shade by that winch, will grace the board on Friday so that intending visitors may expect to see something super-special. Excellent music (Mrs Evans’s orchestra) has •n 1 . oa to a S' e d, and the suiendid floor will be iu tip-top . order by the time the members of the hall committee iiav r e finished with it. . & s dort description of the hall as >'t is now, compared with the old ball may not be amiss at this .juncture'. The ! } aS i - I *. Y as , con , sl - stec! °i ; the mam iiaU, u men liad a dancing space of 800 •quare leet, a very inconvenient kitchen > loll # :Ul< J narrow, with no conveniences for the workers whatever and bmp?** + 1 ' 1 • a "’ kward, y ia rge bricked boilm, taking up too much space. In qfi° nt \ V nnf ta ' o . small dressing rooms, Jtt. x 10ft in size, and a narrow 4ft passage between these leading into the mam hall. The hall, as /it is now, is a vast improvement in every way The dancing space has been increased by nearly 50 pe r cent, and now covers a space of a little under 1200 square feet bnll £"?+ T, supper-room is a small hall m itself being 39ft. long and loft ? nC ' VI 110 doubt o ' ftG n be used for small meetings, and as it has as good a floor as the mam hall itself, will po sThl y .A® ,' used . for small dances also. Ifie kitchen is a fine spacious room, it i X 1 • V with ample cupboard room, and piuvided with a sink for washing + p ’ u hilst a Hutchinson boiler with stfiwf ■? ra , "; ater has b€en installed, and will be much more convenient than the old one was. In h • o .S°°d dressing rooms, 15ft by iOtt., givmg plenty of space, and between is a roomy lobby, in fact the pntire size of the former men’s room, f °v a s u nall space where the riont door has been let in a little tV n , e c ° rner ? f , tbi? lobby is a ticket! seller s box with slide opening out to cnver°« Ut +i r ° bb - r ’ small verandah half main entrance. From the ball to the road the committee last wbfoh ai qi‘V ft - Wlde concrete path, Y- be , a S reat convenience in appioachmg the building, and will no > e ™ u cb a pprecmted. The building is lighted throughout by electricity, and a light has also been installed S entrance, outside which •p, 1 1 " bfc ,. the approach to the hall. Ihe building, which has been well painted, now presents an imposing appearance, and i s a decided improve--ment all round. The contract was earned out bv Mr \. C. Flack, of Hawera, and he is to be complimented on the wav he has carried out his job. When m a year or two the final touches are put to the mside of th e building, the Riverlea Hall will be equal to any country hall in the province, and perhaps in the Dominion, and a decided credit to district.