YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE FOR NORTH-EAST VALLEY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13876, 13 April 1907, Page 12

YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE FOR NORTH-EAST VALLEY.

with 'lie Biblo ;lm Of the North-East Valley Presbyterian ' huvcli arc anxious, if- nossiblo, to help t.1.0 social life of then- district. At nresent there is no- place whore .young men can meet each other in the evenings except c street, or the hotel. The members of rtic class desire to supply this lack, and to tins end are negotiating for the purchase of a section of_ ground on the Main road, nearly opposite the. Presbyterian Church. Un this thev propose, if adequate support 1)0. lorthcomine, to erect, a building to contain a small Ml holding, say, 100° persons, a room for reading and recreation and a su-iimnm;,' haili. The hali would be used for the regular meetings of the class on Sunday afternoons and also for conccrts and lectures on week evenings. The read-ing-room and bath would be open to t'no young men of the Valley under proper supervision, and on reasonable conditions. The members of the class are giving the proposal their enthusiastic support, and have already subscribed more than enough to pay the deposit necessary to secure the section. Many of tbom arc tradesmen, and arc prepared to givo timo and labour so ne to erect the buildins with the least outlov

They are also confident, thai many friends in the Valley and even in the city will'he prepared to assist a scheme which lias in Vfety'.tlie social welfare of tho people genera'.lv. ..Circulars .hare been prepared and v.'ill shortly he issued. Thereafter memof the class will wait upon friends to receive' any help they- may 'feet disposed to give. It is calculated that a sum oi £400. will l)e required to carry out tho undertaking in an efficient manner.