BARONIAL HALL FOR PAUPERS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8847, 25 June 1907, Page 4

BARONIAL HALL FOR PAUPERS

r Having exposed the follies of Poplar Bumbledom to the world, London municipal reformers have turned their attention to Hammersmith, where the Board of Guardians have been indulging in amazing extravagance. At an inquiry which opened in Loudon the day before the last mail left, it was seated that the estimate for the new workhouse, as passed by the Local Government Board, was £196,750, but the final cost was £261,526. The housing ox the papuers cost £835 per haed, and the representative of the reformers naturally remarked that it was appalling to think of the number of hardworking Loudon families who were living in premises which cost much less than the amount expended on the space for each pauper in the palace at Hammersmith. For it certainly is a palace. It was described as equal, if not superior, to any,nobleman’s residence in the laud, and in some respects equal to the best London hotels. Electric lighting was installed on a perfectly unnecessary duplicate system. When alterations were made in the lighting of Buckingham Palace some years ago this system was rejected on the ground of expense, but it was not too expensive for the Hammersmith Guardians. Two-thirds of the outside lighting was not necessary, and inside the lamps averaged five per inmate. The eighteen electric standards erected in the street cost £ll a piece, whereas other local authorities pay £2 5s to, £.3 10s. The cooking apparatus cost £IBB7. Floors are tiled with mosaic, and walls have dadoes of the most expensive kind of encaustic art ware. This ware is seen even in the sculleries in the porters’ lodges. The dining-hall was described as almost baronial in style. “It is like a cathedral or a chapel - The light is softly diffused through stained glass windows. The roof is heavily moulded, and the whole apartment is equal, if not snpreior, to most of the dining-halls to he seen in the colleges at Oxford or in the public schools of the country. ’ ’ “Bread and palaces,” not “bread and games, ’ ’ seem to he the cry of thcE nglish loafer. “While riding across the bridge to Stratford,” tt ys Mr H. Crawford, of Cardiff, N.25.,’ “my horse, slipped, coming dow:>. on my leg and bruising it very badly. As soon as I got home I bathed the limb in very liot water, and then had Chamberlain’s Pain Balm thoroughly rubbed in. Have • always been a believer in this liniment and am so now, for in two days’ time the soreness had nearly disappeared, and within a week I was as fit as ever. ’ ’ For sale by T H. Bredin, Martou; and W. B Clark, Bulls. Our Wellington, or “Petone,” and Mosgiel Unshrinkable Flannels are the Best Goods of their class made m New Zealand. Our “Petone” Travelling Rugs . are just Perfect. We offer yon these goods at old prices. Flannels from 10)£d per yard. J. McEldowey, Marton, Hunterville, and Taihape.* Rhcumo has cured thousands of sufferers from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago. It will cure you, chemists* 8s