SERVICE HOSTEL

Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 16, 16 August 1940, Page 7

SERVICE HOSTEL

'DM FORTS FOR TROOPS _—. Siiiv* < COMPLETE EQUIPMENT ft 'FINE AMENITY IN CITY 'olq? ' . ■ . x ' Two pillows and an iderdown. I lia. ’t think the boys will be able to iCl \ to sleep in beds like this,” exe. med a soldier who recently wanfitted into the Carrie Hostel for the I ting services and' surveyed the monitories with beds made ready for • ft official opening. “Are you going thpfr • have the sergeant-major to tuck have the sergeant-major to tuck S’n in?” he added, after struggling

/"think of a facility not provided. i |(J|iis' surprise was well justified, for hostel, which is in Poynton Ter- ;, off Pitt Street, has developed well be. proud. PP Numerous Donations. ’*'7 sub-committee of the MetropoliPatriotic Committee has received .’s of materials, labour, services " cash sufficient to equip the entire : el, except for crockery, . cutlery ■ /kitchenware, which is being bor- - ed for the time being, but of ih it is still hoped to secure doNlllons. Mr. H. J. Butcher, who made jyjj building available rent free, has ed a major part in securing gifts - equipping the hostel and has been giving articles, many of them totalunexpected. . ‘ ' he building is on steeply sloping M so that entry is from the top S’ although it is the two lower •s i' S w hi c h are being used as a hosSat. On the upper of these are three litories, with a total of 75 beds. - . ■ bed has a kapock mattress, B<ets ’ sheets, pillows and quilt, ■L. fs for hanging clothes and a woodbranabinet "for other belongings. The "i-itories are named Judson, Bas■f'; an d Crichton, after the three surg Auckland V.C.’s. ; firs! Luxurious < Lounge. so on this floor are an office, hot ‘ cold showers, wash basins, a room, where luggage can be st:, d, a room for the Manager, Maine! 4. Levin, another for the staff of ft" and a store room. . of re ct ie lower floor contains a large ?e which is most luxuriously ioa-'ished with upholstered chairs and 1•• ?es, fireside chairs, polished writtables and a ; piano. There are ra jr ric heaters along the walls and flit ions in profusion. ijoining this is a large dining \ i capable of seating 100. The jljj ien is provided with stoves, toastlet.!;l' ea and coffee urns and a multi- !' ty of other equipment. •’ ie management of the hostel has $ taken over by the Commercial fellers and Warehousemen’s As-1 l«, lotion, while the staff under Major l *'n will be provided by the old ers. The charge will be Is. a ; t for a bed and Is. for each meal.