The now Hall of the Temperance Society was opened on Thursday night, by an inaugural meeting which was largely attended, 'The Institution gives a habitation to the Society in the building known as No 21a Szechuen Road, where its meetin; will in future be held.' The principal object the Society had in view, however, in seas to provide a Temperance Club, for the entering and adapting their hew premises,
Denefit of resident menibers and of sailors on leave, for whom the want of such a place of resort has been much felt. The largest room on the ground floor forms a hall capable of accommodating some 250 people, which when notin use as " place of assembly becomes the dining room. At the upper end are placed the harmonium and piano, employed at the soirees of the Society, and on the opposite side stands a bagatelle table, and the bar where innocent beverages are_ served. An adjoining smaller room is fitted up asa reading-room, and provided with books, chessboards, a billiard table, a writing desk, &c., and upstairs is a double dormie tory, plainly but sufficiently furnished, and' containing twelve beds. The establishment is carried on under a European Superintendent, resident on the premises, and the means' of recreation, meals, and sleeping accommodation, are' provided at
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