Meantime the new ball-room of the Mount Austin Hotel is to be opened on Monday evening by a ball to be given by the boarders at that Hotel. The room is really a fine one, being 75 feet by 36 feet, exclusive of the verandahs. Probably this will be the first and last time it will be used for the purpose. It will doubtless serve for a hospital when the military take it over.
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