Pleasant Function Arranged by Police on Race Course The formal opening of the pavilion of the Police Recreation Club took place on Sunday on the Race Course under most auspicious circumstances, under the supervise fon of a committee composed of Messrs. Quayle, Gash, Mason, and Ward, hon, see. Captain BALM. Ba yet, Commissioner of Police, was present, as was a number of other officers and men of higher ranks.
The pavilion is much larger than in preceding years, and proved anple enough to accommodate the many police, their wives and famil~ fes, and visitors who attended the ceremony. Comfortable chairs, dress ing rooms and other facilities for the comfort of those taking part, enhanced the general scheme.
At the conclusion of the tennis tournament, Captain Barrett said that he felt highly gratified at the initiative of the police in providing the large pavilion. He welcomed the guests and hoped that in future, more visitors would enjoy a police hospitality, made possible through that greater comradeship in the Force, which was brought about through athletics. The present pavilion, was, according to the speaker, but an indication of the future "prosperity of the Polica Recreation Club, and he hoped th the time was not far off, when tha police would have a substantial Club building of their own to which they could invite their friends,
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