Rabaul's New Club Building
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Rabaul’S New Club
BUILDING From Our Own Correspondent RABAUL, Dec. 10.
A NOTHER worthy addition to the new buildings in Rabaul is the new New Guinea Club building, which is nearing completion by the contractors, Messrs.
Bay Loo Company.
The exterior appearance is most impressive. An elaborate porte cochere leads into a spacious, well-ventilated lounge.
Through an archway is a small readingroom specially lighted. The dining-room will seat about 60. The visitors’ room has an unusual decorative scheme, in the form of a frieze of pastel shades. The kitchen, which is a model of cleanliness, has the most modern labour-saving devices. The bar is perhaps the most picturesque room in the building; it is finished in brownstained panelling, with a frieze motif of autumn tints, and the bar itself consists of inlaid local timbers.
The club is fitted with every modern