6. The premises first obtained were at the corner of
Queen's Building in the premises formerly occupied by the
Banque Franco Chinoise. Later the City Hall Committee
granted accommodation in the City Hall and from that date
until the City Hall was condemned as unsafe, facilities
for dancing, writing, whist drives and other amusements
were carried on under the name of the Cheero Club and proved
of the greatest service in providing recreation of the
above description for members of His Majesty's Forces.
7. On the closing of the City Hall the Club fell into
abeyance for lack of accommodation and in the Autumn of
1933 an appeal was made for sufficient funds to enable new
premises to be erected to carry on the Work so successfully
inaugurated by the Old Cheero Club under the Auspices of
the Young Men's Christian Association.
8. The appeal was successful in raising over $41,000
which was sufficient to pay for the erection and furnishing
of a building on a site which had been granted by Government
at the corner of Murray Parade Ground which had been handed
back to Government by the Secretary of State for War on the
understanding that it was to be used for the benefit of men
of His Majesty's Forces and such land is now vested in the
Young Men's Christian Association.
9. As a result of meetings between representatives of the
Young Men's Christian Association and of Subscribers to the
former fund and members of the/Ladies' Advisory Committee it was
decided that the premises should be used by the Cheero Club
and that it was for the benefit of that Club that the Club
should be incorporated under an Ordinance so as to give it
perpetual succession.
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10. The Ordinance, which was introduced and passed as a
Private Bill, follows generally the lines of other Incorporation
Ordinances of the same kind.
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In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency