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New A.I.F. Hostel In Jerusalem
A cable for £4000 has recently been sent by the Australian Comforts Fund, New South Wales Division, to the Chief Commissioner of the Middle East Comforts Fund, Lieut.-Col. Eugene Gorman.
The sum will make possible the establishment of a new leave hostel in Jerusalem, to be run in conjunction with the Australian Soldiers’ Club, already established there.
The new hostel will be conducted by a representative of the Y.M.C.A., and will be housed in a large building just inside the Jaffa gate.
The building was formerly a school conducted by the Greek Orthodox Church authorities.
When completed, the hostel will accommodate 100 men and will be unsurpassed by any other club of its kind in either Africa or Asia.
It will have a reading room, writing room, concert hall, milk bar, canteen, and stalls for the better class merchants to dispose their wares. Though meals will