The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Club Hotel
Club Hotel (D. H. Johnston, proprietor), Martinborough. Telegraphic address, “Club, Martinborough.” Bankers, Bank of Australasia, Featherston. The “Club” was established in 1891 by Mr. Robert Buckeridge, and came into the hands of the present proprietor in 1893. It is a fine, large, well-constructed and well-lighted hotel, containing twenty bodrooms, and the customary complement of parlours, commercial-rooms, dining-rooms, billiard-rooms, etc. The yards of the hotel are also very extensive, and contain splendid stabling accommodation. The proprietor, Mr. Johnston, is well liked in the district, and his house altogether is an exceedingly popular one.