Oxford and Cust Observer PUBLISHED WEEKLY. SATURDAY, February 7, 1891.
Oxford Observer, Rōrahi 2, Putanga 74, 7 Huitanguru 1891, Page 2
Mō tēnei niupepa
Oxford and Cust Observer PUBLISHED WEEKLY. SATURDAY, February 7, 1891.
'"'The eager desire for infor-
mation- f«,nd its wide desemina;tfbn'is',one of the features of the pEesemt age; The multiplicity and often_high order of Australian "newspapers is the remark' 6f lj 'all visitors. Public
Li^-garies^in cv.cry, township r, mark o the care of the G-overn'•"' ment to' minister to. this important demands It is pleasant tb see*tyiie '^reading rooms of the larffe^ cities "'well, filled, and to j see Joy, th,e. last returns, that m';' .ci eas;ing-^numbers of books are 'iissu&ctVtO/ readers both m the
circulating and reference de-
departments.. The people cvi- und.erstand that knowi;^^i& 4^w^;''.' and though many of the; books read are for pastime, 'a' good- proportion ©^weightier volumes are perused and the. newspapers conned for other purposes than mere -aitiusement. We are glad that the attention'called by- us 'to the Oxford i! public Litisarjch as .borne good fruit. The almost total ne glee oii honorary ft aJifibj^Pianwis giving Bi ffini S^ v 't^H3|J;iotk of reoreranizationj and from what was ac^c^MedV thef amily, or wliich he is a member, m a rfco^n, v^e|ma;y> augur that activity and care which will s$ eeßiiyrßm&tate the rem^ant^fi^boDm^ (J In answer to the enquiry why interest has been lost m the Library and Eealing Eoom several considerations might be
alleged, but prpba|l«|| chief cause is the h out-of-the-way situation of J y he 'presei^lj^-A ing. It may "be geogra*phi^" cally central, but it is| undeniably out of the line ,of traffic,. It is asked very truely what lady m the evening _would travel down the dark and lonely road leading, from the Bank, m order to change- her book? What youth will takeitKeTEECEfT" mile journey from the v main;.. w road to read the paper Thi 1 fact is m either case -do 1 they. A position near tlftisTlßg/fi SK 10 one can deny w6 J ilS.^*nave*Che"* advantage. We.!if|iriler^n||J| several persons in|,th|i] >WB»| borhood of the sit|, l^'jJ*^EMk ventured to suggest^have mtimatedHheir^: pleasure to promde Colonial* and English Me^tepagers and reviews, and jptale that interest m it -^w^ch i^ needful to make the j^lac(4 an% attractive and useful Instit A . The question arises as^p|^fi building We fe'e^ sial^tM Trustees of the,pre sent tjrjbmijes will nnd a pleasure /apcrrtoi ministering to tie piibliS^Sh c by complying yfith |tk6^pS.^^ x requirements ol' thejrPife^C^]^^* far as the terms of will permit. /Perhaps^ i^fJS^S&lJj be wiser to eitlier!let or s^ll' t]b(e^| present erectioiii gt&erlfMlteS th,e site, than tojitte]^)t>iia®^i^t-« tlie building, 'Mt^&y l p-t l Jj M an^ needing paintin^^^^^*™ 1 It is said that a go.odipuildliig' J suitable for the purpose? mid** near the site we propSyselHme^DTi be obtained at^WeaM l^^ 16 price. In the event of Jhatnot being convenient or obtainable^ the Domain Board might con- sider whether and m what ts 'way T their Trust would 'p l ermit them to assist m the erection of such a Building on their property. But public opinion must ex-
press itself. The wisdom-, of^ centralising this Institution 1 is undeniably the first, step, to wards r success. We believe tlie inhabitants living near theppresent unused place would overlook their convenience m the interest of the -public and^ the usefulness of the Library.' Few things would be a happier sight m Oxford than a well lighted reading room with a goodly number of'readers,even- V ing by evening and not a few making use of the Library. If the public will take the matter, up m down right earnest all
difficulties will vanish; a site
will be forthcoming the funds
furnished and the peoples p^rk wiirhave its pro per adjunct, an excellent peoples .reading f rqpm...and .library. .V j
