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\t last nighfs meeting of the City Council, Mr. P. M. Maekay moved: -'That a special committee bo appointed to consider and report upon the question of the establishment of a branch public library to serve the needs of the citizens in the" Newton, Upper Symonds-street, Grafton and adjacent districts, and to report upon the most suitable site for the purpose in a position central and convenient to all parts of tbe district, and that such committee consist of Councillors Entrican, Smeeton, and the mover." lAn opportunity, he considered, should be j afforded to everyone to read good books by a multiplicity of libraries, with game rooms and gymnasiums attached. Mr. Parr seconded. There was some justification for this library, he thought, in the success o£ the Leys Institute. The resolution was unanimously carried. When passing here just turn your head and look at our tie display. It will cost you nothing, and might pay you well.— Geo. Fowlda.—(Ad.) Overcoats, mackintoshes and oilskins, men's and boy's, all at sale prices. Rushbrook and Bridgman. Just above the Grejr Status— (Ad.j,

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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 170, 17 July 1908, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 170, 17 July 1908, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 170, 17 July 1908, Page 6