HOUSING A LIBRARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 19

HOUSING A LIBRARY.

Difficulty in Stratford. gift to technical school. <Bj Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) STRATFORD, this day. The library of 1200 volumes, valued local tli ! £ i°S' P resented the SJ, ICaI Soh ° ol b - v Mr. Harold XT ' cklnna n of the Board of r lolß ' Was acce Pted on behalf of St*£ ove ™ mmetn t by the Hon. R. A. S 'rru nist * r of Education, last tiixr -J library was the property JT ae r r ' T " mble ' s brother, who died in vain J atel . r - It contains some verv Valuable historical works. ~ ir - Wright, after speaking of Mr. :^T Je a c s a P ub!ic benefactor, stressed 0f " ochJ ter ature, and depiored the present-day tendency of many o 'read "two-penny halfpenny publica" Sl' + w ntainin? nothin S of Value and nttie that was amusing. -.J™? ] t? din P citizens were present, l_,, r ' Trimble was heartily cheered oy the gathering. The Board is faced with a difficulty n housing the library and a deputation _ , ...."^ ini? ter asked for a grant for building. It was pointed out that the Department was not svmpasa^c. ,e ' sa . T ' n g the building was unnecesThe Minister suggested that the board to raise some monev locally na then approach the Government. He s ed he could help them, but at present he was concentrating his efforts n an endeavour to improve the conations of many primary schools.