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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17590, 20 October 1922, Page 10

The librarian of the Canterbury Public liibraiy states tiiat September was a very successful month in all departments of the i Public Library, and the very large number of books issued out demonstrates the continued, popularity of the' ins&ttition. Eighty-eigtit new members were enrolled ' during the month. The volumes issued from the lending library numbered 18,026, compared with 1'?,049 for September last year. . The. reference libraiy was frequented by a large number of people daily, and. 6674 works were consulted, this being 1190 more t&iui the number used during September, 11921. To acquire and organise, for the business man's .use, the books; periodicals,, commercial and technical publications which will helj> him to be up4o-date in Ids "information is what .the library is trying to do, and it is gratifying to findbusiness men' daily making use of the reading matter that is gradually being collected in the public reference library. The .juvenile library, also shows an increase in' the number of books issued out; the total being 1656 volumes against 1540 for the samemonth last year. Altogether 279 new books were added to the stock during the past month, 218 for circulating, 82 for reference, and 29 for the juvenile. v Referring to the question jrf venereal disease in his opening address to the Auckland Anglican Synod, Bishop 'Averill said that the attention which the Government was giving to the question would, he hoped, result ia some drastic action. The evidence of experts on the- subject revealed a serious stata y of affairs in Auckland, both from the moral and physical point of view, and & eerious danger to many innocent women and children. Some of the remedies ■ suggested .could be supported whole-heartedly by the Church, but so-called which were simply inducement to sin with, comparative freedom from harmful results, could only violate the Christian conscience. No doubt the State coulddo much by legislative enactment to minimise the evil, but prevention was better than cure,-and the question : could only really be tackled from the j religious standpoint backed by a healthy public opinion. '