SUBSIDIES FOR LIBRARIES

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25552, 21 July 1948, Page 3

SUBSIDIES FOR LIBRARIES

INCREASE POSSIBLE The City Council was aware of the bed for a change in the subsidies to suburban libraries and hoped to be able to give them a little more money the future, said the Mayor (Mr E. H. Andrews), who presided at the annual meeting, of the St. Albans Public Library last evening. However, because of the considerable expense involved in taking over the public library the finance committee had conrsd inadvisable to make any ~¥. n -g e in the subsidies at present, he The council did not advocate a in the present system of local control of libraries. if C- D ’ w - L - Sheppard said that new year the council hoped to wk the co-operation of the suburban z;, r^[ les ,.in hammering out a policy i°r the libraries of Christchurch. . of the free library sysiSh « as ex P re ssed by Mr F. H. **Pnoff (representing the Opawa LibWho said that the St. Albans r Dr ®ry had given wonderful service or 81 years under the voluntary •ystem.

of appreciation of Mr uephoff s work on behalf of the sub•uoan libraries was passed. , coun 9l was willing to pay the har- ° r « s P r^ce f° r the house at the 0 , the library, said Mr Andrews, hoped that the building would ent-- e u to the library, giving it an Vance on Caledonian road, but the , w hich was considered reasonj.!® \ “ad still to be accepted by the «nd Sales Court. There were at present 989 subto the library, including 55 S plS iates - sa id the president (Mrs to/o^ nSep) - Last y ear 51 690 books ? wb6 magazines had been issued, tac 5 e< ht balance of more than £220 Tha hy the balance-sheet, following officers were elected: toJii!’ rs M. F Prinsep; viceMrs D. Bashford; honorary AnH*? residents ’ th e Mayor (Mr E. H. Cl3r’A Ws) A Messrs L. G Amos, J. N. C- D. W. L. Sheppard, and G p c- ary McLean: auditors, Messrs L pnA mon and R- Smith; typist, Miss €r ’ honorary secretary and IfeS'h?’ Allenton; committee. ?. F F - and E I. Rowberry. D M f E. Sey. A. A. Lockwood. I. Henderson. M. F. Jfil’siur A <r Gagliardi. E. Moody. G. Ben Noakes. B. Prescott. E. M. C r a J£ sse ? M - p - Sevmour, L. Potter. F. Buri?’ 15' Bower M. Ormandy, and KFnri ei £h- a nd Messrs W. Earwaker, Wd p £ Ford. A. Harper. S. G. SeaJ. TaUL H T Smith. G. Smith. B. Coira, - tor, L. Housten. and J. Gagliardi.