VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 254, 24 July 1944, Page 4

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Turnbull Library. Bowen Street (near Parliament Buildings) : Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon; Sunday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. .Pacific collection of‘rare bonks, pictures, manuscripts n»d Maori lore; New Zealand history. Also old editions of English literature. Botanical Gardens. Kelhurn; Open dawn to dusk. . . ■ Art Gallery: Temporary premises in D.LC. Building. Closed temporarily for rearrangement. . Central Public Library. Mercer Slice t. Open 9.30 a.m. to 9-30 p.m.; Sundays. - p.m. to 5 P-m. and ‘ P-m. to J P-m. Extensive reference library, with separate commercial ami technical department for engineering, business, trades, and so on. New Zealand and fine arts section. Lending and children’s libraries. _ Zoo. Newtown Park: Open 9 a.m. to •> p.m. Elephant rides, lions tigers, monkeys camels and deer; T-. 00 birds. Admission free to children under loOtari Open Air Plant Museum, one mile from Wadestown tram terminus: Open continuously. Typical New Zealand bush and native plants under natural conditions; very complete collection of plants native io New Zealand; burial ground of Dr. Cockayne, famous New Zealand botanist. Admission free.