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 pan. to 4 p.m. Pacific collection of rare books, pictures, manuscripts and Maori lore; New Zealand history. Also old editions-of English literature. Botanical Gardens. Kelburn: Open dawn to dusk. Art Gallery: Temporary premises in D.I.C. Building. N.Z. Academy exhibition of paintings and water colours, etc., by New Zealand artists. Open Monday to Friday, If) a.m. to 5 p.m. (Friday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.) ; Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon.
Central Public Library. Mercer Street: Open 9.30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturdays. 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Closed Sundays. Extensive reference library, with separate commercial and technical department for engineering, business, trades, etc.: New Zealand and fine arts section. Lending and children's libraries. United States Informal ion Library, 7 Woodward Street. Open 10 a.m. Io 5 p.m. Monday'to Friday, inclusive, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Reference library about the United Slates, including _inforinnfion service and rending mom with American Government publications, books, .pamphlets and magazines. Zoo. Newtown Park: Open 9 a.m. to o p tn. Lions, tigers, monkeys, camels and deer; 1500 birds. Admission free to children under 15. Otari Open Air Plant Museum, one mite from Wadestown tram terminns. Open continuously. Typical New Zealand bush and native Plants under natural conditions; complete collection of plants native to New Zealand: burial ground of Dr. Cockayne, famous New Zealand botanist. Admission free.
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Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 25, 24 October 1944, Page 4
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