VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 41, 11 November 1944, Page 6

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Basin Reserve. — 10 a.m.: Secondary schools’ athletic championships. Track and field events. 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 books, pictures, manuscrips 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. Closing today at noon. ~, , Central Public Library, Mercer Street: Open 0.30 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Saturdays 0.30 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 aud fine arts section. Lending and children's libraries. United Stats Information Library, £ Woodward Street. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Reference library about the United States, including information service and reading room with American Government publications, books, pamphlets and magazines. Zoo, Newtown Park: Open 9 a.m. to a p.m. Lions, tigers, monkeys, camels and deer; 1500 birds. Admisison free to children under 15. Otari Open Air Plant Museum, one mile from Wadestown tram terminus. Open continuously. Typical New Zealand bush and native plants under nalural conditions; complete collection of plants native Io New Zealand; burial ground of Dr. Coekayne. famous New Zealand botanist. Admission. free.