VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 91, 13 January 1945, Page 6

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Newtown Park: Christmas and New Year carnival, organized by Wellington

R.S.A., finishes tonight. Turnbull Library, Bowen Street (near Parliament Buildings) : Open 9 a.m. to 5 pm.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to' noon; Sunday' 2 p.m. 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, Kelbui-n: Open dawn to dusk. Art Gallery: Temporary premises in D.I.C. Building. Closed for rearrangement till January IL Central Public Library, Mercer Street: Open 9.30 a.m. (o S p.m.; Saturdays, 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Extensive reference library, with separate commercial aud technical department for engineering, business, trades, etc.; New Zealand and fine arts section. Lending and chilldren’s libraries. „ United States Iniorniation Library, 7 Woodward Street. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 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 4.30 p.m.. Sundays 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Lions, tigers, monkeys, camels and deer; 1500 birds. Admission 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 natural conditions’, complete collection of plants native to New Zealand; burial ground of Dr. Cockayne..