VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 104, 27 January 1945, Page 6

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Kiddiford Baths, Lower Hutt: N.Z. Swimming Championships, Saturday. Monday, Tuesday, at 8 p.m. ’Carnival: Lower Hutt Recreation Ground, under the auspices of the Hutt Valley R.S.A. Attractions include the R.N.Z.A.F. Band, merry-go-rounds, speedways, and side-shows. 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, manuscripts and Maori lore; New Zealand literature. Botanical Gardens, Kelburn: Open dawn to dusk. Art Gallery: Temporary premises In D. 1.0. Building. Closed for rearrangement. Central Public Library, Mercer Street: Open 9.30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturdays 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. 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 Information 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 •1,30 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, famous New Zealand botanist.