THE TURNBULL LIBRARY
BUILDING TO BE BOUGHT,
As a sequel to the gift of the Turnbull library to the Crown, Cabinet has agreed to a recommendation of the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. G. W: Russell) that the big building (four stories, in brick) in which the books are now safely housed should be bought for the State.
The- codicil in the late Mr. Turnbull's will, in regard to the library bequest,,is dated Ist March, 1918. It provides for tho management of this national reference library on lines similar to those of the British Museum and .the. Mitchell Library, Sydney. No books are to-be-lent out;.duplicates are not to be sold nor exchanged. In addition, there are some fourteen cases of books stored in Wellington, which are to be included- in the library. . . ' , . ...
Another notable bejief action to tho publio by Mr. Turnbull was'inade two or threo years ago, when he gave his veryvaluable collection of specimens of Maori arts and crafts, now in the Dominion Museum. . ,
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 15, 17 July 1918, Page 8
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167THE TURNBULL LIBRARY Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 15, 17 July 1918, Page 8
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