CHRISTCHURCH PUBLIC LIBRARY

Evening Star, Issue 22528, 22 December 1936, Page 15

CHRISTCHURCH PUBLIC LIBRARY

MOVE TO TRANSFER CONTROL [Pee United Press Association.! CHRISTCHURCH, December 21. . The Public Library in Christchurch is controlled by the Canterbury College Council, which body has in recent years found its revenues insufficient to provide for the extensions necessary for the 'development of the library. Negotiations have been in progress recently for the City Council to take over the assets and administration of the library. Tonight the City Council, having been advised that the College Council was willing to transfer its assets and control, agreed to place £I,OOO on next year’s estimates as a subidy to the library, and to obtain a full report on the quetions involved in the transfer. The College Council has stipulated that it bo given representation on the body governing the library, and that the City Council erect a new wing for the reference section. The council’s subsidy carries a condition that £750 of the sum be used in equipping the, reference section. As legislation will be required before the transfer can be made, the City Council cannot at once take control, and a subsidy is being granted in the meantime.