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Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1928, Page 2

Tim effort to strongmen the attractions of the local museum room at the Public Library by the addition of further cr.rios and specimen exhibits of local or general interest, is a praiseworthy one. The museum room contains a considerable amount of interesting matter, and its attractions should bo better known. Parents might interest their children in what there is to see mid study there and so widen the general knowledge of the young folk. -More might well be known about the natural history of our own district, and in birds, fishes and minerals, quite an instructive display is made. There are also examples of the scenic attractions displayed, and these arc proving | of interest to visitors passing through the town. In that connection the building is becoming a more popular ronder.vous, and as it is being arranged to open the building on certain evenings of the week, the patronage should grow The museum room should I Ik; of great value in making more widely known the general resources I of the district. Folk come and go | with a. very imperfect knowledge of the district at times. The Mayor of Christchurch visited Greymouth lately, and he went back to his home city with very indifferent knowledge of the district as n whole. If the gentleman had visited Hokitika and spent an hour in the museum room, lie would by that brief sacrifice of time, have learnt more than he did in the days spent in the adjacent town. ]t therefore appears very necessary to add to the museum as much of local interest as possible so that visitors may he the more impressed with the potentialities, of the district. The committee has asked for gifts or the loan of curios of local or general interest, ami all specimens will he appreciated. It ftnm not matter about duplication, because surplus exhibits can be exchanged always with other museums, and so a general building up can be carried on. Native curios won hi be welcomed now that so much interest is being shown in the early native history. In the same way, samples of minerals and other deposits would he acceptable also. This is an instance where the community can help and all assistance along llie lines mentioned will be appreciated greatly by the local committee.