EARLY HISTORY RECORDS.
POOR RESPONSE IN WELLINGTON. The response to the appeal for materials in regard to the early history of New Zealand had not been encouraging, reported tho Director of the Dominion Museum in Wellington at a mooting of the Science and Arts Board. He feared that little could be hoped for until a suitable building for the display of historical matter was available. The material obtained so far, ho fitnted, includes newspapers, maps, portraits, photographs, and letters. Pel 1 - Jiaps the most valuable were tho blocks used in printing the stamps for the Great Barrier Pigeon Service, established in 1897, and two Maori letters dated 1837. An encouraging sign of a renewed in. terest, -however, was the formation of an historical section of the Wellington Philosophical Society; and the magnificent beguest to the naition of the Turnbul] library should ffo far to, stimulate this interest. II was desirable that the archives now in possession of tho Government should be made accessible to students as soon as possible.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17110, 15 March 1919, Page 10
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