WELLINGTON'S MUSEUM.
VALUABLE COLLECTIONS:
NEW TEMPORARY HOME. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ." % WELLINGTON. Thursday. The Government has decided, pending 'v. the settlement of the question of provid-" -X ing Wellington with a new museum build- -c: ing, to house certain of the valuable Maori collections, as well as other ethno- ;•!• logical collections and war pictures, ir\n ; A roomy, fireproof accommodation obtained ■ in the Dominion Farmers' Institute building. One large floor of the building haaHibeen secured, with a provision with the-"•f caretaker that this temporary museum} A r will be open to the public. The Minister for Internal Affairs, the Hon. E. IF. - Bollard, states that he recognises that some of the old-time and priceless relics,£;§ housed in the present worm-infested struc-' .:■ ture, could not ever be replaced should they be destroyed by fire, and- he hopes, as times grow brighter, that a new building, worthy of the Dominion, will be. erected. -.■■ ' ' ''-^tfMm
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18552, 9 November 1923, Page 8
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