THE TURNBULL LIBRARY.
MOST VALUABLE COLLECTION ' ADVANTAGE TO STUDENTS. .'.«~ v ; • . , [BY ; TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ; ' : WELLINGTON. Sunday. | ..-■'.. "The wonder is," said the s Minister for '- Internal Affairs, 'Hon. B. F. Bollard, yesterday, in referring to '. the ; Govern- ' ; ment, libraries, '.'that such valuable . insti-; } tutions are not more used by students, t In the Turnbull U Library— -■ munifi- ■■-. ; cent bequest to the i State, there is something' of interest to everybody and any ■ •.:■.■ .person'-interested legitimately is wel- ; comed. My advice is that all lovers ' of art and literature "should ' visit the - library. , It. is ; kept, in beautiful order - . and it is possible for anybody to handle -r' and peruse in cosy, conditions its most : ; rare book.' There are , several volumes „; ; on the shelves whose price in Britain today runs : into four figures;" ■"'., v. .- ' The visitors' book shows . that a large * number of the ■ members of. ; the crews of the, Japanese : " warships ; took the greatest interest * ; in the collection. . ' - " : ■ ■ - - •- .- .- - ■ - - .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18706, 12 May 1924, Page 8
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