CHURCH LIBRARY.
VALUABLE ONEHUNGA GIFT. A library of carefully-selected essays, poetical words, standard histories, biographies and books of philosophy, science, travel and fiction, presented to the Onehunga Presbyterian Church by Mr. Edwin Hall, of Quadrant Road, Onehunga, was officially opened on Friday evening. The gifts consist of about 600 books, which Messrs. C. .T. Byles, C. W. Ross, H. Murdoch, J. Hitt and F. W. Beckett have sorted and numbered. During the evening songs and instrumental items were rendered, and a bookguessing competition was held. Mr. A. B. Chappell delivered an interesting lecture on "The Use of Books." The Rev. D. D. Scott thanked the donor, and expressed appreciation of the gift.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19957, 28 May 1928, Page 12
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