FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND, MAIL. Sir, —It is very much to be regretted that not all the papers in Wellington take the same view as you appear to do on the subject of the proposed public library. Your evening contemporary, of the 10th inst, appears to think it a duty to throw cold water upon a movement which at all events ought to have the warmest support of the press in general, as it is their duty and function to spread knowledge and enlightenment among the reading public. Your contemporary points out the great difficulty of obtaining the pecuniary means for the support of an establishment of that kind. The writer must have a very poor idea of the liberality and the intelligence of the higher classes of society in Wellington if he doubts that they in some measure will refuse to answer an appeal to their generosity in so praiseworthy a cause. When we consider that even country towns such as Masterton and Greytown are in advance of the glorious capital of New. Zealand in this respect, we ought certainly to follow in their wake at least, if not to outstrip them in the possession of such an establishment. — : I am, &c.,. Pro Bono Publico.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 776, 14 January 1887, Page 20
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212FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. New Zealand Mail, Issue 776, 14 January 1887, Page 20
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