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Otago Witness, Issue 1682, 16 February 1884, Page 13

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(FROM OUB OWN COBRESPONDKNT.) , February 12. Banh — A fife and drum band has been inaugur 'ted since my last, communicat'on. Tne in- tiumtnts have ■trrivtd from tuwn. Prai-tico has b«guu, nnd ie is 10 be hoped will go steadily forward, Mr Audi ew Miller having Kindly consented to act as bandmaster.

Fiomo,— ilr Skinuer gave his aiuiuai treat in the shape of a picnic to the young jeople attending the Bible-class on thw 3Ut ult. )hu usual games Wrre indulged in, and thoroughly ti<jjyed, de-p to the voiy di agreeable weather, i'he airai.fjcraouta, which wore peifect, wefe carried out lega dless cf trouble, and the rev. gentleman i a t 0 congratulitcd ou having provided a very eujoj able daj'a outuig for bid Bible chotars.

1 IBR4RT.-I noticod Borne time ago that tho sum of £ 000 had br.on stt aaice for th« benefit uf public libraries, and the hope of si ar.ng therein bhouid huvo thu effect ''f stirring up tho people hare, who tan boast of a library of a goodly number of &w>s ilbers and a moi-t obliging-, puiuttakid^ jouctr lunarian ; but on inquiry 1 find no cummittee. through care-ie-sness or want or interest in it, th» annual meutii.gt lave ben allowed to lapse. With a view to sharing in the Governmen grant, 1 would supgcS thoadviaabilifcv of culimg tlio uudl public meeuug, ex-ctinc a committee and otherw.ss arr ngin^r thu ulfairß of thii i.eir'ected instuuiion A liumbur of tho books oho their selection to their high-sounding ticks; othe.g are SO much to out- taste that one edition will not do — we must have two or more. With a painstak-ng committee, these thi^a, would beeash rei-tiliu' , au ext-liatigti effeced, and B"me d!acria>iuuiioii tshoviU iv the choice uf authors The old Kntflish leading- ip not to most people's t.ste. " i hambcis' Mi^cei anj "ib deliwb fill in its way, no doubt, but tuiely ony coni- • •lete edition w ould, be enough. If J am righ lj informed, » c aro onl> too wel.l off in this respect. Of the b oks never read, at d that, would n t be undertjtood b\ ihe majority if atti'rup'ed, 1 mnac leave to th> se highly lntullccrral hubsCiibers who di»pliyeu ibeir wi dom in the choir c ; or «as it me ely ici com jjiiuient to tbeir p we of appieciating r.tic title uf a book, and the name of its unknown authoi ? If the bjokswire judiciously helected, .he number of B.ibdcribeis would be consldemb y augonented, as tbeie me numbers of youig people a'xious to read, and who i cruse almost cvurything that corats iii thi ir wi\, but who not suwcrioo to tho library in its present form.