SCHOOL LIBRARIES
IMPORTANCE STRESSED. CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, June 12. The Managing Director of one of the largest publishing houses in England, Mr George G. Harrap, is a passenger to San Francisco by the Makura which arrived to-day en route to England from Sydney. In an interview he commented on the fact that public money was no longer being spent in some places on the provision of school libraries which he noted with regret, as such libraries were amongst the most valuable school adjuncts.
He expressed the opinion that public censorship of books should be avoided and the books left to find a level in public estimation. This usually meant that poor and salacious books were quickly forgotten. He described as erroneous the idea that London publishers did not welcome manuscripts from New Zealand.
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Southland Times, Issue 22040, 13 June 1933, Page 4
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138SCHOOL LIBRARIES Southland Times, Issue 22040, 13 June 1933, Page 4
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