PUBLIC LIBRARY

Te Puke Times, 7 February 1928, Page 2

PUBLIC LIBRARY

[ . ANNUAL MEETING ;gl 0 The adjourned Annual meeting-' I of subscribers to. the Te Puke li- ■ B brary was held on Friday e there being present Hookey (in the chair) Mesdames ffl 0 H. A. Vercoe and IP. T. Cashmore«?B o Messrs C. Perring, T. H. Wilsonelß 8 R Urquhart J;.,, Tod. and F.-E^B . The balance sheets for the yeaJfß 1926-27 were read by the chair| and adopted. The balance sheeiifß o for the.past year-ahdVed a debit I g balance of £32, whilst there were M outstanding subscriptions to the B amount of £l6. ;- / . B A lengthy discussion took B place on tbd financial position, B speakers stressing the necessity B of every effort being made to in- B crease the numberof if the institution was to ■ open. It was pointed 3 the library comprised no lesfßtßlß . 3000 volumes and whilst sOmecßß B these books were old, many . books had been added, ofgrecent B \ years, in addifton to which sub- B 7 scribers had a wide choice of mag»-B j. brines. It would be, it was oon»'-~B . sidered, a retrograde step . close the library and one thafc'B ) would not be in the interests W?B 3 district [ i»ade that a deputation wait oh ; B the Town Board with a view to B soliciting assistance, and the ohair»vß man, Mr Watson and Mrs Vercoi B were appointed deputation, Mrs Cashmore also tnjfß attend in orjjler to provide any in-> B formation necessary. ' ;> ilß It was that ah - B effort be made to coHecfc outstand-feß ing subscriptions, and that mem- v B bers of the committee endeavour:?B to enrol as many new subscribers B [as possible. \<>s The election of officers resulted B as follows President} Mr W. E. B , Hookey j Committee : Messwlß , Urquhart, Perring Wilsone, Tod, B Watson, Harray.pMesdamesfH^B Knight 006 * Fv palmer » andH * p * fl