WANGANUI LIBRARY
COMPLIMENT FROM Al CKLANT A letter was read to yesterday’! meeting of the Wanganui City Council from the chief librarian, Auckland Gilr. John Barr), complimenting Wanganui on its successful library year. Mr. Barr said that it would probably he found that Wanganui was unique among the larger municipal libraries, in that it was able to report an increase in subscribers and in issues of books. Auckland, he said, hai shown a 2 per cent, decrease in circulation. and was priding itself that that was a small amount in view of the large number of book clubs springing up. Mr. J. Siddells (chairman of th< Library Committee) at Wanganui said it was very pleasing to receive such a letter. He conveyed his.persona, 'thank* to Miss Blackett for her efficient managemenu u
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 103, 4 May 1938, Page 6
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