TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2137, 20 March 1886, Page 3

TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha, Friday.

Xk\t to tho baths perhaps our most ineful and valued institution i« the public library and reading-room. Since it wan estabtablished, .ilmut two and a-half years ag>>, it has rpcened through good and bad times the steady support of the residents, ulm, to their credit be it said, have fully reenpnispd its value, not only as a pleasant resmt fur \i-itor-, but as a means of education and enlightenment for themselves. It ha« had the advantage of being watched over from its foundation by a committee who h.ive carefully guarded its interests, and it is gr.itifving to recrrd that under their able guidance of it-* affairs, the institution continues to grow and prosper. liitun ition lias just been received of a very welcome addition to its funds in the shape of the Government subsidy, which this ye;ir amounts to £18 4s, this allowance being nt the rate of 4s 9-7 d per pound mi the appnned income of the library, £54 Us, with the regulation £25 added thereto. The respectable some of £12 was also netted from the concert given on the night of the races, and tho fund* will be further augmented by a lecture, to be given next week by the Rev. G. B. Munro, of S. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Remuera, who is now on a visit to the Springs, and hin generously consented to lend » helping hand. Tho subject will be the life and work of Dr. Livingstone, a theme which must prove generally interesting, and will doubtless attract a large audience. With thfse and other additions to its fund, the current year is likely to be a very prosperous one for the library. A commencement has been made by the contractors whose tender was accepted for forming and metalling our main thoroughfares, Whitaker and Bridge-streets. The work will be completed before the wet season seta in, and we may expect to get through the coming winter a little more comfortably than we have done in the past ones. Sergeant Emerson is busy distributing the papers here for the census, to be taken on the 28th inst.