THE NEWTOWN MUSEUM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 6

THE NEWTOWN MUSEUM.

le Sir, —So the eiforts of a citizen' to add _ to tho pleasure of his fellows, aided by the 3 Uity Council, in erecting a building to hold his gift) is being held up to ridiculo by some one who is little enough to dijlike anyj, thing in which he has no linger in the pie.' We cannot all bo scientific, and the main object of the. Newtown Museum was to <3 give pleasure to the young, and others who g do not understand such highly classified articles, as are in the Dominion Museum. The _ popularity of a thing dapends upon tho num--2 ber of people who. are pleased, and the .attendance at tho Newtown Museum is proof. J I should like to ask the writer of tho letters criticising tho Newtown Museum, if he was not a baby beforo he was a man. 'q M-OW about -the Dominion Museum? A 'j_ place of chaos and confusion. Nothing properly named—an enormous amount spoilt in Maori rubbish (this ought to bo inquired : into when, Parliament meets), and though it is some number of years sinco the late Sir , 0 James Hector gave up charge, "temporary ' ■ arrangement" on tickets is all that has been 0 done. • Better by far for the Government 1 to erect a building large enough to hold a ' the Maori good collections, and hand over the other things to the Victoria College, and 0 the much-despised Newtown Museum.i [ I wonder how much has been spent in .. salaries, travelling expenses, rubbish, and 0 other waste, i wish the Newtowai Museum c! had. only a tithe -of it., -Again, I say, why o cannot the efforts of a few citizens to bene- .. tit their ,fellows be Jet a-one, because they have not at tho Newtown Museum the _ necessary funds to do what is known is ,f wanted to be 1 done; and that.is to make it g not only a place 'of recreation, but of instruction to tho young.—l am, etc., , , GLASS HOUSES-AOT) STONES. " May 3. •' , . ,