£2000 FROM MR. CARNEGIE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 601, 1 September 1909, Page 8

£2000 FROM MR. CARNEGIE.

...-.'..{'■■' V-' v l •.,'"■,', .',.'. V ';•■•':.'' V.\':';.'!-,. ' \; ; (By TelegrapD.-'Specli! ,bofraWndedt,l.'■ ..''•'.'; .. '' ■ Auckland, '"■','■.' ■', At, a' of tho Ortehunga. Borough ,:'■ Council, hist night, the Town Clcrk'aniiounccd, . that Mrf Andrew > Carnegie: bad '.agreed to.; giro',j£2ooo for tho erection/of a'new'libwyv building at Onehunga. .■;''/.V I ■'.'■- ■■■■.'; "''i-x-- '.'■' ,' : ' About six mouths ago,': the Onehunga'' : •Borough' Council decided'to ask Mr.Cariiegio'■'': i to assist with a girt of money in'tho erection -v' of a new library building. The counoil, ir smakirig 1 . their application, Vgrccd to complj'.'., "with the conditions • laid: down'.'by''.Mr.,. Carnegie when: malting a 'grant to''tho>. Thames,, Cambridge, and, Hamilton Borough;'Councils tor a similar purpose. The primary condition is that ,th<r.library' must be' free, ; ■ . and undex ; the'Publio Libraries Act);. KOB. The council is.tb, supply. a free"• site,.'.'and ( , provido 'an income or not loss' than' £100';> per annum -from, tho rates; Tho\ Borough Councils named also agreed: to 'erect:' briel '• . , buildings. .;■ The liopulation of i Oneliuiiga is., 4000j and; there aro about . another' 1000 : people living,within easy access of the library.. l ,. Owing,to' tho ; absGiice of ; the:Mayor (Mr.'...■>."■' J.-Rowc) no action was taken-in the matter' ■'."■'•',; by-the. oouncilMast. night;', Mr.;.Rowo'w"l \j ' return!, to Oiiehuhga next Saturday, when., '"■' tho question 'will boVdealt :with...:■".!...