"Fiction and newspapers all the World Over seem to form tile staple article of literary diet," remarked Mr. T. W. Leys at Auckland, wlion referring to the large percentage tliat books of fiction form of the total number of books issued annually to subscribers to the Leys Institute 'library. Out of tlu> 20,827 bonks circulated during the year 14,397 were works of fiction, although there are plenty of other works to choose from, jt was stated that in Wellington the fiction percentage was as high as 91, and was So in DTtneiiin, where fiction readers were not specially catered for. n*rr) hj Ihn .Rvilish <:«*nli',y have skaito composed of asu or bamboo. 1
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2464, 18 May 1915, Page 4
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