VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 237, 4 July 1944, Page 4

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Turnbull Library, Bowen Street (near Parliament Buildings) : Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Saturday. ,9 a.m. to noon : Sunday. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific collection of rare books, pictures, manuscripts and Maori lore: New Zealand history. Also old editions of English literal ire. Botanical Gardens. Kelbura: Open dawn to dusk. Art Gallery: Temporary premises in D.I.C. Building. Open Monday to Friday. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday. 10 a.m. to noon. Exhibition of. art by British children, approximately 200 paintings auu, drawings collected under tho auspices of the British Council for exhibition in the Dominions and the United States ot America. Admission free. Zoo. Newtown Park: Open 9 a.m. to o p.m. Elephant rides, lions, tigers, monkeys. camels and deer; 1;>OO birds. Admission free to children under 10. Central Public Library. Mercer Street: Open 9.30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.: Sundays, 2 p.m. to 5 n.m. and 7 p.m to 9 p.m. Extensive reference library, with senjiriite commercial and technical department for engineering, business, trades, and so on. New Zealand and fine arts section. Lending and children’s libraries. Otari Open Air Plant Museum, one mile from Wadestown tram terminus: Open continuously. Typical New Zealand bush and native plants under natura. conditions: very complete collection of plants native to New Zealand: burial ground .of Dr. Cockayue. famous New Zealand botanist. Admission free.