MILITARY CAMPS
LIBRARY FACILITIES
COLLECTION OF BOOKS
“The importance of providing and maintaining good library facilities in military camps is receiving the recognition of the Government. Records show that in the past, voluntary effort and the service of welfare organisations have achieved something in this direction. “The Government, however, considers,” stated the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, “that men in the camps are entitled to library service as good as that available in the public libraries of the towns and cities.
"Although the time available for reading—hoth for recreation and for further education—of necessity will be limited in the camps, adequate library facilities will be provided for those who wish to use them. “Full co-operation is being given in the matter by the Army authorities. It is expected that each main camp will have its library, with newspaper, magazine and lending departments, properly equipped and staffed. “A committee, of which the Hon. F. Waite, M.L.C., is chairman, set up by the National Patriotic Council at its inaugural meeting, is now dealing with the collection of books on a national basis for inclusion in the stocks of camp libraries. More books are needed.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 20 November 1939, Page 11
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196MILITARY CAMPS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 20 November 1939, Page 11
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