HASTINGS LIBRARY
• » 1 , Extensive Aiterations To Be Made "It is not the intention of tho present council to procqed with the construetion of a new library, but money has been prqvided in this year 's budget fqr extensive, alteratiqns, to the present library, and to take in. tho bffices that are at present occupied by the Power Board, but which wili be vacated near the end of the year,/'' said thq Mayor, Mr G, A. Maddison, to members of the Hastings Chamber oi Commerce yesterday, "Ifc is eYi.dent that people to-day are reading a great deal more, for the number of subseribers has substantially increased^" he said, "To-day there are 1548 adult subseribers. and 542 children snbscrfbers; and in. addition we liave. an arrangement with thq Itigh School whereby the borough keeps the school supplied with approximately 13Q books, "'ijiere is no donbt that, keeping in mind the praetico in different parts of the world, this 'sgFvice will be considerably extendcd ia future years/?
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 192, 31 August 1937, Page 6
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164HASTINGS LIBRARY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 192, 31 August 1937, Page 6
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