A COMPLAINT.
(To tlii- I'Mitor). Sir. —in view ..i the near approach of thf Ksi!ii!>iti<!>' ami the accompanying ~H . t iimt o great instily visitors L« the town may be expected, I would draw nUi'i;lion to a small manor which has apparently escaped net ice. I refer fa t | |: . .tale oi hooks in the Heading Hoorn • u H-c I’nhlie l.ihiury. The shelves i-oii Lai oi iia hooks oL reference are pililulls not iily. and it is very grievous to See how shamefully really good hooks |,:ue I, cell mated. ISig volumes, as l.oek's invaluahle treatise mi "<"il:.!, Kucvclopedia lSriltnniea. Kirk's ‘Tor- (>>| Floraand liuller's ••liirds of Now Zealand" lie scattered ahout the shelves ; smile with covers off. others vviih paces loose; and some, including ('lieeseinan’s ■■. Manual of X.Z. Horn, have disappeared altogether - stolen, li «,■ are to believe the I.ilirarian. In most town libraries people Using hooks are requested to leave them on the ■ ides when they have finished with them, and it is'then the Inbrarinn'.i diK\ to id ace them in their ' right S l, e ives. The present state of confusion is disgraceful, mid utterly unworthy of the confidence placed in the people provoking most justly, 1 think, lids public denunciation. I am etc.. HAVAHO I’.VRfT AM. Hokitika. Dee. 10th. 10-0-
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1923, Page 3
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211A COMPLAINT. Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1923, Page 3
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