THE PUBLIC LIRARY.
(TO BDITOBMTHB 'sTANPABDi) . . Smr?-Gan you-inform niej through the N mediuth of yourloolumns, whether there is any truth m the ru'moii'riftpw'ciiroulatr. •ing* viz*,-that the Tublic 'Library Committee, have sent home an ord,er forJBIOO worth of books, &c, and haye^ giyei. the order to one "of their own m,eihbers (a\ 'bookseller),':'\instead . of ascertaining where they could purchase cheaper , thereby .deal.-wlth- public money to the best advahtage,—l ani,' &c, . ImpabtiAlity. , [An order for books to' the extehi of .£IOO has been given to'Mr W. Park, and no other stationer ha£ been applied to,.as far as we can ascertain. Mr Park is not a member of the committee, which consists of the, following ' gentletnen :^% Messrs R. Leary (chair). Ferguson, fc. Walker, and Bp^ M.Sij "'v''^.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 67, 18 August 1885, Page 3
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124THE PUBLIC LIRARY. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 67, 18 August 1885, Page 3
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