THE LIBRARY COMITTEE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1738, 19 June 1886, Page 2

THE LIBRARY COMITTEE.

•'■ k- • ■ (TO Tl BE EDITOR DAILY STANDARD.) Sir,^— Bony to trouble you again so soon, but'(While fully endorsing the action of outrCouncil re taking over management of Library, and agreeing with them that more liberal-minded men are wanted at the head of that institution, J catmoiSsv-mpathise with jthermanner i£ which|ti»£have got rid.iaf the late com| mittee| |Jftsg a .poor^ett/rn for thei& yearabf "grituitoa* 1 'service. Why Were they not allowed to xeßign? I hiave known most of them for lien jetrs and am iconvinoed they. hiv*\^otwtl| o^&cientiously and to their ideaV: for the pnblic good m all matters connected with the institution,: and I believe managed it about as well' *8 i the treat unpaid .generally manage things. It is the first 6ccaßioh that has ooine^ under my notice > of an honorary committee being kicked oui of o^BBce;, and I ifc is too .bad, as they nave. iqipt deserved aaoh treatment. However, I am glad tiie Council haye got control and dojbojfe they will (like the liberal bouls theiy are) allow: all moral publications presented to the institution to lay on the tatye, and do all m their power to maketh• room attraotive, «Bpeoially to those yrfy p have no 9tber 4 chance of ieeing whit tjhe oiitiide world is doing except perhapi »n hotel, oat of whioh ftt'iw prepeoi Hime hu a room' thatfo «nrp«Mßi the pu VHo one m eo»* f9r*, m^ifimoiit 1111 A' wiH>Wltt7, t