BOROUGH LIBRARY
ONE THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS. TREATMENT OF BOOKS. The chairman of the library committee, Mr W. Kemp, reported at last night’s meeting of the Masterton Borough Council that there were now 1,000 subscribers, adult and juvenile, to the borough library. Everyone seemed very satisfied with the way the library was being conducted, he stated. Due to damage to books 5,000 markers had been purchased for issue to subscribers. The library catered for all tastes, even if some were rather "broad.” Mr G. D. Wilson said that the bookmarks were really a waste of money. ■lt all depended whether or not a person was brought up to look after books. If they had not, then they would never take care of them, bookmarkers or no bookmarkers. He congratulated the chairman of the library committee on the satisfactory position in regard to the library. He contended that if the modern “broad” books were taken out of the library few books would be left.
The Mayor, Mr T. Jordan, said that children should be taught in school to care for books. He had seen a school teacher pick up a book and break its back. The binding of books would not stand that treatment.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 November 1943, Page 2
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201BOROUGH LIBRARY Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 November 1943, Page 2
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