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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1024, 16 March 1882, Page 2

The Masterton Borough Council has decided the conditions "finder which the Masterton Library will be conducted for thei future in the- ovonfc of the ratepayers endorsing the proposal to take over -the debt on the institution, The. decision ) has not in our opinion been in every'; respect a satisfactory one/as it ignored'the locus standi of subscribing members; We are however quite prepared to accept tlie scheme as it stands and to ; do our best to assist in carrying it out, to a successful issue. The chahgo of front in the man 1 , agem'ent will create a new interest in the welfare of the institution and from this point of viow will hoce'ssarily be attended with good results. If tho present change does not give the library and reading room an impetus no doubt a second alteration will be made, to correct tho first one, In the meanwhile we.hope.'to sea ; the new scheme harmoniously initiated! and obtain on alfsides a fair trial, 'it may not be the best one that could be devised but the mere form of constituting a : rriaii. aging-committee is not very material ; sd long as an active and intelligent .Com-' mittee is constituted. The public of Masterton owe the old committee a. debt of gratitude for reducing ihe heavy indebtedness which bui'thened the Institute' a few years back and keeping 'the placein something like fair going order, at' tlie : same time, Everyone admits 1 that'' fori financial reasons the accommodation pro-! vided for readers and students has been. I scarcely worthy of the big building and' insufficient for a town the size of Masterton. The library in this township.' ranks only third-in the Wairarapa, and the reading room second. According to the population and resources of the town.''it ' ought to take an easy lead and we have ( always felt dissatisfied that it has not | done so, and we shall always, be discontented till it does do so. 1 The change > which is now being made is a step in ' the right direction, but miich more still remains to be accomplished before those ' who take an interest in the Institute can J rest and bo thankful. ■ If the now man- J aging Committee is active in canvassing new subscribers, soliciting gifts of books, furnishing and utilizing the upper .r o 6m,i it will do a good deal towards putting the i Institute on its legs, " n