Hillside Railway Workshops Library

The forty-second annual meeting of the Hillside Railway Workshops' Library was recently held. The year's report indicated that the Library is in a sound position financially. The number of volumes approximates 16,000. The report continues:—“The subscribers as a whole are very considerate, and losses or mutilations of books are rarely reported. The Departmental officials have, as usual, met us in a generous spirit when we have approached them, and we are of the opinion that they, like ourselves, are proud of the institution.” The following motion was carried unanimously:—“That this meeting of subscribers of the Hillside Railway Workshops' Library wishes to place on record its satisfaction in the fact that the Department has seen fit to start technical classes for apprentices, and, as far as Library subscribers are concerned, they will do all in their power to assist the scheme by giving free use of their technical works, etc. A copy of this resolution is to be sent to the Chief Mechanical Engineer.”