Railway Library At Wellington.

It is desired to make more widely known the activities of the Library which has been established in the Railway Social Hall at Wellington. The Library, which contains a large number of books and caters for all classes of

Shortening The Distance From Auckland To New Plymouth By 160 Miles.
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A general view of the official ceremony on the occasion of the opening of the Stratford Main Trunk Line, 7th November, 1932.

readers is available to all railwaymen throughout the North Island upon payment of a small subscription. New books are constantly being added, and, with a view to the addition of still more books, it is the Committee's desire that members should enrol in increasing numbers.

The subscription is 3/- for six months, or 5/- for a year. Wellington members are permitted to have two books at a time, while country members may have four books. There is no restriction to the frequency with which books may be changed. Members who are unable to call at the Library to change books may rest assured that on receipt of their books and the number card at the Library, the return books will be forwarded promptly. The Library is open from noon to 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Parcels of library books are forwarded “free” by rail to and from Wellington.

The only restrictions attached to membership are:—

• (1) Prompt payment of subscriptions when due, so that a constant supply of new books may be made available.
• (2) Prompt return of books when read.
• (3) Care in the handling of books; remember that after a reader has finished a book it is not done with, but will be required many times for fellow members; only a small amount of care is required to ensure that a book is returned to the Library intact and clean.

All correspondence should be addressed to— The Librarian, Railway Fiction Library, C/o Chief Messengci, Head Office, Wellington.