Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-13 | Page 27 | Traveling Libraries Success in Australia

Traveling Lib Libraries aries Success in Australia I SYD SYDNEY EY N. N S S. S W W. Jan 12 By A. A P. P th most Among P.-Among Among successful successful success success- ful ul of the many schemes that have been tried by state governments in Australia to relieve the monotony of ot isolated life inevitable in a a. land Jand landof landof I II I of such vast distances are the traveling traveling trav trav- 1 eling libraries instituted by western westI western west west- ern Australia according to reports I just made public Under the scheme a case of ot books mostly fiction fiction is is sent out to In Institutions institutions In- In I which are set up In small I settlements and become b become c me the he centerI center of exchange Most of these are centrally situated but often the I people travel long distances for the volumes Each arse se containing approximately approximately matey fifty books Is called a li li- li In some Instances they must be transported many miles mites on camels camels' camels camels' camels camels' cam cam- els' els backs The case remains at the station until the tho books have gone the rounds of the entire district Then the library makes another Journey to some other center and a afresh afresh fresh one arrives About of these libraries now are working working- around a circuit In the western state