A FLAG AND A MOTTO.
Sir,—l. have.read your paper■'• with much interest, and its .title is apropos; .and''l would suggest thai our • national:- flag bc ; amended by placing tho letters (eight) at* the points of the crosses to read Dominion. But, sir; in view of the increased- indebtedness and consequent burden of taxation. in this Great Loan. Land, I would suggest the, following acrostic motto as not inappropriate: — ; . . . . Domino. ; : Omiiipotens -• ! • ■■■■■■■ Miserere . Imp.loramus .. ■• ~-■•• .. Nostrum ■ -.. ... .. ■ Incolar.iyn.... : '. Oncratorum . . Novae Zealandiae. "Lord Almighty have pity wo implore on us burdened inhabitants of Now Zealand; l '— I am, etc., , ': ■ NOMEN. November 2.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 November 1907, Page 9
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97A FLAG AND A MOTTO. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 November 1907, Page 9
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