"THE LITTLE GEM."

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 90, 18 April 1911, Page 8

"THE LITTLE GEM."

BRITISH INTEREST IN NEW ZEALAND. Lieut. Knox, R.N., who was lecturing in New Zealand on behalf of tho Navy League, has evidently some very pleasant recollections of this country. He has been lecturing on New Zealand at some twenty places in England. He entitles his lecture "The First Country to Offer a Dreadnought to the Empire." That "splendid little gem, set in the vast Southern Ocean" is another of his designations of New Zealand. At Torquay he said "New Zealanders were Navy Leaguers to a man. No one kuew better than they did the value of the British fleet. Their consignments of sheep, wool, and dairy produce had to be sent 13,000 miles to market. It was, therefore, realised that in case of a 'vow,' unless the British fleet was strong, the mercantile marine would not .stand much chance of reaching its destination." Scenes' of New Zealand, volcanoes, mountains, lakes and rivers, and pictures of its industries are shown by Lieut. Knox, who finds his audience always in-tc-iested in the Dominion.

The Central Postal Bureau has (says the Sydney Telegraph) received advices that the letters " U.S.A. " have been admitted as an abbreviated address for correspondence for the Union of South Africa. As postal articles for both America and Africa are being addressed in the same way, considerable confusion is being caused, especially as there are ir. both countries several towns similarly named. The postal authorities advise the public to discasd tli6 us* of the letters U.S.A.. and write thg vrprd. Aja«rics gv Bgath Aincit "^ ."»•""*