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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1441, 28 September 1872, Page 2

Mails for the United Kingdom an 1 Australia close at Grey mouth at 4.30 p.m. on Monday, the 30th inst. Telegrams will be received at the Spit office until 2,30 p.m. The "Ne>v* Zealand Press Association " now admits evening papers into its list of patrons. But for Messrs Greville's Company these journals would have been left entirely to their own resources for telegraphic information ; and it will be strange if any of our evening contemporaries now transfer their support to an association which has hitherto sought to monopolize the news for the morning journals. A short time since we took occasion to criticize a letter in our evening contemporary, signed "A. St. H.," the writer of which gave an account, of his visio to the Scandinavian settlement at Munawatu. Mr A. St. Hill, as the writer of the letter, replies in la«b night's Telegraph, "accident" having " thrown into his hands a copy " of the paper in which his former letter is deali with. Mr St. Hill contradicts in, reasserting " that Danes are not Scandinavians," and refers us to " Cornwell's Geography for Beginners," where Scandinavia is defined as consisting of .Norway and Sweden—" Denmark," he says, *' lodges elsewhere." Had ho consulted a less elementary work he might have found a more precise definition Either Mr St. Hill or the Danish people generally are in error. In their own literature they describe them selves as Scandinavians, and are proud l of the name. The Geography in use in the public schools of Denmaik teaches that the tern) Scandinavians includes Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, and Icelanders. The dialects of Norway and Sweden differ, and the two countries possess distinct literature—the written language of Denmark and Norway is the same,andthe difference in dialect is but trifling. On this subject, peihaps the Danish philosopher H. C. (Ersted may be considered an aulhority. In a speech delivered at the first meet inn of the Scandinavian naturalists held at Copenhagen, he said: "By means of a well-considered co-operation the literature of Scandinavia will be distinguished from that of other nations by important peculiarities, so that with a noble self-consciousness we may appear as united Scandinavians to the whole world. . . . Let us unite together; let six millions of Scandinavians place their power in one scale, it will certainly not be found wauling. But the same spirit which does not allow us 2 be only Danes, Swedes, or Norwegian* 4 , but requires that we should also feel our unity as Scandinavians, does not again permit us to be merely Scandinavian*, but requires that we should feel ourselves members of the great confederation of all enlightened nations." We could give further illustrations equally to the point, but the above, we think, will suffice for oar readers, if not for Mr St. Hill, (should our present issue come '■ aecidentally" into his hands.) There is nothing else ot note in his long letter.