THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
Two Dors, Ykt “Some” Dots
As is right and proper, we take ourselves very seriously in this Dominion, but a nation of a hundred millions ,-nnnot he expected Jo give much attention to two small islands in the (south Pacific, which have a population that is only a fraction of New York’s. . . 11 you look at a small-scale map of the world New Zealand is not much more than a couple of dots in the ocean. If wc m.ulenquiries in some other part of the world we might find the percentage of ,-itiz-ns blest with knowledge of An' Zealand still smaller. Even m me Motherland ignorance dies hard. Untruth is that although perhaps everybody who has had an education worm talking about learns some geography, it is not a popular subject, and it is generally dropped when school days arc over.— Auckland “Star.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1923, Page 2
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147THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1923, Page 2
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