THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
“ AUSTRALASIA. ” A Dunedin business house recently received a letter from an. important concern in the United States, in which the much-discredited word “Australasia” was freely used. The American firm was promptly yet politely told: “We in New Zealand do all we can to discourage the use of this word, which, although comprehensive, tends to hide our distinctiveness, and rather overshadows us as being an attachment of Australia, from whom we are separated by 1200 miles of sea. AVe are a separate entity, and proud of our part in the composition of the British Empire. We find that this word fails to properly distinguish us, particularly amongst overseas peonies, whom we desire shall speak of us individually as ‘Australia’ and ‘New Zealand.’ There is no unfriendliness towards our Australian cousins.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1927, Page 2
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133THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1927, Page 2
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