UNKNOWN NEW ZEALAND.

Otaki Mail, 5 April 1922, Page 1

UNKNOWN NEW ZEALAND.

NECESSITY TOE ADVERTISING. _____ BLENHEIM RESIDENT'S EXPERIENCES. i "I think New Zealand needs as much advertising as the Government can afford to spend, as it's the furthest away of the colonies and would-be settlers are scared of going, for if they don't succeed they can't return easily, as they can from Canada," writes a lady, formerly a resident of Blenheim, but now residing in London, to Dr. R. NobleAdams. "Let mo say," she proceeds, "that when I was in America I was asked whether New Zealand had a flag, and what it was like, and other things about the country-—this from educated people. I said I would send them some tourist folders from Cook's when I got to Philadelphia, but do you think I could find any? Ne'er a one! There was a casual mention ©f the Vancouver , trip, and seeing Honolulu (capital let- j ters, and Fiji (capital letters) and Auckland (small type). I also read a child's geography book which gavel Australia a short paragraph, and then j said: 'To the south-east of Australia! are the islands of Tasmania and New 1 Zealand. Hobart is the capital of the I first and it is noted for its apples, end l the capital of Now Zealand is Auckland, from which most of the frozen meat is | exported!' " |