AUCKLAND.
The. Minister fpjr Educations will spprf <<be required"to f :reyise ; ;the geography books,,and^atjases' ; in , use.,, v in , the schools of : the Dominion. Instead of ther"e being a small ' 'dot' 'on a bootshaped landscape to ; denominate a i town which separates the waters of the mighty ocean, there will have to be an enormous octopus, with tentacles extending to 'Frisco on the one side, and the South Pole on the other. This shall be marked in capital letters, "Auckland—the Queen City." If there is room for.anything else on the map;of <tho Democracy a dunghill might be shown, in the perspective, with.,a male bird flapping his wings and exercising his lungs, and labelled "Gunsoh." But. where is Auckland, anyhow? And who is Gunson?"
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10103, 26 September 1910, Page 4
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122AUCKLAND. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10103, 26 September 1910, Page 4
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