SOUTHLAND CELEBRATIONS
Sir,-Is it heresy for the Year Book to persist in saying there is no Southland Province? Can any reader tell us what is Southland; where are its boundaries? We know that some of the organisations which use this name of Southland have clearly defined boundaries in Which they operate; but which of these covers South-land-neither more nor less? As far as our information goes, Southland came into existence in 1861 and continued until it was re-united with Otago. With the abolition ‘of the provincial system, Otago (including former Southland) became the Otago Provincial District. This, we are informed, is still the official name for the former Otago and Southland Provinces. Our school atlases, and some other maps, are inclined to be misleading in the way they mark off the districts. One before me-a New Zealand publication -shows under the heading "New Zealand Political" the land districts of the Dominion. The "New Zealand Historical" map in the same atlas does define the New Ulster and New Munster districts but merely gives the names of the provinees: the boundaries are not given and it is noted that the word Southland overlaps well into western Otago. The current Year Book map showing the correct boundaries of the former provinces is one which should be used in our schools and adopted by our atlas makers. So this Year Book "heresy"-and the Provocative statement that if there is no Southland how could it be having its own centenary-brings us back to the question asked at the beginning of this letter. What are Southland’s boundaries today?
HERBERT D.
MULLON
(New Plymouth).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 869, 29 March 1956, Page 5
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267SOUTHLAND CELEBRATIONS New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 869, 29 March 1956, Page 5
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