CONCEITED MISS STEWART ISLAND

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21744, 28 March 1936, Page 1 (Supplement)

CONCEITED MISS STEWART ISLAND

Have you heard the news? Yes, it is most important-news. Miss Stewart Island is telling Master Foveaux Straits all about it, and the North Cape whispered it down the twisty coast of the North Island right into Miss Wellington Harbours right eaT,t Have you heard? Have ymtheard? ‘The Press Ship* is to have a special New Zealand Page? We are all very proud of this little country ofuurs. We are proud of being New Zealanders, eager to make our land the very best, the happiest, the best-governed in the wor d. And we can all help. After all, it is each one of us who helps to make up the people of our country. c .. „ n Of course you are going to help make this Special Uur New Zealand** Page. You may send in a Maori legend ( only keep it short), a paragraph about the old days, a story of how your father and mother came to New Zealand, a description of some place you have seen or know, the story of your town or district, a thought for your land, a poem, a- - , Well, now you can understand fust why the North Island and the South Island and Miss Stewart Istand are excited. Miss Stewart Island, though small, was one of the first parts of New Zealand to welcome the white man, and as the North Island says, she has been putting on airs ever since, Write something for “Our New Zealand Page, Remember, it*s your New Zealand, my New Zealand, our New Ze ßy*he-way, if you feel a little shake in the night don* It*s only the North Island whispering to the South, and felling her not to chat with that conceited Miss Stewart Island. LADY GAY.