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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4952, 6 February 1937, Page 4

HERMES BABY TYPEWRITERS. J)E LUXE PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS. Only £l3 13/- New. Why pay more? Fully Guaranteed, ALSO A GOOD SELECTION OF USED MACHINES. Particulars at Chronicle Office, or Box 91, Hamilton. 980 For unusual and colourful ideas about New Zealand to be presented in American newspapers is not a new thing for tourists to discover, but an item read by Miss Dorothy Neal, a former member of the staff of the Canterbury Public Library now studying in America in a Pittsburg paper throws new light on American notions of New Zealand. At the time of Edward VIII.’s abdication the papers were full of everything they could find about the British and the British Empire; Mr. Roosevelt’s campaign and the Spanish War were relegated to the back pages. Of New Zealand this paper said: “In New Zealand 41 per cent, of the Christians are Church of England and there are also millions of Maoris.”