SOUTH ISLAND MISSED!

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4804, 30 June 1939, Page 6

SOUTH ISLAND MISSED!

CENTENNIAL ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA. An advertisement published inAustarila inviting tourists to visit the Centennial Exhibition at Wellington includes in its design a map of New Zealand, in which the South Island does not appear at all. The advertisement, which was published in the Sydney Bulletin of June 7 last, is 11 inches deep by two columns wide. The principal feature of its design is a representation of the Exhibition buildings, with a map of the North Island above it. Wellington is the only, town marked. A protest against the omission of the South Island is being sent to the Tourist Department by the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, and the South Island Travel Association has also raised the question. “We can only express the hope that this is nothing more than an unfortunate error,” said the secretary of the Canterbury Chamber (Mr. J. Roy Smith). “As a matter of fact, the design of the advertisement would lend itself to the inclusion of the South Island and the fact that it is not there is a serious oversight.” Mr. Smith said he knew by his owr. experience that many people abroad were actually not aware that there was South Island of New Zealand. This was owing to the rush trips through the North Island, which was all that most visitors saw of the Dominion.