WHAT IS A CITY.
[To the Edltor.j
Sir, —Would you through the medium of your paper tell me the essentials by which a town may become a city? If by population, why is Nelson a city? If by a Bishop being In residence in a town can that town be called a city? Why is this so? [ln New Zealand a municipality is raised to the dignity of a city on attaining a population of 20,000, but a cathedral town, by English custom, has always been designated a city, Irrespective of population. For example, in New Zealand we have Nelson and Hamilton, and in England, Wells, although the last named has a population of under 5000.]
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3287, 5 March 1926, Page 6
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116WHAT IS A CITY. Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3287, 5 March 1926, Page 6
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