“Christchurch has a very fair endowment of pessimists," declared Archbishop Julius, speaking at the opening of the Christ’* College Memorial Dining Hall (says the Sun). “The reason why there is so much pessimism, I believe, is that we are only nine feet above sea-level. If we were ninety feet above that, things would be totally different." A warrant isued by the Admiralty Commissioners authorises a flag for Samoan vessels. It provides that tne British red ensign with the badge of the Islands of Western Samoa on the fly—three palm trees proper— may be used on vessels belonging to the inhabitants of the Islands of Western Samoa.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3713, 12 May 1925, Page 64
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106Page 64 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Witness, Issue 3713, 12 May 1925, Page 64
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