GROWTH OF DOMINION CITIES

Southland Times, Issue 23818, 16 May 1939, Page 6

GROWTH OF DOMINION CITIES

SHOWING OF SCENES AT CENTENNIAL SUGGESTED

(United Press Association)

WELLINGTON, May 15.

“Show us some things the country started with. They would be most telling and interesting,” remarked a speaker at a deputation to the Minister of Internal Affairs (the' Hon.- W. E. Parry) today in making incidental reference to the New Zealand centennial celebrations to be held at the end of the year. It was stated that many of the young people had notions of the Dominion’s cities of other days being like they were today, fully grown up. They knew little of the trials of the pioneers and the difficulties met in laying out the foundations of the cities and provincial towns.

Nothing would be more impressive and instructive, it was urged, than to show some realistic scenes and pictures of the principal parts of New Zealand in the early days and of its people. Mr Parry said that the deputation had thoughts along the right lines and expressed the hope that various centres which had so much to portray of their history of 100 years would adopt the same cue in making their plans. “What cannot be shown by life-like representation,” the Minister said, “can be shown by way of photographic reproduction in the Press or by scattering appropriately early scenes in the pages of historical books now being printed. I think these books will have a great attraction for the public. The books are being artistically produced and tell by picture and succinct letter press the lines of our story from the beginning.”