Once a year at least some correspondent asks the dates on which the seasons begin. The latest is an inquiry. “ Does winter start on the shortest day, and summer on the longest? (says the Wellington 44 Post”). As the seasons merge into one another and are not signalised by any distinct natural event —the shortest day is only one of many differing imperceptibly—only an arbitrary definition can be made. The accepted system is to say that summer begins on the longest day, winter on the shortest, and spring and autumn at the equinoxes. This, of course, makes it absurd to call the longest day “ midsummer day.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18787, 17 June 1929, Page 14
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