POOR NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE TO THE RESCUE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXII, Issue 5, 31 May 1895, Page 21

POOR NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE TO THE RESCUE.

TO THE EDITOB OF THE NEW ZEALAND TABLET.

Deab Sib, — As a New Zealand native I regret extremely the poverty of the colony. It would seem, according to the Otago Daily Times of 13tb met., that we New Zealanders can't even give names to our mountains and glaciers without borrowing from Melbourne. The Timet says "A fine rock peak to the south-west of Tutoko w-B named Mt. Syme " ; the large glacier the Age glacier, the branch of the river Leader Creek etc. D»vid Syme is, I understand, the prcprietorof the Melbourne Age and Leader ; now what there is of excellence in those papers or in their proprietor that their names shonld be identified with some of tbe beauty spots in this Colony I am utterly at a loss to know. Neither do I think it fair to myself and all other native-born New Zealanders to be compelled to speak of tome of the finest scenery in the world by such commonplace names as Age, Leader, and above all Syme— bless the mark I when dczens of sweet sounding native names oould be got by which to call our lovely riverp, lakes, and mountains. Melbourne please retire and leave New Zealand to the— NEW ZEALANDEB.