The Home Government, on receipt of a resolution from the
Parliament of New Zealand, has advised the King to raise the status of New Zealand to that of a Dominion. That is a piece of news which will be everywhere received with satis- faction, for none of the daughter-States is nearer to the heart of the Mother-country than the State which is furthest from her physically. Our only regret is that New Zealand could not have found another name than Dominion. Needless to say, we have no objection to the name, but the fact that it has become associated with Canada may lead to some confusion. If New Zealand could have found anew appellation, we should then have had the "Dominion," the "Commonwealth," the "Union "—that, we presume, will be the name adopted by South Africa when unification takes place—and the We fully admit that we cannot fill the blank ourselves, but we do not feel sure that it passes the wit of man to do so. The "Realm of New Zealand" is a possible suggestion, though one, we admit, open to objection. Perhaps some of our readers may be able to think of the appropriate word.
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