----------------------------Original message---------------------------- On 8 May Alberta Wood enquired about the city, town or village named Passaic, which had a newspaper titled Passaic Daily News. I have checked the 1990 Gazetteer of New Zealand on microfiche, and no such name appears. I have also checked various older guides to New Zealand placenames, with no success. There is a comprehensive history of New Zealand newspapers (Schofield, G.H., Newspapers in New Zealand. Wellington, Reed, 1958) and the newspaper title does not appear in that. The name Passaic does not sound like a New Zealand name, and my conclusion is that it is not in fact a NZ name at all. But nice to have an enquiry about NZ, and good to be able to reply, as MAPS-L is really appreciated as a way of keeping in touch with the map world. Brian Marshall Brian Marshall Geography Librarian "It is not good for the University of Auckland soul to travel faster than Private Bag 92019 the trot of a camel". Auckland New Zealand Telephone 64 9 3737599 extn 8452 [log in to unmask]