Council "Runs Out Of Statesmen" For Road-Naming
"We've rather run out of statesmen recently, and usually it is necessary to wait quite a long time after a man's death to determine whether he de-
serves commemoration in this way," said Dr. A. L. Singer at last night’s meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council when the council was discussing a request from the State house - construction supervisor for suggestions as to the naming of streets in the Adair block of State houses. Dr. Singer had pointed out that the choice of names should be
carefully made, and that in the past the names of statesmen had been given to many important streets in the borough. He made a suggestion that the public should be asked to take an interest in the matter, and to sumbit recommendations. Mr. G. D. Muirhead pointed out that as people were already living in the streets, time was a consideration in the choice of names. He moved that the matter be dealt with by the works committee. This proposal was . supported generally, and the discussion closed with a comment by the Mayor, Mr. N. H. Bull, that the council might “go to the poets—or the musicians!”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22915, 6 April 1949, Page 6
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