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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1751, 17 May 1906, Page 3

Ia connection with the oil industry, it is interesting to nets that there ia o little creek, dcs ; gnated on the maps '• Hongi Hoogi,” whioh Aowb into the tagoin at Moturoa, New Plymouth. “ Hongi Hongi,” we a e told, means in English *'smell smell,” not an euphonious name, but expressive under the circumstances. It is said it was given to the Btreamht by the Maoris in early days because of the smell of oil which emanetsd from it They set up a hypothesis which was quaint, if erronoous, and that was that at some time a sohool of sperm whales was driven a-hore at this particular spot, and died, as whales have a habit of doing, and that the “ hongi hongi ” was that emanating from their deoiyed carcases.

A Wellington resident, known to be a “ good mark,” inquired the rent of a six-roomed house at Kilburnio recently, and was informed that it was £2 per weok ! Mr E. J. Vivyan, who played for the Devonport Albion toam against tho Now Zealand football team during the recent tour of Great Britain, and who is an ex international player, arrived at Wellington from London hy the Tongariro. It is understood that ho intends|sottling in Wellington, and will play for the Poneke Club.

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