WORLD'S WHEAT AREA.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 June 1929, Page 2

WORLD'S WHEAT AREA.

NAMES RECOMMENDED j FOR MOUNTAIN PEAKS ' IN HONOUR OF EXPLORERS. j WELLINGTON, Last Night. | The fifth annual meeting of the Geo- j graphical hoard was held in Welling j ton recently, presided over by Ven. | Archdeacon H. Williams. | Recommendations with regard to the . incorrect spelling of names were j adopted for tlm following, tin* previous spelling being in parentiiesis:— j Koamaru ( Koamoru), Mangauni ; (ilong.niui). Lavaud street (Leraud j street). Lagoon ; i!;;rr-tl La ■ goon), (.'iiii'anw a Edit i G|;! naman A 1 Piatt, A rtlei ;• p.-... ( A:” ear's !L-s). : N ■■■(':■ e I ■; XM V-,., V. A-aram-i s! ream engu s' rec.:.i). '•Aii-angarcre (Turangaarere). ; The i'-diow’ag r ion- ot : the cmaaiiiiee were eoaiinaed: That an , unnamed peal', ai the head of the Grey j glacier be tunned Seymour Peak, as a ‘ compliment to .Mr. \V. Seymour for the i service's rendered to the expedition in 1925; that a ]>eak to tin 1 west of Ait. I Hector he named Field peak, as.a coni- j pliment to Mr. W. 11. i’ie’d, M.P., for ; Otaki. who war. the i’hst one to take j a tramping parly ova- the peak, am! j that two passes between Ml. Lenden- j fold and Tasman he named Marcel 1 Pass Sifter Mr, ’Marcel King) and I Harold Pass VAfter Air. Harold E. | .Porter) two well known explorers of I that locality. ‘ The hoard, resolved to recommend that the name of Mercury Bay he adopted for the Post Office at Whiteanga. Mercury Bay ami the retairnnenf of the name Tarnaki for the railway station in the Tarnaki district. Auckland.

The board recommended the adoption of the name of Amnknra for a railway siding between Mercer and W hangamarino.

Mri A.; 11. Walt, schoolmaster at To Kao. North Auckland. wm elected an lioae.rary corresponding member oT the board.