"MARAMA."

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 57, 12 March 1910, Page 5

"MARAMA."

TO THE EDITOR,

Sir, —In your issue of the oth inst. •I read a letter written by Mr F. H. Richmond, in which he takes exception to the settlers using the name of "Richmond Brook." Mr Rich-, mond is certainly barking up the wrong tree s as they were not consulted when the post office was named. Mr Richmond should surely know that, as the settlers' addresses appear as "Richmond Brook" on the electoral roll and the various directories, it will take some considerable time before they get the whole of their correspondence correctly addressed. If Mr Richmond's feelings were so keen on the subject he should have brought the matter up when the post office was opened, when, T am sure, he would have met with no opposition. Mr Richmond also insinuates that the settlers have not sufficient intelligence to name their own farms, which is easily disproved by the following names: Barewood. Valley view, Highcliffs, Long Hill,' etc. Mr Richmond evidently flatters himself on his efforts at nomenclature in naming our settlement Marama ("an open plain") a duty he has taken upon himself without consulting those interested. The selection is certainly a misnomer, as can be easily seen by comparing it with the names of the various farms. J. B. DICK, Hillside.