Popular Names
STREET PUZZLES IN THE CITIES,
Street name duplication in New Zealand cities is a constant source of difficulty to the public and jmrticularly to the Post Office. Auckland, the largest city, with widespread suburbs, presents the worst picture of confusion, for in that area some hundreds of streets are duplicated in name. Albert, Beach and Church are so popular that nine streets carry these names. Maori nomenclature is also in favour with too much popularity for Jxowkai, of which there are seven examples, while Park, suggesting pleasant surroundings, is favoured to the extent of appearing mostly with the addition of “Avenue" on fifteen occasions. The Post Office has approached local bodies with suggestions for elimination of duplicate names, taking into consideration the whole city ana its suburbs.
Christchurch and Dunedin present the same difficulty to a smaller degree. Christchurch has a very large number of street duplications too, and Dunedin presents a similar puzzle to the stranger, Bay, Glen, and liill being even more numerous —excellent dcscriptive names but confusing as an indication of actual location. Residents in such streets are running risks of delay in delivery of their correspondence, particularly from outside the city area, unless the addressor has attached the district designation of a letter and number. For instance, correspondence from large centres intended for Auckland arrives there already sorted into eight sections according to the district designation, and goes direct to the suburban post office from which postal delivery is made, but correspondence not carrying the designation may first go to the chief post and require further sorting for delivery to the sub-office This is the principal reason why the Post Office is requesting the co-opera-tion of business firms and the general public in promoting the use of postal designations as this is to the mutual advantage of both parties.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 9, 11 January 1936, Page 8
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305Popular Names Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 9, 11 January 1936, Page 8
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