A BID FOR FAME

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 18 November 1910, Page 7

A BID FOR FAME

"OTAHUHU" OR'"GLOVER." (By Telegraph.) (From Our Parliamentary Reporter..) WELLINGTON, Wed. The member for Auckland Central, Mr. A. E. Glover, is nothing if not original. He is always startling the House with something new and unexpected, and this evening he fak'ly took the House of Representatives by storm with his latest proposal. The House had been discussing matters .associated with nomenclature. Several members objected that on various railway stations the name N of the town or hamlet was nov conspicuous enough. As a. matter of fact, to the ordinary traveller, alleged one member, nearly every small station in New Zealand bore the name oi Wolfe's Schnapps. This led to a further discussion upon the question of the naming' of to\yns. At this stage Mr. Glover rose up from a seat he had taken on the front Ministerial menches and informed the House that he had a boon to aisk. Taking the House into his confidence he informed members that near by Auckland City there was a picturesque town which bore an ill-fit-ting name. He referred to Otahuhu. Mr. WilfortT: How do vou pronounce Mr. Glover: "Pronounciatio.n is difficult. It is called 0-ta.-hu-hu." And the-member for Auckland Central mouthed the word, syllable by syllable, distastefully; "and so, before I die," continued Mr. Glover, "I hope to see the town that is now called Otahuhu emblazoned with the name of Glover. It is the desire of my heart to see that name famous, and so I ask members in the kindness of their hearts to agree to change the difficult Otahuhu to the more easily pronounced GloveC." "The Hon. T. Mackenzie was about to speak," interrupted the Speaker, as though he had not heard Mr. Glover's little outburst, and the Minister called upon thereupon proceeded to talk of other matters.