POPULAR NAMES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 10 January 1936, Page 2

POPULAR NAMES

STREET PUZZLES IN THE CITIES Street name duplication in New Zealand cities is a constant source o f difficulty to the public and particularly to the Post Office. Auckland, the largest city, with widespread suburbs, presents tlie 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. Alaori nomenclature is also in favour with too much popularity fer Kowliai, of which there are seven examples, while Park, suggesting pleasant surroundings, _is favoured to the extent or 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 and its suburbs. Christchurch and Dunedin present tho same difficulty to a smaller degree. .Christchurch lias a very large number of street duplications too, and Dunedin presents a similar puzzle to the stranger, Bay, Glen, and Hill being even more numerous—excellent descriptive names but confusing as an indication of actual location. Residents in _ such streets are naming risks of delay in delivery of their correspondence, particularly from outside the city area, unless the address 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 _ ; s made, but correspondence not carrying the designation may first go to the chief post office and require further sorting for delivery to the sub-office. This is tlie principal reason why the Post Office is requesting the cc-operation of business (inns and the genera! public in promoting the use of postal designations as this is "to the mutual advantage of both parties.