STREET NOMENCLATURE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13874, 7 October 1908, Page 4

STREET NOMENCLATURE.

Sir,—At the time of William Palmer trial for the Rugeley murders the town be- :|.i: tamo so .notorious that the inhabitants " thereof were afraid it would affect tbo Credit V thereof, 60 a deputation was formed and >, waited upon the Prime Minister with a. request that the name of the town might s? altered. Lord Palmerston after considorinS* " the various arguments brought forward, said, <• "Gentlemen, may I suggest ; a name? Call, . i - it after me." "After your lordship? ;;.py. | " Yes. How would Palmerston do?" Needless to say the suggestion of his lordship .' 1 ; was not adopted. Karangahapo Road'» ' good, substantial name, and as one'of t"® , ; (cv members of tho meeting remarked, when v ; .; you have once got the hang of it you cannot lose it. It is a name known far andwaij and symbolical as a place for a good article "• , at less than Queen-street prices: hub _if y o ' l , ; J must have a change, and as the prinoipsj •, . . advocate of the scheme rejoices in .I? euphonious namo of Schneideman, why n°'' ,'t call it tho Schnoideman's-strcot? >• („• '• Resident.. , ;