STREET NAME CHANGES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20300, 6 July 1929, Page 16

STREET NAME CHANGES.

ENGLISH TITLES DESIRED.

NEW LIST FOR AVONDALE

SUGGESTIONS TO COUNCIL. ■ AI "When the City Council is called upon *V lloxt Thursday to confirm its previous decision to give Maori names to 52 streots r in Avondale, tho present titles of which (luplicato street names in older parts of the city, it will be asked to consider a , list of English alterriativo3 approved by Iho residents most concerned. Some time ago, when lialf-a.dozen ' duplicated names were under review, the opinion was expressed by the council that, ■ when changes were hoing made in tho £ future, Maori names should be used. The ■ duty of making name changes rests with . Jihe Works Committee, and, on the amalgamation of Tamaki and Avondale with * itho city, it took tho instruction literally, presenting tho council with a formidable r.- list of Maori names to take tho placo of •those which were the samo as street-names "in other parts. :: To the expressed surprise of the committee chairman, Mr. J. Dempsey, the ■ council adoptod the list without discus- * ision. " The council asked for Maori : names, and it has got them, but I did not think that they would go through," ilr. Dempsey said. First opposition to tho new names was expressed when tho council was called upon to pass a special

order making tho changes. The feeling Of tho council on that occasion was that

it was hopeless to bring forward English alternatives on the spur of the moment, and it was, therefore, decided to make

the order on tho understanding that Avon [ dale residents would consider the position.

The upshot is that tho council will bo nsked to make the changes set out in the ' following list, in which the proposed new names are shown in parentheses Albert Road (Rowan Road), Alexander - Street (Laburnum Road), Argyle Street 7 (Lanark Streot), Ayr Street (Stirling ..Street), Boylan Street (Whitby Road), - Bedford Street (Hertford Road), Blako Streot (Jude Street), Bollard Avenue .(to remain), Brown Street (to remain), Browne Street (Pembroke Street), Beat-

Rico Street (Spruce Road), Cameron Street (Middlesex Road), Church Street ■(C'halmer Street), Clifford Street (Col-

. ombo Street), Connell Street .(Corn* •wall Road), Cracrcft Street (Hazel Street), Dale Street (Fir Street), Dilivorth Street (Ulster Road), East Road (Munster Road), Elizabeth Street (Plane ..Street), Exeter Street (Northumberland Road), Garnet Street (Tiverton Road), .'.George Street (Beech Street), Glenside - Avenue (Lemstcr Avenue), Gore Stret (Lancaster Street), High Street (Syca- , more Street), Karaka Street (Botton Street), Kitchener Road (Holly Street), jrMacky Street (Blackpool Road), Manu"kau Road (Blockhouse Bay Road), Marine Terrace (Taunton Terrace), i Myer's Road (Myers Road), 0 Neil Street (Connaught Street), Porter Street '•■ (Kinross Street), Princess Street (Elm Street), Puriri Street (Colchester Road), ,Palmer Street (Donegal Street), Richmond Street (Limerick Road), St. i<George's Road (Taylor Street), Seaview Road (Birch Street), Station Road (to remain), Taylor Street (to remain), "The Avenue (Laurel Avenue), Victoria Road (Lime Street), Walton Street (Poplar Street), Wharf Road (Ash Road), Whittaker Street (Lyrone Street), Williamson Street (Armagh Road), Wynyard -Road (Blockhouse Bay Road), Wolseley 'Road (Bancroft Street), Willow Avenue ; (Dundale Avenue), Wilson Street (Larch Street).