LOCATION OF TIMARU
EARLY MISTAKE CORRECTED A little-known fact regarding the life of the late Mr. C. H. Tripp was mentioned at a luncheon of the Timaru Rotary Club by the president, Mr. F. I. Washbourn. Mr. Waghbourn said that Mr. Tripp had been a man of many hobbies, among which were astronomy, entomology, and navigation. Through the last-named hobby he had been instrumental in having Timaru correctly placed on the map of Now Zealand. At the time, Timaru, as it appeared on the map, was actually three miles out to sea, and it was as a result of Mr. Tripp's studies and experiments that the error was corrected. Working with a bucket of water for a horizon, Mr. Tripp used his knowledge of navigation to find the correct location of Timaru, and later acquainted the Harbour Board of the mistake, which Was corrected. Mr. Washbourn also mentioned that Mr. Tripp had achieved prominence in entomological circles in New Zealand, having had a spider named after him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21396, 20 October 1934, Page 14
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