NEW ZEALAND HISTORY
Sir, —In your issue of August 28 "Gai-1 gorm" suggests that Governor Hobson has not been paid due appreciation as only a back street has been named after him when the new waterfront drive might have been better suited to carry the name of Hobson. There are certain facts which we cannot expect a newcomer to be aware of. Here are the facts. When Hobson Street was named, Auckland was a very small place, and who could tell which way the town would spread and which street would be the most important street. Queen Street was named after Her Majesty the Queen, Albert Street, after His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Hobson Street after Governor Hobson. "Galgorrn" would be interested to know that this "back street" as he refers to Hobson Street was the street in which Governor Hobson resided. I must also correct the writer in his reference to the waterfront drive when speaking of Governor Hobson when he uses the words "part of which he trod." In Governor Hobson's days not any part of the present waterfront drive was in existence, the ground having been reclaimed very recently. Allan O'Neill.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22515, 4 September 1936, Page 15
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