BLOCKS OF STATE FLATS
NEW SYSTEM OF NAMING A policy of designating blocks of State flats by a name, using the term "place" instead of "fiats," was notified by the Director of Housing to the Auckland City Council last night. The council decided to offer no objection to the system, but the department should make application to the council for suitable recommendations or for approval of the department's recommendations. A name, tne Director of Housing stated, might be chosen by adopting that of the owner of the land, providing he was well known and closely associated with the life of the community in the district. For instance, flats being erected in Wellington on property for many years occupied by the late Sir George Hunter were to be called Hunter Place. In other cases, blocks of flats might be named after V.C. winners in the present war. Local centennial committees might be able to suggest names of historic or public worth.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24216, 6 March 1942, Page 4
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