“LOCALITY GUIDE.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20648, 24 June 1935, Page 12

“LOCALITY GUIDE.”

A Lesson in New Zealand Names. How many New Zealanders, who do not live in or near Little Manly, know that such a place exists and has its own interest in the moods of Mussolini and in the prospective battles of the All Blacks? Well, if the curious look at the new “ Locality Guide ” a twenty-five-page section of the 'latest issue of the Railways Timetable —they will see that Little Manly is actually near the railway station of Kaukapakapa, which is forty-three miles from Auckland. There is a big Manly, too, although it does not officially call itself big. It is content with the plain name of Manly. This Manly is not far away from Little Manly. A glance through the “ Locality Guide ” will astonish plenty of folk. Here are some of the names, which figure seldom in the newspapers: Amodeo Bay, Arkle’s Bay, Big Omaha. Digger’s yallev, Hora Mora. Hore Ilore. Long Acre Valley, Lowgarth. Mere Mere. Miranda, NgahinepOuri. Wansted, Eighty-eight Valley, Flag Swamp. Fortification, Fvvie, Janefield, Myross Bush, Post-office Gully, Spar Bush. Spottis Creek, Tussock Creek, Wild Bush, Yelverton. It is an alphabetical list of about 2000 towns, townships, suburbs, and villages. Alongside each locality name is the name of the nearest railway station and the number of the page in which it appears in the timetable index.