PURAKAU OR SOLWAY?

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11220, 11 December 1911, Page 5

PURAKAU OR SOLWAY?

MATTER AGAIN BEFORE THE A. AND P,

ASSOCIATION.

WHAT A CHANGE OF GOVERN-

MENT MAY DO

"llio manager of tho Railways wroto to the meeting of tho general committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday afternoon, in reply to a letter forwarded by the Association, suggesting that the name of tlie Kuripuni railway station ho retained if tho Department could not see its way to call it Solway, that when the question was under discussion it was discovered that tho meaning of the name "Kuripuni" was objectionable. After giving the matter evorv consideration tho manager stated that ho regretted that the application of the Society to revert back to the name of Kuripuni instead ot Pnrakau could not bo entertained. Tho general practice in naming stations was to adopt Maori names wherever practicable, and as Pnrakau was stated to bo tho name of the locality it was accordingly adopted in preference to an English name. If the Society could suggest a more suitable local Maori name its adoption would be considered. •Mr O. Cooper: "I would suggest that the matter be allowed to stand -over till the next meeting. There is every appearance at present of thero being a change of Government and from a new Government we may obtain our request to have the station named Solway."

It was decided to adopt Mr Cooper's suggestion.