TOM BOWLINE BAY.
The spelling of place names in Now Zealand as elsewhere frequently shows strange discrepancies. This fact is brought into prominence by tho landing of the first boatload of survivors tho ill-fated steamer Wimmera on the northern coast of Atickland (writes "Mercntio" in the "N.Z. Herald"). The British Admiralty charts give the spelling of the place as Tom Bowline Bay The county maps of New Zealand and- the Land Office documents give the spelling as Tom Bowling Bay. As a general rule, it is rather risky to accuse the British Admiralty of error, even in the smallest detail, and its charts are famous throughout the world for their meticulous accuracy; but it was evidently not a naval sailor who was responsible for tke name Tow Bowline, but some careless printer who did not know Dibdin's famous sea song:— Hero a . sheer huDc lies poor Tom Bowling', th© darling of oar crew; No more he'll hear the tempest bowling; for death has broached him to. His form was of the manliest beauty, his heart was. kind and soft; Faithful - below Tom did', his ■ duty, sad ■ sow . I he'* gone'aloft.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16258, 8 July 1918, Page 5
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190TOM BOWLINE BAY. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16258, 8 July 1918, Page 5
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