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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 25 November 1930, Page 5

JVom Mr Malcolm Fraser, the Government Statistician, the Town Clerk (Mr J. S. Neville) lias received acknowledgment of the receipt of a copy of the City Council's recently-issued "Year Book." Mr Praser added: "I must congratulate you on the excellence of the publication." A number of similar letters have boen received all containing complimentary references to tho boolr. When the Postmaster-General (the Hon. J. B. Donald) nest visits Christchurch, he will b« waited upon by a deputation, which will urge that the broadcasting of debates on current topics by the New Zealand Broadcasting Company's looal station be permitted. Applicants for positions us teachers under the Canterbury Education Board will he interviewed and medically examined this week, arrangements having f*yen made for this to take place at Timaru to-day, at Ashburton tomorrow, and in Christehurch on Thursday ana Friday. That old, old subject of the advisability of changing the name of the district from Poverty Bay" cropped up at the last meeting of tho tiisuorno Chamber ot Commerce, {several speakers contended that the name was » handicap to the district and that il had always beep a handicapping feature to its prosperity. Mr ft. W. JEdwards mentioned that members ot the Jbeal golf club, would, at the next annual meeting, be faced with a motion proposing that the nam« of the club be changed from "'Poverty Bay" to "Gtsborne." Mr A. L. Mulr conimented that this subject had be4n debated far back as 95 yo&rs ago. To his mind a great deal of nonsense had been talked ftbout the damage caused by the name, and he believed that • * was decidedly more of aji advertisement thnn anything else. In any event it would be a great trouble to find nnv other suitable name. They should alfeo be loth to part with a name which hqd such historical associations, for there was ffir too little of history in New Zealand. Another speaker commented that the name of "Endeavour Bay" had been suggested many years ago. The subject was dropped without any definite resolution being piisscd.