PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 784, 6 April 1910, Page 4

PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Sir,—l, with numbers of old residents of Wellington, am pleased to see ; our City Fathers taking in hand the.revising of names of our city.streets,-which been required for some.time,past. Ilie alterations made, will after . : a. ; .ti ; me,,be, mubh appreciated. by them,.-,as it, sun-, plifies one's task 'Of finding out. where people, live. .But,,sir, we are .surprised to Lief (on "readiu'g-'the 'list li :yotr _SaWr-' day's issue) ithey.have not included Abel Smith',SDonal'd .'M'.Lean, Douglas lace,- and St. Mary's" Streets.-; These streets should be included ani.the, revised list. There-is no-necessity....for Christian, and surnames ofvpersons.tq.be attached in the naming..of streets,,and while tie committee are.;about it thwshould.make a proper job of it once and for all. At have heard people. ridicule the idea when referring to-them. • then, again, the retention of these, duplicate names'must of necessity inflict extra expenso on those who are compelled to send telegrams to those living m the localities mentioned. I would.suggest, to the.rev.sW committee' the ■■ wines should be substituted for these streetsAbel Donald, Douglas, and Mary-neither of which would clash with any other at present. existing.-I .am, etc., T _ WT '