MOUNT WAKEFIELD.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2006, 13 March 1914, Page 4

MOUNT WAKEFIELD.

Sir,—For some time past the Got" crnment iiavo been ceiisMcring tho question of naming tli« Irishcst part of tko Tinakori Hills "Mmtiit Wakefic-W," in memory of the foimder af this city, aatl to whom in conjunction with tlie K;n'{ of Durham "England is ciiioHy intlcbteU for tho systematic coteuiaatien of Now Zealand." ' . ' Will you kindly publish tip enclosed copy of n letter on tho subject. Umt 1 received from the llqij. A. L. Hcrdntan, M.1 , ., tho other day? l< 1 ,. G. AVakefieldi Uvn «l liis bratlici's, and a neico are biiried side- by side in tho little old cemetery .nt the? foot of the mount iimv calfeil by lies name. A vonngm , brother, CapUiiu Ai'llnw Walit , .- iicld, U.N., was kiiioil in tln> Wairau rtiassaere, near Nelson, aud is Imricd. on the spot aiiiont! the ferii 'where lie was struck down with an asa by ite Natives. It was. tit. the .foot of this mount that perhaps tho'itfest usaioi'<

ilv oi' the early settlers mider tho Wokelieltls laudoEl, and lirst set their foot oii New 55oaland_ soil. Mount WnltefieW is higher by some liTiiiilreds of feet than the tallest "sJcj , - Kcrapnr" in. New York, or tiio JJiffe! 'IVwer iu l'aris, and will, I havo no doubt, in Umt? be ruado far more beau.tiful, .attractive, anil interesting, ami uur artists and photographers wil! inalco it a raoro i'rcqliont feature of their wrtrk than they do now. The smmnit of thi?. iwoiutt is .Worthy af.a mudi better woivu than thi? ifttlo stone Irani new disfigures its crest. AVliou the fitst settlers arrived frnivt Bkniio the lHouiit was covered from !)«id' tb foot with thick bush, supplejacks, and groat tree ferns, wild pigeons, and other nn> ttve birds were plentiful. Some «f the stnmps of the great, tree fe-rns ttenr the top can be -seen to this day.—.l am etc. : ' J. HLCOLUBR. Nertli!and,-j\[arc!i S, 1914. [Enclosure] i I'nstniSster-GetiGral's Office, I- Wellington, Feli, 27, 1914, 1 . Memorandum for the ■H-dh. "A. L, Hordmah. In rsforcjico te ymtr msßJoraiidiim of tho 21st .Fiiue iasti forwarding copy at' a letter tori Sir. J, 11. 'Coljiei:,' of Northland, regardtiiK .tho iiaitie of the jiijl on wliidi the Welliwpfteji wireless station is situated, I beg to ijiiorm you that it has hem decided that the name is te be "Mount Wakefie-M." Ivh-c1 v h-c name oi the wireless statist 5e "Eadio WelHftßten," aad this tmiinot bo altered, R. HEATON RHODES, ..- ; s Post-master-Uenera-l.