The MOTUEKA STAR PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1902.

Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 117, 26 September 1902, Page 2

The MOTUEKA STAR PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1902.

1 At tlie next meeting of the Counci the proposal of Cr Moffatt to name the various streets within the Borough of Motueka will be discussed. To some ratepayers the question may seem to be of a trivial nature, but it is not so by any means. From time immemorial, the practice of giving fitting names to public thoroughfares has been observed by all nationalities. Some countries have thereby perpetuated the names of prominent men and women, such as celebrated soldiers, sailors, statesmen, j philanthropists and so On ; others, notably the U nited states of America, have departed from the rule and numbered their streets, with intersecting avenues. By so doing, business is facilitate*] and the public convenience met; the postman is enabled to deliver to rightful owners correspondence addressed to the many Joneses, Browns, Smiths, and Robinsons, and the stranger within our gates is enabled to .find his way

about. The proper naming of streets, and the exhibition of such names at the corners thereof, is not, we believe, made compulsory by law, as thoughtt by many, but such a custom does away with the informal and irresponsible appellations, sometimes absurd, given to highways by the old identity, who, like the poor, is always with us. There is often a High Street in boroughs and Motueka possesses one ; so fai as .ve site aware, there was only one other street with a name before the loadway through the North wood Estate was dedicated to the . corporation and christened, by resolution, Fearon street, in memory of a pioneer settler held in high esteem by the community. the other public roadways the Borough are called after citizens who have been associated with the district, in public or private capacities, in years gone by, or selections are made from the lists which the Councillors were invited to submit by His Worship the Mayor, is a matter which can.be left to the good sense of the burgesses’ representatives, who have come to the conclusion that the time has arrived when the Borough of Motueka should fall in line with the others in the Coijuv.