Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
License needed for work use Register

Local Govt | National News Video | Parliament Headlines | Politics Headlines | Search

 

Road name change honours Hamilton hero

Road name change honours Hamilton hero

16 August 2012

A Gallipoli soldier, teacher and artist who tragically died while trying to save others in the 1922 Hamilton Hotel fire will be recognised with a city road being renamed Sapper Moore-Jones Place in his honour.

Hamilton City Council’s Statutory Management Committee yesterday (15 August) agreed to rename Marlborough Place, off Victoria St, where the former hotel stood, in honour of the noted hero Horace Moore-Jones.

Horace Moore-Jones, who joined the Forces for WW1 as a sapper and saw service at Gallipoli is also recognised as New Zealand’s best known war artist, with his Gallipoli series of paintings “The Man with the Donkey” most well known.

The application to have him formally recognised in the city where he lived and taught in the latter part of his life taught, before dying trying to save the lives of others, was lead by Campbell Smith, Bill McArthur and Margaret Evans.

Public notification of the application for name change was carried out with owners and occupiers in the present Marlborough Place. Their views and those of the applicant, along with the 13 letters of support received as part of the application for name change were considered by the Committee as part of agreeing to rename the road.

The name change and new road signage will take effect after two months, to allow property owners, occupiers and businesses to make the necessary changes to their address details.

ENDS

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading

Are you getting our free newsletter?

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.

© Scoop Media

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
 
 
 
Parliament Headlines | Politics Headlines | Regional Headlines

Gordon Campbell: On How Climate Change Threatens Cricket‘s Future

Well that didn’t last long, did it? Mere days after taking on what he called the “awesome responsibility” of being Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon has started blaming everyone else and complaining that he's inherited “economic vandalism on an unprecedented scale” - which is how most of us would describe his own coalition agreements, 100-Day Plan, and backdated $3 billion handout to landlords... More


 
 
Public Housing Futures: Christmas Comes Early For Landlords

New CTU analysis of the National & ACT coalition agreement has shown the cost of returning interest deductibility to landlords is an extra $900M on top of National’s original proposal. This is because it is going to be implemented earlier and faster, including retrospective rebates from April 2023. More


Green Party: Petition To Save Oil & Gas Ban

“The new Government’s plan to expand oil and gas exploration is as dangerous as it is unscientific. Whatever you think about the new government, there is simply no mandate to trash the climate. We need to come together to stop them,” says James Shaw. More

PSA: MFAT Must Reverse Decision To Remove Te Reo

MFAT's decision to remove te reo from correspondence before new Ministers are sworn in risks undermining the important progress the public sector has made in honouring te Tiriti. "We are very disappointed in what is a backward decision - it simply seems to be a Ministry bowing to the racist rhetoric we heard on the election campaign trail," says Marcia Puru. More

 
 
 
 
 
 

LATEST HEADLINES

  • PARLIAMENT
  • POLITICS
  • REGIONAL
 
 

InfoPages News Channels


 
 
 
 

Join Our Free Newsletter

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.