1961: Walter’s Bluff
March 19, 2019
By AHNZ
Priceless! This just to hand: After Prime Minister Walter Nash’s 1960 con to connect Nelson by rail to the main trunk failed there was some pay-back. Eternal pay-back.On the site where Nash promised a railway tunnel would begin, the hillside opposite Founders Park, a private prankster created their own sign “Walter’s Bluff” and the name that stuck and is now official. I love it!
All the towns and street names that politicians have gotten their grubby names on over the years but this one, finally, is one Anarchists can respect and enjoy!
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Note to self: Just need to find out the official year of the naming and the photo of Nash caught red-handed mentioned below
Ref. The Prow; retrieved 2019
Ref. Nelson.govt; ret. 2019
Ref. Previous post: 1960: Nelson-Blenheim Railway
Image ref. Walter Nash at his desk; Alexander Turnbull Library
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