New Name For Wau?
p. 23 · Read in the full issue
WHEREVER the new capital of New Guinea may be situated on the mainland it seems certain that it will be connected by road with Wau.
This means for a certainty that Wau, situated so attractively in its green val ley at the cool height of 3,500 ft., will become the favourite holiday resort of that part of the world.
Visualising something of the sort, a writer in the “Rabaul Times” strongly urges that the name be changed. He implies that, at first hearing, “Wow” makes the average European giggle— and one is bound to admit that as a name it has a silly sound. The “Times” writer strongly urges “Koranga-Wau”.
Why not simply Koranga? It is a pleasant-sounding word, and its use would be amply justified, as the pretty little town of Wau is situated near the junc tion of famous Koranga Creek, and the Bulolo.