(Taken From The Nanaimo Free Press, March 4, 1907)  Correct
Definition Of The Word Nanaimo  Master Gordon Planta Gets First
Prize in Earl Grey Competition For The Best Answer To How
Nanaimo Came By Its Name --Miss Belle McMillan Obtains Special
Mention  How did Nanaimo come to be called Nanaimo?  That was
the question last fall that was agitating many school children
when the Governor-General, on his vivist here offered a medal
for the boy or girl giving him the best answer to this question,
naming the following committee as judges, Mayor Planta, Mark
Bate and A. R. Johnston.  Quite a number of ingenious replies
were received, and the task the judges had before them was not
an easy one, a long delay in making the final award being caused
by having to look up information and gather data on the subject,
so that the most correct answer would get the prize.  Mayor
Planta resigned from the committee, finding out that a son of
his was in the competition, his place being taken by a member of
the Free Press staff. Mr