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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 116, 14 February 1928, Page 3

“Geddup!” The butcher said it quietlv. Then he said it loudly. He also used a whip. But his horse had stalled in the middle of Queen Street, and the stationary cart was blocking the traffic (relates the Auckland “Star”). Finally lie had to get down and lead the recalcitrant animate. One of the spectators was a white-whiskered citizen, who became reminiscent. He spoke of Queen Street in the days when it was more or less a metalled track, when horses that refused to budge were quite common. lie added that the practice of those times was to twist the tail gently, or to put a stone in one ear. Another possible way ol starting a horse was to place a newspaper beneath mid apply a match, but it was a proceeding regarded as lacking somewhat in refinement, witli the added possibility of the steed going a long way before it stopped, and incidentally shedding the harness on the way.