HOUSE PROTECTION AT HOKIO.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 August 1913, Page 3

HOUSE PROTECTION AT HOKIO.

(To I lie Editor.) Sir,---Mr Eosella asks, in his letter yesterday, if anyone would submit to him any suggestions through your paper for the protection of property av Hokio. Well, there are various means for accomplishing this end. In the old days the Greeks have kept geese, which warned them of the approach of enemies. The "draw-bridge" is another ancient method, while the Maoris used the "Taiaha" and greenstone "mere men!" to keep off ilie approach of enemies. In these days, hoAVcyer, we have guns, and if Mr Eitsella keeps his, trained eye on the dwelling instead of 011 the whitebait he may do better. A bull is also handy in the back yard, provided he does not turn on the owner. I suggest, as the most practical to my mind of all protection, a good scarecrow near the house, a bulldog in the yard, and a skull and cross-bones painted on the back door. Yours, etc., KLEPTOMANIAC