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Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1925, Page 4

Recently at Mokoreta, in the south, relates the Wyndliam ‘‘Herald," Mr A. Paterson had a miraculous escape from serious injury by a wild boar. M ild pigs have lieen making their unwelcome appearance amongst lire flocks of sheep at lambing time more frefpieatly than usual this season, and doing a lot of damage, hast week a hoar was seen amongst Mr M, A. McRae's sheep, and Paters in, with a fellow-employee, set mil io drive the unite off. They were unarmed, save for a few stones that they had gathered. and their dogs were not snei iall.v trained for pig-hunting, Generally a pig makes off on sight of a man. Not so this one. The harking of the dogs only served to annoy him. and when the men aimed their missiles at him Ire charged Paterson, knocking him down, and was returning to the charge while Paterson was lying prone on the ground, but the dogs were incited t•» make a counter-demonstration, and this gave Paterson time to rise and get out of the way 11 is marvellous that he was not ripped in lire first charge, for the hoar seldom misses, and this hr me meant business. Ir was decided to organise a party to slay the I brute.