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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5061, 6 December 1926, Page 2

When Mr and Mrs C. Townshend,, junr., o'f Pukahu Road, were returning from church yesterday, morning,, and when just opposite' Mr J. Handley’s residence bn Puke Road, the Uxle of the gig in which they were driving snapped off at the wheel box, and the vehicle dropped on to its side, being held up on the stub that remained. Fortunately Mr Townshend was able to pull ; up the horse yvitlain a few yards and before anything more serious occurred. Mr G. Wilson happened to be in the vicinity and he assisted the travellers out of their difficulty. An examination of the axle afterwards showed a; flaw in the steel where the fracture occurred. “Murders, crimes of all spr.ts, divorces, and baseball are the topics which fill the, American da;ily newspapers, which are great bulky things, full, of coloured supplements,, ahd green pages with baseball and sporting news,” said Mr J. B. Harcourt, president of the Wellington Racing Club, who returned 'recently Yrom a visit to America. Of news-of the world there was little, and as for New Zealand —“Well, we simply don’t exist,” said Mr Harcourt. An ekch’ajnge reports Mr Harcourt as s|aying that accustomed as New Zealanders were to a high standard of journalism, it was very tiring to read the American productions, in which divorces and society scandals were set out in big type on the front pages. News which New Zealanders regarded as was hidden away on obscure pages, in tiny print, which was extremely difficult to read. The Aimee McPherson incident, concerning her alleged abduction was “featured” in long columns, interest reaching fever heat when the kidnapping story was exploded, while whole pages were, devoted daily to the life stories of the American prize-fighters, Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey.