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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5225, 11 January 1928, Page 1

When a fire in Nelson Street, Hastings, on a recent Sunday afternoon was thoroughly extinguished, the firemen we?e surprised, to find that.' they were unable to stop tihe high-pressure, flow at tjie plug (says the “Tribune”). As they were unable to turn the; water off they withdrew the hydrant from the plug and stifled tne burst of? wate,r with two concrete si aos which, while they did notsta. y the float!, at least distributed its upward force; and reduced it from a geyser to a bubbling rush which found escape into«the channelling. It was. evening before the water was brought under control and the stream stemmed. The; cause ■of the trouble was a stone in the plug.

A well-known Lepperbon farmer has for tjie second year in succession taken his annual week’s 'holiday at the seaside, New Plymouth (says the News). On each occasion he has brought his herd of 28 cows with him, and, judging by the factory returns, they appear to have benefited by the change also. Nesdtesp to say, he does not graze his herd on the lupins, but on a small suburban property of which he is the fortunate, owner.

When cattle are permitted to graze in the “long paddock” the owner takes a risk (states the Northern Advocate). It was exemplified recently, between Kamo and Whangarei, that the risk" is greater when the road happens to be a railroad. An express hi', a white steer and cut off a leg. The beast wli.s subsequently destroyed.