FORTY YEARS AGO

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3288, 14 July 1943, Page 3

FORTY YEARS AGO

LEAVING WAITEKAURI FAREWELL FROM DISTRICT “GOLDEN AGE” CLOSES DOWN (From the Ohinemuri Gazette of July. 14, 1903.) The Rev. Mr. Longueville H. Snow of Waitekauri, passed . through Paeroa to-day en route for Auckland, where it is his intention in;future to reside. Mr Snow has been for a long time a Resident of Waitekauri/and was a proprietor of “The Golden Age.” His paper, however, is no more. He had to cease publication in consequence of lack of support. In Waitekauri, Mr Snow was held in the highest esteem, and took an active part in everything that was going. A short time ago Mr Snow was ordained a Minister of the Church of England, and as soon as he in- ' * timated his intention of quitting the district, the people quickly made up a farewell for him at which he was presented with a purse of sovereigns. Waitekauri is not what it used to be. All the mines are shut down and from what we can gather there is little chance at present of resuscitation. Mi' Kersey Cooper, late manager of the Jubilee, has again gone home, but it is not thought probable that he will return. The Golden Cross mine has practically ceased operations and in consequence the battery is closed down. The only hope left for Waitekauri is the erection of a public battery, so that the quartz from the many reefs in the vicinity of Waitekauri may be tested. It is a well-known fact that some highly-payable reefs exist in this once-famous but they have not been worked in consequence of not having a battery to treat the stone. During, the boom ( it was “Waitekauri every time.” Every Waitekauri property put on the market was floated almost immediately. How things have changed.

Stud, Waihi, where an enjoyable day was spent. The judging and demonstration was in the capable hands of our veteran breeder, Mr G. Buchanan. “Testing competitions still continue' to elicit interest and competition and the young breeder, Mr J. E. Parsons, of Manawaru had the distinction of winning both senior and junior cups. The record of Belford Twylish Lass, 8501 b. fat in 330 days, has only once been exceeded in the history of the club, while Mr Parsons’ 2-year heifer Greencroft Regina put up a creditable record of 445 lb. fat. “ In view of the New Zealand Jersey Association’s scheme to be introduced at the conclusion of hostilities whereby no Jersey bull may be transferred unless his dam has qualified for production, astute breeders will increase their testing operations to meet the new conditions and be in a position to supply proven stock to our soldiers who wish to rehabilitate themselves in farming pursuits.”