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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 120, 11 February 1926, Page 5

A canvasser who operated in rural districts round Wanganui recently left very little to chance. Interviewing farmers while they were working, he had with him cheque books on four different banks, so that the excuse “ I haven’t my cheque book ” rarely caught him napping. If a farmer said he was too hard up to be interested, the canvasser was willing to assist. No self-respecting farmer could withstand such obliging solicitations, and the philanthropist did a lot of business.

Adequate metal supplies for local : purposes may be obtained, it has been suggested,' from the andesite rock deposits in the Okauia district, of which it is stated there are unlimited quantities, easily procurable. This rock (which must not be confused with the softer boulders found among it) is an eruptive product, a resultant of volcanic action, and similar (in appearance at any rate) to trachyte, another volcanic rock. Technically, andesite is described as “ consisting essentially of a plagioclase feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, hyposthene, or biotite.” The word “ andesite ” derives its origin from the Andes range of mountains, in South America, where it abounds. It would appear that a “ Lost Atlantis ” stretches between New Zealand and South America, for there are certain flora to be found only in both places. Locally, this reminder of the Andes is found at Okauia and also at Tirohia (near Te Aroha), from which latter place many local bodies secure much of their roading- metal.—Matamata Record.