A universal beating of swords into ploughshares seems to be as far off now as ever, but one Takapuna resident is showing the world a way in which can be used for more useful and peaceful pursuits than hamstringing enemies. He was seen on his hands and knees on the lawn mowing awkward buffalo grass —the bane of so’ many Auckland h ouse bolders with the greatest ease. An envious neighbour could not make out what sort of sickle he was using With such powerful effect, and was surprised, on making closer investigation, to find that it was an old cavalry sword.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 January 1939, Page 8
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