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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 79, 28 December 1926, Page 14

A “lead” in gold was struck at the corner of High Street and Vulean Lane by a workman engaged in picking up the road in the former thoroughfare (says the Auckland "Star”). It might be termed a "dab” of colour, yet was more in the nature ot an alluvial deposit. What was of greater consequence to the finder was . that it was a minted specimen—a half-sovereign bearing the date 1864. About that period of Auckland’s history a number of wellknown hostelries of the earlier days were located in this vicinity, and many an odd coin would be dropped «*no swallowed by the mud of the highway after closing hours. In short, a search for further gold and silver "veins* might prove fairly profitable in the neighbourhood, but it is doubtful if the City Council would consider the return commensurate with the cost of removing the "mullock heaps” of the miners in aider to enable traffic to resume its flow after (lie "field” had petered out.

With the object of facilitating shunt-, ing methods at Putaruru railway station. the Department have placed a motor tractor, fitted with railway wheels in the station yards (says the Auckland "Star”). For some years trains have been considerably delayed there on account of so much shunting to be done by the engines drawing them. Although it was not considered necessary to have a shunting engine stationed in the vard to do the work, sonic provision had to be made to assist in shunting trains, lienee the advent of the motor tractor Already it bus done much good work in saving the time of trains, and the result is that time‘nhles are now run strictly to time.

Mr. J. C. Anderson, of Stirling, has a herd of 63 dairy cows that nut tin a tine record for the month of November Jrenorts lhe "Otairo Daily Times”). Ih" average production per co”' was 4!lb. of butter-fat. testing 4.1. They are all nurebred Jersey”, and the herd has been regularly culled, until now there is not a “border” cow in the lot. Good pasture. of course, has also had something to do with the increasin'- nroductiyilv and top-dressing as regularly practised on Mr. Anderson’s farm

Proarandra does the whole jolt- root and all. Get rid of that corn- Is. 6d. -Advt,