PIGS PURSUED

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 33, 2 November 1933, Page 12

PIGS PURSUED

Nineteen Escape When Lorry Strikes Pole ALL FINALLY CAUGHT Dominion Special Service. Auckland, November 1. An exciting pig hunt, in which many men and small boys joined with joyful zest, took place in Newton this afternoon as the aftermath of a sensational accident in which a motor-loiry laden with corrugated iron, plate gla j, several drums of benzine and 20 pigs collided with a telegraph pole. The pigs, iron, benzine drums an glass were hurled on to the footpath and the pole was almost smashed in two about seven feet from. the ground and lurched at a precarious angle, held by the overhead wires. The driver had a miraculous escape from injury. The impact was heard streets away and the large which quickly gathered was afforded an unexpected diversion when 1H small nigs, squealing loudly, began to run in all directions. One pig was killed in the accident. Then the chase was on. Numerous small boys appeared from nowhere and their number was augmented by several men. They set off after the fast-disappearing quarry. Some of the animals scampered away up the hill toward Karangahape Road, but ten nigs," wiser than the rest, made a beeline for the rubbish tip which lies in (he hollow at the bottom of the hill. Nothing daunted, several boys, clambering through the maze of old tires and rusty tins, cut off the fugitives until two men came down and carried them by relays to another lorry. Meanwhile the hunt was continued up the hill and, after a good deal of excitement and much running, pursuers captured the remainder of the pigs, which were incarcerated, squealing vociferously, with their fellows. Willing assistants then helped to load tlie litter of oil-drums, which remained intact, and corrugated iron on ro the other lorry. The plate-glass was smashed to smithereens. The vehicle involved in the accident was driven away under its own power with its left side torn by the impact. Tlie. pigs were accommodated in a carrier’s yard for the night.