Warning Bells.

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 154, 26 March 1938, Page 3 (Supplement)

Warning Bells.

In the days when the Maoris were hostile, and the white people lived many miles apart, with scrub and titree enclosing the tracks used for roads, it was not safe to travel after nightfall. Many a time after news had’been brought that tribes were in the vicinity, at certain' hours bells would be rung. Thus, one neighbour after the other would hear with relief of the safety of his nearest friends and ring the welcome signal on, and the “tinkle-tinkle” of the bells would, to the Maoris, sound like bells worn by cattle grazing round the homesteads. To this day, some of these same bells are used in farmhouses as dinnergongs, and are prized because of their history.— C. O’L. (South Norsewood).