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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2804, 23 November 1931, Page 4

On Friday last members of the Thames Valley Electric Power Board paid a visit of inspection to the Beard’s section near Waitakaruru, in order to see for themselves the progress of the trees which have been planted to ensure r. supply of power poles in the future. A section of the Board has always been against the scheme, and at the next meeting of the Board the- question of whether planting will be continued according ' to programme, or whether the land will be sold, will be discussed. That the abundance of the humble threepenny bit in New Zealand is a source of wonder to many English visitors was stated by a Londoner who is visiting Christchurch. He states that he would not see a threepenny bit in twelve months in the Old Country, and indeed, he thought that the coin had gone completely out of existence, like the groat, which had ceased to be minted. “I often find myself in trouble here,” - he said, offering a threepenny bit for a six- x pence; the latter being the smallest silver coin in general use in England.”