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Otago Witness, Issue 3972, 29 April 1930, Page 62

Early on a recent morning an interruption in the power supply occurred at Bunnythorpe (says the Poverty Bay Herald). A mouse had found its way into a switch compartment in the substation, and climbed on to the “live” terminals switch. Apparently its tail touched the frame of the switch, and a terrific three-phase power arc occurred, the worst form of short circuit. The main switch, however, successfully cleared it, thus cutting off the power, which must have been momentarily in the vicinity of 100,000 horse-power. The switch on which the mouse had ventured was considerably damaged by the short circuit. The Royal Exchange, in London, has been enriched by a bust of Abraham Lincoln, placed there by the Gresham Committee. The bust, carved by Air Andrew O’Connor, the American sculptor, from a block of limestone quarried near Lincoln’s birthplace, shows the great President as he was in his prime, “ a picture of bodily and mental power, m-appling easily with any task,” as Lord Crewe said in unveiling it. Like Wellington, a strong man of another type, Alraham Loncoln now stands amid “ streaming London’s central roar,” as well as in the peace of Westminster, and all good Englishmen are glad to have it so.