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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17957, 8 December 1932, Page 8

The motto of “service before self’' adopted by a well known world organisation, tint llotary (lab, conld have had no greater praelieal demonstration than that supplied by Alii kauri and Waerenga-a-hika farmers'recently in the assistance tliey rendered to one of their neighbors, Mr George Witters, who had been indisposed, and whose large maize paddock of 50 to 60 acres was still unsown. A number of his friends took the matter in hand, mobilised their horses, discs and rollers, and assembled on the maize paddock. At one time nearly 40 horses were, counted on the .ground, working in eight to 10 teams, The work was carried out without delay, and the ground was prepared and the crop planted in' three days, The period was rather late in- the season for maize planting. Iml experienced Farmers believe that, if a few showers fall during' the next few weeks, the crop should catch up to those planted earlier. The action of the farmers concerned in taking the matter in hand is indeed a tribute to the esteem with which Mr Witters is held in the district.