Good Example.

Te Aroha News, Volume 1, Issue 45, 12 April 1884, Page 4

Good Example.

President Arthur, during his Western tour, never killed more game than could be used in camp, and furthermore, in breaking camp his orders were imperative to extinguish every vestige of a fire, and for this purpose a force of men were always left behind. It is a pity that all the people in these mountains are not as careful* for thousands upon thousands of acres of timber that would some day be valuable have been destroyed, and other thousands, even at the present writing, are in flames. There is no prevention of these ravages save the individual efforts of the campers. —From the "Herald. '

A fearful crime was prevented a few days ago between Handford and Trentham by the activity and watchfulness of a local policeman. Looking over a hedge, he had observed a labourer, armed with a large knife, pursuing his terrified victim across an open field. Still he watched, until, after a breathless chase, the ruffian overtook her, threw her down, &nd just as she was struggling frantically to escape the fatal stab the policeman appeared upon the scene and saved her life. She was a sheep. —"Globe." The big dredge has lifted seven thousand tons from the Port Chalmers bar during the past week, which is nearly double what she lifted during the whole of the preceding five months. .