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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13032, 16 February 1911, Page 1

Tlio Prime Minister and his party had an amusing experience during their motor-car run from Hunua to Patumahoe last wcwk, says an exchange. Many delays having occurred oil the road, and being hours behind time, Sir> Joseph was anxious to recover lost time if possible-, and run as near as possible to the hours fixed. Fate decreed otherwise. At the point indicated the car came up with a bullock wndgon, the- autocr-it of tho w<l, on a liiU, where the passage was limited, with a bank on one side and a deep ravine on tho other. "It's all right, lads," ycijled out the burly driver, in characteristic vernacular, "keep behind there ; you can't get past. Hold in for about five minutes." His leaders were showing signs of. nervousness. "Now, then, if you pass, lads, a.ud frighten thcise animals over the side, you'll be paying < me damages," and this was emphasised by_ artistic flourishes of a formidable-looking whip used for infusing some activity into veteran bullock teams. Quite unconscious of the Prime Minister's prosenoe, the bullock-driver freely offered other advice to "mo lads" ill tho motor-ear, incidentally delaying tho party down a hilly grade to tho extent of half an liour or more. •- —■ -■ • '-ii.i