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Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3392, 24 December 1931, Page 3

In Taranaki the cow reigns supreme, and they even put up with many of her eccentricities. She has earned a wide reputation as a trainstopper, as she has a nasty habit of straying at night, and the railway line seems to have a fatal attraction for her. The other night a herd wandered on to the line between Whareroa and Hawera, and tried to negotiate the railway bridge, but several of them became stuck between the sleepers. With the aid of ropes and block and tackle, crowbars, and nearby farmers who were roused out of bed, the cows were removed and the goods train went on its way after being held up for two hours. This happened at 3 a.m. With the luck of the Taranaki cow, the only casualty was a broken leg for one animal.