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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXX, Issue 8495, 29 July 1933, Page 4

The report of a gold find near Ross has been confirmed and the country is spoken of very highly, states the Hokitika corerspondent of the Christchurch Times. Prospectors following up an old tunnel where an earlier party had made a diligent search for the lode encountered an obstruction on the side of the tunnel. It was necessary to use explosives to clear the obstruction, and by a happy chance a larger charge than v/as cua-1 tomary was used. The charge did more than was required, and exposed quartz of substantial width which was found to carry good gold. The discovery is now being followed up, and may prove the main lode for which a good deal of prospecting has been done for many years. Many strange associations have been recorded in the animal kingdom and feathered world, but one which can be seen at present on the property of Mr W. Thorburn, of Tararu, Thames, will take a lot of beating. There a black orpington hen is doing her best to mother a litter of seven pigs, the progeny of a Yorkshire sow. The mother of the young pigs seems quite content to hand over the care of the litter, who are taken for a constitutional by their foster-mother, though the latter finds great difficulvy in covering them when perched on top. All the occupants of the sty lie down in complete harmony. Another strange feature of this most unusual association is that the hen had previously shown no indication of being broody. Now, however, she flies at any intruder.