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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 10 (January 1, 1940)

Echoes Of Maoriland

Echoes Of Maoriland

Many years ago, in the Sanitarium Gardens, in Rotorua, there lived a happy monkey family, consisting of Jacko, Jennie, and the small baby monkey. As a rule they occupied a large roomy cage, but after the arrival of the baby, Jennie was chained to a large tree and the little one played about her. Near the tree was a large boiling hole, with a railing around it. This hole has never been fathomed and is blue-looking and bubbling, whilst the sides cave ever under and outwards. The young monkey, one day feeling more adventurous than usual, climbed the tree and fell from a branch into the boiling hole below.

The unfortunate little creature was never seen again, and the behaviour of the bereaved mother was pitiful. She just sat by the big tree, where she was when the accident happened; she never ate nor drank again and within a week she was dead; literally fretted to death. Now Jacko was a friendly fellow, and tame, but following the two tragic deaths, he attacked the keeper, and poor Jacko had to be destroyed.

Thus ended the happy lives of a model family, and after hearing this, one can hardly say animals have no feeling of poignant sympathy and love.

—Alma Lewin.

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Progressive New Zealand Industries (Rly. Publicity photos.) The illustrations show: (1) Making golf-bags at Darlow's, Auckland. (2) Corner of storeroom at Darlow's. (3) Four stages in the growth of Hannah's, Wellington. (4) Corner of sewing-room, Slippers Ltd. (5) Social hall and lunch-room at Slippers Ltd., Lower Hutt. (6) Close-up of machine tacking tops to last, Duckworth's, Christchurch. (7) Workroom showing modern production system in operation, Duckworth's, Christchurch. (8) The Stuck-on sole process at Bridgen's Auckland.

Progressive New Zealand Industries
(Rly. Publicity photos.)
The illustrations show: (1) Making golf-bags at Darlow's, Auckland. (2) Corner of storeroom at Darlow's. (3) Four stages in the growth of Hannah's, Wellington. (4) Corner of sewing-room, Slippers Ltd. (5) Social hall and lunch-room at Slippers Ltd., Lower Hutt. (6) Close-up of machine tacking tops to last, Duckworth's, Christchurch. (7) Workroom showing modern production system in operation, Duckworth's, Christchurch. (8) The Stuck-on sole process at Bridgen's Auckland.