THE Kaipara Advertiser, AND WAITEMATA CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 8 November 1911, Page 2

THE Kaipara Advertiser, AND WAITEMATA CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ Mr Riminer, agent, has a house to let.

The Town Board meet on Monday evening next.

Waimauku concert end dance will be held in the new Hall to morrow evening.

A grievance between a bull and bulldog caused great excitement on the wharf on Monday morning.

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons., held their usual monthly stock sale to-day, and there was a good yarding o£ catile. ' •

Mr E. J. Vercoe left HelensviUe last Saturday for his farm at Tokatoka, where he intends to go in for cattle raising.

A list of places where the Electoral Roll for the district of Kaipara is deposited for inspection appears in another column.

The New Zealand Gnp, of 2000sovs. ran on Saturtiry last was won Ly Vice Admiral, Miscount second, Los Angoles third.

Messrs Hammond & Co, Aichitccts, Dargavilie, are calling for tenders for the formation of two sections of the Omano estate roads. Tenders to close at noon on Friday, 17th of Nov. 1911.

Five thousand tons of Argentine meat, which arrived at the Austrian Adriatic seaport Trieste, was refused permission to land. Italy promptly purchased the meat and sent it to Tripoli.

Correspondence from Mr D. McDonald, in answer to letters published last week in connection with the Kuuieu Loan, for which a poll is being taken to-day is unavoidably held over.

In connection with the Shipping dispute, the masters intend resuming work, but the mutos are still dissatisfied. A further meeting of the Guild was held yesterday. Mr C. Rmson, N.S.S, Co., and Captain Hammond, K.S.S. Co., are in Wellington as delegates from the Auckland shipowners.

Tho Maori troupe now in England is in desperate straits. They have return tickets, but no means of earning a livelihood until the vessel sails on Saturday Tho Australian syndicate winch financed them, lost between £9000 and £10,000 on the venture,

According to correspondonfs in Tripoli the Italians scoured the oasis outsido the town for four days, in.iiscriminately shooting the Turks found there. It is stated that the Ital • ian soldiers in Tripoli are paralysed by fear, and the enemy's persistency day and night is affecting their iinag~ inations and nerves.

A concort and dance, in aid of the Building Fund of the Helensville Public Library is being airanged to take place on Friday, November 17. As this is to assist iv raising the wherewithall to lift the £7o Coronation Grant, we hop^ to chronicle a bumper house. Further jiarticulai's will appear next week.

The Helensville Hot Springs Swimming Club hold their first carnival on Friday nt-xt, November 10th, in the Hot Springs Swimming Baths, commencing at 8 p.m. sharp. There will be eight events, and as entries have come in well, a good evening's sport should be the result. The seating accommodation has been arranged for a good "number, and as the admission is only Is, children halt-price, we should be able to chronicle a full house.

It has just leaked out that the Italian, newspapers, certainly those published in J-tome. knew, before the war b^gan, that prepaiations \vern in progress for the invasion of Tripoli, but pledged themselves to remain silent, Now that the campaign is iv full swing the Press is'carrying out its further p Tedgo to keep up the people's enthusiasm .in the war.

New Zealand has not como •" empty away '' from the Houhaix Exhibition, which lias given such a fine advertisement to New Zealand products at a most opportune time—the day o£ a loud,, insistent and general demand from the middle and lower classes for a cheaper foodstuffs.- From the Exhibition lias taken five grand prizes, three diplomas of honour, and no Jess than 17 gold medals.

Auckland performers were again successful at the Wellington com-' petitions on Saturday, Miss M. Knight winning the sacred contralto solo, Mr O. E. Farrow the sacred bass solo and, Mr. John Johnstone the character sketch essay. Mr 0 E. Farrow it will be remembered took part in the Anglican Church Concert "here a short time ago.

In consequence of the Dreadnought cruiser taking the name New Zealand the Admiralty had to rochristen the warship already bearing that name. It was propose! to make the alteration to Caledonian. Sir Joseph Ward when ia London suggested that this course should not be followed, and proposed Zealandia as a substitute. He yesterday received a cablegram from the Admiralty stating that his suggestion had been followed.

Many. Australians are anxious to fight in the Turko-Italiaa war, and have offered their services to the Italian Consul, who is forwarding the offers to his Government, He states that it is unlikely the offers will be accepted.

In a speech at Freinount, Nebraska Mr Champ Clark, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, declared that nineteen of the United States were in favour of tho annextion of' Canada. He added: ''I don't care who hears me say it." Mr Clark challenged President Taft to stand as Presidential candidate on the sole question of annexation of Canada. Ef Mr Taft agreed, he (Mr Clark) would guarantee to defeat him.

The Prime Minister and the Hon. J, A. Millar visited the Christchurch industrial exhibition on Saturday morning, and after spending some time in inspecting the exhibits, were entertained by the exhibition/ executive. Responding to the toast of the Government, Sir Joseph Ward said that the Government recognised that

it was important that work done in

New Zealand should be kept before the eyes of the people. There were many people who did not realise the extent of the scientific skill of their own artisans anl the magnificent work which they could produce. It had taken quite a long time to convince those who urged tuyingin the cheapest market outside New Zealand that there was another side to the question and that substantial benefits resulted from the local distribution of moneys which -would otherwise go out of the country.

A widow in Wellington, with young children dependent on her, has writ • ten to the " Post " asking what steps she is required to take to get a pension under the Widows' Pension Act passed last session. For the benefit of others similirlv situated it may be explained that the Act does not become operative till January Ist next. All that a widow who has a valk"t claim to a pension is thon reqiiired to do is to call at the office of the registrar of pensions, where she will be required to fill in certain particulars on a printed form. The officers of the Department will then take the nbcessary steps to get a pension certificate issued. It is worth mentioning that the per^ sion will commence from the date of application in each instance, so that if, for auy reason, inquiries are pro • longed, a widow will not suffer on that account.

\ The sth of November (Guy J?awkes' Day) falling on Sunday last, it was docided that the execrated Spanish gentleman, now in his 306 year of memory should be burnt in off jgy on Saturday evening. During the weelc numbers of small boys were seen in Holensville streets staggeriug under, what they called their Guy Fawlros in no instance did we drop across anything resembling 'G\iy Fawkes, the Spaniard who was hired to set fire to the thirty-six barrels ot! guapowder placed under Parliament House in 1605. In ninsi cases the effigies Mere well stuffed in the body, but the head generally had a battered appear^ ance. This did not worry those in charge verj much as they called on the different places of business and] private residences with l: Give a penny for poor old Guy" The proprietor of one oi: these firms declared than he had netted 6s 6d in pennies, which he turned into fireworks to herald the burning of his guj. The Auckland boys seem to be rather tired of carrrymg old clothes stuffed with straw, as iii a number of cases they dressed themselves as guys, to get the wherewithal to purchase n*re« works. During Saturday evening both oid and young enjoyed the burning of effigies in different parts of the township, and there was a good display of fireworks.