THE Kaipara Advertiser, AND WAITEMATA CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 10 January 1912, Page 2

THE Kaipara Advertiser, AND WAITEMATA CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Town Board meets on Monday evening next, 15th inst.

The committee of the Helensville Regatta thank all those gentlemen who assisted them en Regatta Day, thus helping to make the affair a success.

A notice appears in another column warning people not to trespass on the sections known as the old Sale Yards, Helensville.

Mr Horace Hammond, of Dargaville, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Architects.

Tenders for tho purchase and removal of the old mill on the Kaipara Dairy Go's property, Helensville South, close on the 19th inst.

A number cf land-seekers are at present in tho Northern Wairoa, and there is a probability of some of them taking up blocks of land here.

The big pig, weighing 4401bs brought into Helensville frainMrW. Biadly's farm, To Pua. was purchased by Mossrs Stewart Bros, at 3|d per lb. Pigs of this kind are in denand at this price.

The local postmaster informs us that he has been notified from tho H>ad Office that deferred cable messages at half rates may now be uceopted by either route for Canada.

We draw attention of farmers and others to tho alteration of tho date of the Auckland Farmers' Union monthly sale which. -will be held on Tuesday, 23rd of January, instead of the 16th as previously advertised.

In connection with the forthcoming Show, arrangements have b9en made for a stock train to carry exhibit, leaving Auckland at 6 a.m. returning from Hulensvillo at 7 p.m. E^ hibitors ca-i also travol by the early train.

The Kaukapakapa Athletic Club's Annual Sports take place in Mr; J. Dnnnan's paddock to-morrow, commenciDg at I o'clock sharp. The programme, consisting of 17 events, is a good ono, and a pleasant afternoon's spoit is assured. In the evening a social will be held.

MrsD. Russell, of Paueka, Te Pua, had the misfortune to be thrown from a trap last Wednesday, falling heavily upon her aim aud shoulder, the -wheel of the trap passing over her ankle. We are pleased to state that, although incapacitated for several days, Mrs Russell is now making a speedy re* covery.

Owing to Mr AVilson. being unable to visit Helensville through sickness, and therefore not being able to supply the information neeossary to be put before the ratepayers, the "meeting in connection with tho Swing Bridge has again had 10 he postponed. The Chairman of the Board says the date now advertised, Thursday, January 25, wiJl be definite.

The Northern Wairoa Dairy Company, during the month of December, manufactured 143,5781bs of butter, an increase of 18 per cent over the previous December output. The total quantity of butter made from June to December was 200 tons, an increase of 27 per cent for the same period of the previous year.

Ladies be considerate and tactful, yet firm, with any refactory draper who may try to substitute any other make for the famous WARNER'S Rustproof Corsets.

The Town Clerk (Mi H. White) informs us that the Coronation Grant of £75, for the new Library has been received.

The second test match between England and Australian Cricket Teams played at Melbourne, was won by the visiting team. This makes one each.

Eunds amounting to £6000 have been collected for the Nightingale Statue to be erected opposite the Crimean Memorial in Waterloo Place, London.

G-ood Day! Isn't it hotf'Tes, very ! Yet it was only last week everyone was wishing for summer. Well it's here.

Large crowds of people have been returning after the holidays during the week, and on Monday the Wairoa steamers had a full complement of passengers.

Dick Arnst, the popular New Zealand sculler, who has been living for some time past at Manly, Syndey, was savagely attacked by four ruffians in the early houis of Boxing morning, sustaining injuries so seriou? as to necessitate treatment in a private hospital, Arnst put up a good fight against his assailants, and, had pretty woll disposed of two of them-, when one, who had not been taking part so far, is declared to have sneaked up behind Arnst and dealt him a couple of blows on the head with a picket. He was picked up and conveyed to the hospital where it was found his scull was laid bare on the forehead, and on the left side of the head, by gaping wounds. He is now progressing as favourably as could be expected,

Should any of our readers be considering the purchase of a piano or organ we would recommend them to read the advertisement of the English & Foreign Piano Agency Ltd. (S. Coldicutt, Manager; of Auckland, which appears in the columns of this paper. There are so many makes, qualities and prices of pianos, which a purchaser has to consider that it is advisable to consult a reliable firm of specialists, preferably a house with a good reputation, a thorough knowledgo of the business, and a large stock to select from. We are informed that the E. & F. Piano Agency Ltd., have a stock of over 200 instruments in' Auckland of which they will be pleased to give full particulars.

We are sorry to state that on Monday afternoon whilst returning from Kaukapakapa in company with Constable Driscoll and E. Hunter, M. Adlington met with a nasty accident near Mt. Hex. It appears that while the three weie riding along, Adlington'p horse appeared to cross its leg* and came down, throwing Adlington heavy on his left fhoulder and head, rendering him unconscious for some few minutes. Constable Driscoll examined him and ascertained that he had fract~ ured his collar-bone, and rendered first aid. Meanwhile It. Hunter, who had gone atter Adlington's horse, returned with a conveyance which he met on the road, in which the sufferer was brought to Helensville and attended to by Dr. Meinhold. It will be some weeks before Mr Adlington will be able to follow his occupation as atook aarent for Bvclcland and Sons.

The following is from the Petone Chronic'e : " New Zealand has reach-, ed a topsy-turvy stage of development. The choice we have is between a heterogeneous mass of fortuitous atoms known as the Ward Administration, and a higgledy-piggledy conglomeration of incongrous article3 labelling itself the Reform Party. Ward has been so long in office in one capacity or another that he has become a Tite Barnicle, with trimmings. Massoy, politically, is merely a howling dervish, a shriek, an expletive, a note of exclamption ! Ward is an oracular enigma, whooping- from the bone pile of a half-forgotten past. Massoy is lhe cacophonous mouthpiece of the spinx of s<]uatterdom .which sits watching witli meloncholy eyes, the roluc;aiit sunset of effete conservatism."

Magjjio Papakura must to-day be the best known woman the Old Country, by name at any rate, for notico move or less correct concerning her engagement to Mr. Staples-Brown appparod iu well-nigh every newspaper published inljthe Kingdom. But Maggie's features will not be so familiar as her name, for though some scores of papers have published alleged portraits of the '"beautiful and accomplished Maori maiden," they have, in all innocence no doubt confroDtad their readers with a charming picture of Iwa "all smiles." It is a charming portrait but, of course, bears no resemblance whatever to its alleged original. By the way, according to some of the English papers, the marriage of Maggie with Mr. Staples-Brown is to take place in Fiji, and it is stated that the couple will settle in England.