LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 May 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-night and to-morrow night in the Foresters Hall, Perry's Picture Co will show a new lot of films.

The Secretary of the Kaipara Rugby Union wishes us to romind players that the boll is on the ground" every evening, and players are requested to roll up to piaotise.

. The Races take place in Mr Jas. Hand's paddock on Friday commencing at 12 30. In the evening a dance will be held in the Foresters' Hall, admission, gents Is Gd, ladies Is.

WftiJn Borough Council reduced the Major's honorarium from £150 to £50, and asked the engineer to re.sign, with an offer of reappointment after the strike lias ended.

It is a pqor heart that never rejoices The following birth -notice appears in tho "Waipukurau Press :" On April 24th, 1912, the wife of W. E. Walker a daughter. Both hearty. Father still at work. "

In our report of the opening of the Hclenaville Technical School, we mentioned that the Waitakerie Riding (Mr O'Neill, member) gavo £10 as their sjiare of the £60 giyon b.y th,e "NYaiteiftata Cciimty" Oaundl, when it was £20 that was given|by that riding.

The Jjegislative Council of J<'iji was opened last Friday. The financial statement shows a deficit for the paat yearof £2-{.(J;J2. The obtiiuates propasod a railway along the Eewa Uiver valley.

At a meeting of the Kaipara Kugby Football "Union last evening the first round was drawn as follows : Helensville v. Otakuniui at Helensville on June Ist. Paraka^ a bye. It is probablo j,hat [vjearf} \f.\\ enter |rqm \Yqodliill, and if so, they will play .Parakai on June 1, the ground to be fixed.

Mr Weuz Week was brought into Helensvil'e ou Mouday having- met with, a severe uccideut between Puhoi find AYarkworth while driving a bill lock waggq|}, and tak.en to th,e Hospital wl^ero he is b,pin<j attended to by I}r ftfeinhold. It appears tha MrAYeuk slipped and liis Jei't leg was run ovp-p L,y i]\e wl^eel, his son |}qtujed l^is lathers i^ishap a,nd put the break on qiiiuk'ly, but'not in time to prevent, the back wheel pas ing over his shoulder. IT it had not have beeu for the iiqpyc^-eqs of the road where T|ie accident occurred, Mr \^ouk' must 'have 'met' with instant death, as it is he is very seriously crushed and bruised all up the left side, while, his leg; is broken,

The first of Misses Little and Donovan's dancing classes was held last night, when there was a fair attendance.

Bishop Crossley and Key. Mason passed through Helensville this morning on their way from DargaviUe to Auckland, • ' ,

Orders for Mr McLeod, plumW, can be left at the Advertiser Office, pending the arrival of a permanent man to take charge of the business. Orders will receive prompt attention.

We understand that the petition to the Minister o. c Railways which bears over 400 signatures, was to be presented to-day by Mr Isaac McLeod, who has the matter in hand.

The .s.s. Tangihua from the Wairoa, arrived with a large raft of logs to be trained to Aucklaud. During the past few months large log trains have been frequently leaving Helensvilie, Besides the quantity of logs coming down the river, a considerable num. bor. come down by rail from north.

A meeting of the Helensville Hunt Club was held 6u Monday eveniag last when.th.ere was a good attendance. Officers were elected for the ensuing year. The opening Jday was left to the Committee to fix.

We draw attention to a public notice appearing in our columns notifying the general public that the busmess places of the town will close on Friday, May 24th (Empire Day), at 12 noon, and will keep on Thursday afternoon, the usual half-holiday of this week

On Monday morning we noticed three handsome seats being carted to the Hot Springs grounds., and on making enquiries learned they had been presented to the Domain Board the donors being Messrs Jas. Stewart, Jas. McEeod.and J. A. Wilson .These seats will be much appreciated by visitors, and we hope that now the example has been sot more will follow.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr Skeet), accompanied by the Auckland Land Board, Messrs J. Trounson, A. Harris, Johns, and Eowntree. arrived by train at Dargaville on i'hursn day. The Board was welcomed to the district by Mr Coates, M. P, , the county chairman, and the Mayor of Dargaville. A number of deputations waited upon'the Board,

At the opening of the Auckland Art Society's exhibition, which took place on Thursday evening, there was a fairly large attendance of members and their friends. Among thoao present was his Worship the Mayor, Mr C. J. Parr. His Excellency the Governor (Lord Islington) who made the opening speech, again showed how wide are his tastes, and the real interest he takes in the affairs of the Dominion.

Opinions differ somewhat as to the reason for the soarcity of the tinned fish. It has been stp.ted in some quarters that as consignments by rail of fresh fish packed in ice is now possible from the districts where it is caught, fisherman, insated of selling to the factory, are sending their catches to town, to be sold by the fish dealers and hawkers, On the other hand, it is stated by the large canners who have factories at Batley. on the Kaipaia, Eusseli, and Hplensville, that the fish are not there to be caught in sufficient quantities tor earning.