LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 2 October 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Our Mokai letter is unavoidably held over till next week. Furnished apartments with use of conveniences are required by a married couple. If 3'ou want tolaught and grow.fat, be at the Foresters' Hall on Friday, October li. A. dance to follow to straighten out your countenance. Archdeacon Hawkins (Maori Missioner) conducted services in St Matthews' Church last. Sunday morning and evening ; in the afternoon he held a service for the natives at Huraniu. Next week we will announce an essay competition for the school children of the whole district for a prize offered by the proprietor of the " Kaipara Advertiser." Keep Friday, October 11, free for " The Gay Bohemians, " at the Foresters' Hall. A jolly evening in store, radiating merriment every moment. Mi C. H. Martin has a notice in another column stating that he is in no way connected with Burtcn Bros., lately of Helensville, but is running a plumbing and gasfittiug business on his own behalf. A notice appears from the Town Board that for the future the Board office will be open onSaturday between the hours of 2to 4 and" 7 to 8 p.m., instead, of on Thursdays as heretofore, A New Home sewing machine, in good order, almost new, five drawers, is advertised for sale; a bargain at £3 12s Gd. On view at W. Gasson's bootmakers shop, Commercial road. Tenders are invited by the Domain Board for the purchase of the crop of oats now maturing on the Springs grounds, as they stand, to be either removed now or when ripened. Tenders close on Saturday, Octcber 5, at noon. Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons having received instructions from Mr 0. Hoist, of Woodhill, who has sold his farm, will sell by public auction on Thursday, October 17th, commencing at 12 noon, the whole of his live and dead st:ck, and household furniture and effects. The quality of stock kept by Mr Hoist is well known, and there should be a large attendance of buyers, A notice appears in another column that it is the intention, under the provisions of the Public Works Act 1908, to take land in Block V, Otamatea Survey District for the construction of a road in that district. Plans of the land to be taken are deposited in the post-office Batley, and any ob jections are to be sent in writing to the Minister of Public Works, We 1 * liogton, within forty days from the first publication of this notice. The meeting of the Eegatta Club called for last evening, has been postponed till Friday, 11th October, at the Kaipara Hotel, when members and intending: members are requested to attend. This affair was a success last 3 ear, and we hope to chronicle a lar°-e attendance at thts meeting, as it is proposed to run the regalter on wider lines in the future. The prizes are to be improved, and the programme lengthened, and it only rests with the people of tho district to throw their interest into the affair to make it one of the most popular regattas north of Auckland, Misses Little and Donovau's Grand Concert, the Gay •• Bohemians " in the Foresters Hall, Friday Oct 11 Don't miss old friends in new roles! The demand- is running strono- for lloyle's Pjuxts. Warner's C sets and Roslyx llxsiirixkable Underwear.

Mr C. S. White has been appointed secretary to the Kaipara Dairy Factory Mr L. McLeed and Miss I. Foster were married in Auckland last week, and were welcomed home by friends last evening. The work in connection with the drainage of the town has now been commenced in Commercial Road. Foresters' Hall, Friday, October 11, be there and be happy. The merry seven are full of exquisite grace and charm. The output of the Kaipara Dairy Factory for the week ending Saturday 28th September, was equal to the largest output for one week in the height of the season last year. Tenders for the erection of an office for the Kaipara Dairy Companv-J^ilL v be received up tilLTuesday, Oct.^g^^ Plans and specifications at the jPMH perory office, Simcock's Building^ Helensville South. Some strange characters find their way occasionally to Dargaville, says the Bell. One individual recently commenced here, and brag-god not a little bit. He put a couple of men on to work for him, borrowed £40 off one of them, and then went to the city "on business." He forgot to return, and his employees are left in a queer predicament. The ends of justice are not yet. Helensville has had one or two of the same gentry lately. In another column appears a notice to the residents of Helensville and surrounding districts from Mr. P. H. Brown notifying that he has taken over the stationery and fancy goods business previously conducted by Mr G Bailey, known as the Helensville Bazaar, and that he will endeavour to cater for the wants of all by keeping a large and well assorted stock of the latest literature, fancy goods, toys, etc., and by so doing hopes to receive the patronage of the public.

With the imprisonment of the strikers sent to gaol for refusing to find sureties to keep the pease, Waihi has settled down to a much calmer state, and, thoughtpie strikers expiess determination to " see it through," there is less bitterness displayed between ,the rival factions and no attempt to pursue the " following " tactics which were so severely condemned by the magistrate. The Waihi Company's battery at Waikino started crushing quartz on Wednesday of this week, and next week active mining operations will be resumed. The new union formed under the Arbitration Act is about fifty strong, and it is understood that this number will be considerably augmented as soon as work is in full swing Speaking in the House of Kepresentatives in reply to questions the Minister of Justice (Mr Herdman) said the Waihi strikers were in gaol of their own free will. The Government could not allow the law to be broken by a minority.