LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 30 April 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A revised railway time-iuoie comes into i-iiVet to-morrow, May Ist, under M")i:ch tins train service from Aucklaud will be accplorutod for the benefit of Kaiwaka passengers. Mr Cr.MYild C Brnnson, touring manager for "'JL'he Follies," visited Helensville a IW days ago and mad>> iirraii^i'inonts for a p nri'onnance on Friday, hut tlie eommiiiy later decidei nut to fehow in Helensville. It is stilted that thcro have lipon s vend groundings recently on the rivet hunk owing to the absenceoorlr a l'gh,; at the "Comer" beacon (fcshelly 8..-ach) to tho f.nnoyunee of both shippiug masters and passengers. Alter a thorough general overhaul, lnchi'-'ing re-painting and various other iir.iiroveiiujpts, the S. 6. Aotea: was again commissioned for active service on ttiu Helensville- -Dargaville route last m et.-k. The euchre party held by St Matthew's Ludies' Guild p;iss---d nVi auccessfuliy. Mr Carl Sdudiu v>ro:i the first prize, >,Ir Field the lnjohy prize, and Mrs Stringer won the pvi/d for Jadies. In conno(.aio!i witli the visit of H.TM. >S. New Z.-aland to Aucklan.l tho Uailway Uepavtuient is issuing excursion tickets from April 28 to May !), bot!i days inclusive, These tickets will be available for return up to May 17. Particulars aro ad voitisod in our columns. Before Mesers J. A. Wilson and Thurlow Field, J's P., last Friday at ths Courthouse, two natives named Jimmy Paul and Bearer JUaw.son, of l\eweti, who were charged with committing /a breach ot' tho peace (fuhting in Commercial road on 19th Ay»r 1). pleaded guilty and were fined 10s each and costs 7s.

MrE. L. Cubitt, builder and contractor, joins our list of advertisers in this issue. Do you want amnunition for the shooting season ? Look up Stewart Bros' advertisement. Mr W. A. Laird has ' a special notice of interest to his customers in the advertising columns. Th« "Daily Mail,'' offers a prize of £5,000 fora flight around England aud Ireland in a hydroplane, and £10, 000 for a flight across the Atlantic. Mr L. L. Bailey, saddler, calls the attention of farmers to a special Hd c of horse and cow covers lie has for sale. Look up his advertisement. The Standard of Empire newspaper has presented an aeroplane to the Ne^v Zealand Government. It *is of the latest type with the most modern improvements and will be handed over to the Defence Department. A magnificent .specimen of the giant Kauri which came from Tahekeroa, passed through the local station on Monday en route to the mill. It was a strong reminder of the- logs seen in the early days, being of tremendous size and quality. Last week a giant mushroom, weighing over 131b' was found near Springpole, Victoria, by Mr Gubbins of Port Melbourne. Its dimensions were r—Circumference, o6£ inches; diameter, 19*- inches; and circumference of stalk, 27 inches. As advertised in another column a concert will be -held in the JWesters' Hall on 9th. proximo in aid of the funds of the Heiensville Public Library , and it is hoped there will be a large attendance for this deserving object. A first-class programme by leading local artists will be submitted" Dance to follow. The tickets are now on sale. Speaking at Taranaki, Mr Walter Powdrell mentioned that in 1898 the ammount received from produce at the Kaupokonui factory was £7,000. Last year it was £154,000, and this year, so fay, had shown an increase of over 20 per cent, on those figures. The Kaupokonui factory is one of the biggest and most up-to-date in the Dominion. Speaking on the question of defence recently the Premier said he did not propose increasing the expenditure but enough was not beins; done for naval defonce, Tart of Mr Allen's busiiiGS3 in England was in connection with naval defence. It would be for New Zealand to consider, in the near future, what it wonld do in connection with naval defence. He said the present Government had taken the people into its confidence, had restored tun credit of the country, had rendered the finances of the country stable, and hoped that before long the present limitation of advances for various purposes would be removed.

The May issue of! "Life" contains a clever article on fires in America, and another of Oarlyle Suvythe's series of ''Little Journeys with famous men" which deals somewhat with the musical education of Australia. There is also a wonderfully interesting article on the "Spirals " and a description of a trip into the crater of Mount Vesuvius. Ou the fiction side thore aro two outstanding features, a C3mi])Oiifens9 business story humorously illustrated by Charles Nuttall, and a detective story, The regular departments are full of useful and interesting matter; indeed the Mny number provides a particularly good sixpemi'orth.

•"Speaking at Ohura a few days ago the Premier (Lion W. F. iVlassey) clahne'l that the Government had lo'pt its pledge to give the settlers the absolute tenure, and referred to the facilities given to tenants for aequh. ing the freehold. He explained clearly how this was done Avitho.it injustice fiithsr to individual or to Str.te. He si.id he; intended to give tlio lease-jn-perpetuity tenants the same opportunity of acquiring- the freehold that he had given the others on the land purchased for settlement. He said that in consequence of the graduated land tax, a very satisfactory subdivision of land was going on. Kegnrding aggiegation, lie said there wore cases where aggregation was desirable, tlwt is whure holdings were too small to support the occupiers, but he would set his face against aggregation of an improper kind.

At thi last mooting of directors of the Kaipara Dairy Company (Helensvilio) it was decided to pay out Is per lb for butterfat supplied during April. This factory now ranks second largest North of Auckland and this season will manufacture about 300 tons of l.uUev. To show the rapid development oi: iJjo dairy indushi-y in. these p;irt.s it may bo mtmtioaed that for lav. nary 1i) 12 the pay sheet to supplier s w,:s £1921 against £0,G12 this year and for the biggest month in the season H) 11.191 2, which was Dpcember, £1917, against £4752 in December 1912. This is a remarkable increase in (.lie- year and but for the dry weather would have been much larger. The effect of the unfavourable wauther is evident by the fact that in March ln>t year 3820 lbs of butcerf at were supphod and this year only 2-1,621 lbs, whereas the supuly this season should have been about double the quantity. At a rccenr, meeting of directors it was decided to accept agencies for manures for the benefit of shareholders.