FLASHES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 11 February 1914, Page 2

FLASHES

Sports meeting Tuesday evening in the Library.

Auction sale atQ-arfield Road, Wednesday, Feb. 18,

A public dance at the Parakai Hall, Friday night. Bus leaves the Terminus Hotel 7.30 p.m. sharp.

See that you get the "Star" brand of slag, settlers and farmers. Head the announcement elsewhere.

Attention is drawn to a special railway time-table for the "Wellsford Show, to take place to-morrow (Thursday).

Mr H. Allen, the expert cleaner and dry presser of clothing has an announcement in this issue. You save money by going to him.

Winners of prizes at the late Helensville Show should read tue announcement appearing in another column liy the Secretary, Mr W. H. Hutchinson.

At the last Helensville Show, in the Dessert Apples, it was mentioned that W. V. Jones took Ist prize. It should have been S. F. Scott who gained that honour.

Mr T. M. F. Mcßae, of the local railway Staff, Commences his annual leave on Friday next, and will visit his parents in the South Island, He will be relieved by Mr Hiukey, of Auckland.

That -Mr J. Miller, of Dairy Flat, is a likely candidate for the Pukeatua Riding <on the Waitemata County Council at the next election.

Mr A. M, Hammond who has been chosen to rspreseut the local branch of Amalgamated Society of Railway servants at the opening of their new buildings, will leave for Wellington on Thursday next.'

There is no chance of the Kai.para election going by default. There will be afc least three candidates, and goodness knows how many more. No doubt Gordon will say the more the meivier, now that the absolute majority is gone.

Really you'll be surprised," is the title of a double column advt. appearing- in our back page. -It is an announcement by Hill and Plummer, Ltd .wallpaper specialists. It should be read by every householder to their benefit.

We regret to hear that our popular statioumaster Mr^Woodhouse, has been laid up with a severe attack of influenza. We hops he will soon be back on duty. Mr Mercer, chief relieving officer, will be in change during Mr Woodhouse's absence.

Readers are requested not to giggle when they read new railway regulations stipulate you must not go over level crossings at other than at walking pace and all drivers must comply with the notice board, " Stop, Look out for the Engine ! " Especially if Hiley is on board.

Holland and Gillett, Ltd., are fitting up their new -workshop, Commercial Road, Helensville, with, screw cutting machinery, lathe, drill, - etc, all lo be driven by power. This is a long felt want and the oil launch owners especially, can hffve their repairs executed in the shortest notice. Mr E. Mascall, the loerl manager, has always got his coat off to any job that is necessary, either large or small.

An officer of the battle-cruiser New Zealand, writing to a friend in Auckland, mentions a rumour that the warship may be employed to take the Prince of Wales to Canada in April instead of joining the first battle-cruiser squadron, as was earlier understood. The same correspondent mentions that so well has the ship borne the 45,000 mile cruise that when she comes to refit at Portsmouth the whole of the defects in the en gineers' department can be repaired in three days. A report from another source credits the Admiralty with the intention of placing Captain Halsey in charge of a section of the Pacific Squadron.

This season's harvest in Australia is expected to be one of the best experienced for many years. A visitor to Invercargill from Melbourne, in conversation with a reporter, stated that the farmers in the Commonwealth were very jubilant over the prospects, and it was confidently anticipated that the yield of wheat would be phenomenal. He approximately estimated the area under wheat crops in Victoria at something in the vicinity of 3,000,000 acres while that of New South Wales would be about 4,000,000 acres, the two States producing about 80,000,000 bushels of wheat.

A man lay groaning and writing by the roadside, when up dashed a constable, but all he could get out of the sufferer was this ; I ate one, too —I ate one, too," and he puzzled, but not for long. " Poison," was his diagnosis, and, mindful of his training, he at once procured an emetic which simply electrified the recipient. Between convulsion he managed to ask the reason for the treatment and on being, told, and asked what it was he had eaten, he became more abusive. " What did I eat ?" yelled he. " Why, you idiot, ' 18i2' is the number of the car that knocked me down."