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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 3 April 1914, Page 4

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Over 4,000 motor cars are registered in Cliristchurch at the present time.

If you have a grievance send it to the Echo.*

Next Sunday is Palm Sunday ; next Friday is Good Friday, Easter week following.

The first newspaper published in Australia, April 6, 1803, and the first Helensville Echo, on April 3, 1914.

Mr and Mrs James Drinnan, of Kaukapakapa, intend to start out next week on. a holiday trip to Syduey and Melbourne.

Should you have anything nice to say about yourself, your friends, or generalities, send it to the ECHO.*

We notice with pleasure that th c Kaipara Chamber of Commerce is giving the Helensville petition for Sunday trains from Auckland a helping hand.

The Town Board has been filling householders' tanks—less so many inches and feet of mud in their bottoms.—Should be soon able to go fishing for pakiti, eels, worms, etc.

An apple tree in a Hawera orchard is at present carrying some fairly well developed apples, the second crop it has borne this season.

Messrs A. Buckland and Sons announce a Special Sale of cattle, sheep, dairy utensils, farm implements, household furniture, etc., at Wellsford Yards on Tuesday next; 7 inst.

The Whangarei Chamber of Commerce is clamouring hard for a " Port of Entry," but merchants don't care for the idea of having to support the movement.—Yes, its money everywhere.

A Special meeting of the Town Board was held on Monday evening, to revise and prepare new by-laws so as to cope with the water and drainage service requirements. Good progress was made, and at a late hour the meeting adjourned until next Monday, when the preparatory work of selection from the by-laws of other districts will be continued.

At the Courthouse on Tuesday before Mr C. La Roche J.P., on a charge of driving in a vehicle at night with insufficient lighting, James Hill Avas fined 5s and 7s costs. Constable Driscoll said he had given people warnings but this did not seem to stop the practice, and in consequence of complaints made he now intended to bring offenders before the

Court.

A Napier Press wire says that the Chamber of Commerce has resolved to circularise all Chambers in the Dominion with a view of urging on the railway authorities the neccessity for arranging for the sale of tickets in town instead of compelling travellers to crowd round a small ticket office.

The Waitemata County Treasurer finds that obtaining loans from Government has a lot of humbug to contend with, and reports—lt is better in future to get money elsewhere than to deal with the Government as their experience in respect of these loans has been a series of repudietions of their written advices.

The Whangarei Chamber of Commerce has completed arrangements for the printing of suitable cards for presentation to the "specials " who went to Auckland during the time of. the recent Strike. We wonder if they are anything ike Sunday School tickets issued to good ittle boys.

Without any apology as to the "reason why," the Kohukohu " Times " came out last week printed upon blue paper, in honour of Mr Foston, we presume, wh calls himself a wowser and is "holding forth " nightly up North on behalf of the Taranaki Prohibition party. Or was it that the editor ran out of the usual white paper and got the "blues" accordingly? By crikey!

At present a local body has no. power to allow discount on rates, paid promptly, but only to add a percentage to all overdue rates. This disadvantage from a business point of view has had the consideration of, the Woolston Borough Council, which has resolved to forward a remit to the Municipal .Conference urging that legislation be. passed allowing public bodies the power desired, as it was considered that such a system would be of great assistance to the finances.

It was with deep regret we learned of poor Comeskey death at the late Upper Hutt fire explosion), on Saturday night last, As postmaster, he was on duty frying to rescue a telephone in an adjourning building at the time of the explosion. " Pat " was a most estimable and obliging public officer, as we knew him for years, when located at Ohaeawai, near"Kawaka.wa, and was a friend to everybody. His poor' widow aijd family have our sincere condolence.

The New Zealand Forest and Bird Protection Society has its office at 205, Lambton Quay, Wellington. The annual subscription is 10s, but children under 15 years of age may become members on payment of Is annually. Contributors at any one time of £10 or upwards shall be life members of the Society, and any person who may render special services to the Society shal-1 be eligible for life membership, and may be elected as such by the Council at any general meeting. The annual subscription is payable to the secretary in advance, on January 1, in each year.

" In a crimnial charge yu,u cannot put a prisoner in the box against his will and try and convict him out of his own mquth," said Mr. Kettle, S. M. during the hearing of an affiliation case in the Magistrate's Court, " but in cases like this you are allowed to do so." The point arose over an objection by Tyr r Singer to an order to produce certain letters Council contended that therefore he could not be compelled to produce the documents. This contention Mr Kettle declined to accept, and the letters were accordingly produced and read.