FLASHES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 November 1914, Page 2

FLASHES

People wasting the Town water supply, will not only cause their own to be diminished, but those householders who are more careful will be made to suffer also, unless the reported extravagance is discontinued. In the cock of the North competitor! of the Awaroa Bowling Club, Helensville, the challengers, Messrs Smith and Hill, were successful in wresting the coveted trophies from the holders, Messrs Ellett and McEwin, the final scores being 24 to 13, Official notice of Polling-day, is given elsewhere, by the Returning Officer for. the Electoral District of Kaipara (Mr S. Ure Macaulay), the date being December 10th, and nominations will be received up till noon of November 30th inst. Independent of all the rest of the Helensville community, who have subscribed over and over again to the Belgian fund, the comparatively small religious sect, the Church of Christ, subscribed last Sunday, the handsome sum of £4 14s 9d, which sum has been forwarded to the Belgian Consul at Auckland. We are advised by the postal authorities, that the embargo placed upon reference to the restoration of the Pacific cable some time ago, is now removed. Thanks! But we believe the Germans knew all about this little piece of " shutup " long ago. Anyway cables can now go through openly. We- learn from one or two parties who have contributed to certain lists which, have been going the rounds on behalf of the Patriotic and Belgian funds, that their subs, have not been recorded amongst others in these columns, and they naturally begin to wonder why. Complainants •in this respect need not blame the ECHO, b,ut should go straight to the fountain-head w.hq received the moijeys. We know that the Board Commissioners have all they can do to finance, but at the same time the grass growing in the water-tables is getting ahead of the town surface-man. Surely it is time the mess at the horse-stand, outside the Post Office was cleared away. We can scarcely expect the postal officials to clear-up the dirt on the street, which is dangerous to good health, when blowing about in all directions, as millions and millions of microbes are being bred. i