FLASHES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 18 February 1915, Page 2

FLASHES

The Cherniavesky's are coming. Read '• The Progress of the Age— Musics and Farming," in to-day's issue. The Cock-of-the-walk is being fought out. Great lawn tennis tournament now going on (to-day). Report next week. Thought it was understood no gold was available. Anyhow, Mr J as. Stewart had a fist full of soys yesterday. Volunteer Fire Brigade dance in the Star Theatre to-night, Admission is only 1/. Tenders are at last called for the erection of the Fishermen's Wharf* Helensville South. The weli-know firm of Dimmock and Co., who are in the pig-bacon line, are now seeking to buy through Mr Jas. Hand, their agent. The largest crowd ever assembled in one building in Helensville was notice- ! able on Saturday night last at the 6d pop in Stewart's Theatre. I Mr J. L. Bradly, painter, of Helensville has made a very presentable job of the [ Roman Catholic Church, now painted a stone colour, picked out in white. " Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast," then don't stay away on Monday night. For right up and I down high-class music—Leo, Jan, and Mischel Cherniavesky. The bright little two-year-old boy of Mr and Mrs A. E. Hammond met with a nasty accident on Wednesday, through cutting his foot deeply with broken glass, while out playing. I The Star Theatre, Helensville, met with good patronage at the Pictures on Wednesday night, the proprietor having reduced his prices to 6d on floor space, children 3d, and balcony Is. Complaint is made that a number of so-called sports make Jit a practice of shooting on the lake at PaJkhurst on Suudays. We wonder what they are shooting at. Motor cars hereabouts are becoming quite plentiful, the last, to acquire1 a five-seater 22 h.p Ford being our popular medico, Dr Meinhold, who will in future be able to atterid his patients at any distance with the utmost dispatch, and independent of train or horse. When our Constable Driscoll is absent it invariably happens that he Is—after catching—escorting a poor unfortunate to Auckland, for medical examination and committal to the Asylum, as was the case with a labouring man at Tahekeroa on Tuesday last. One of the speilers " who toil not,, neither do they spin," unless at illegal games, referred to in our our article last week on the trip to Matakohe Races, was charged at Maungaturoto with stealing 3 bottles of whisky on board the s.s Turangi. Black was fined, which with costs came to £18 ss. Rather dear whisky, but no doubt Black's mates who shared in the spoil, also shared in the costs. Birds of a feather, and honesty amongst thieves.

The jokist was about last Friday, when he planted a piece of tin over the stationmaster's gate (next to Post Office),bearing the legend " wet paint." He had evidently read the ECHO " flash" of the day previous, which remarked that it hoped the paint-pot would soon come along and help enliven the recently repaired deadly-looking fencing. Acconnts owing to the ECHO are now distributed round, and we shall be glad to hear from the many. It is but a paltry sub. of lj^d per week, and according to our terms we have no right to the extra trouble and expense of bookkeeping, stamping accounts, etc. It does not pay us either, therefore the least one can do who owes us, is to pay up!