FLASHES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 29 April 1915, Page 2

FLASHES

Court day at Helensville next Wednesday.

Shooting season commencing. Send in your trespass notices —Three months, 12/6. \

Grand Concert in the Parakai Hall to-night, given by the Lyric Four. To conclude with a dance.

A meeting will be held in the Star Theatre on Tuesday evening next, with with n view to forming a Golf Club.

£500 to lend on approved freehold dairy farm.

Awaroa Bowling Club's Social and Dance in Stewart's Hall, Wednesday, May 19th. .

Owing to poor attendance the football meeting called for Monday "evening last fell through. This spells bad for the coming season.

Paris newspapers publish glowing accounts of the dash of the Canadians; -who $&: did such good work on Hill 60. '^LJ% Italy has given Austria a list or^Bf f minimum concessions, and asking for a reply within reasonable time.

Tenders are called by the Waitemata County Council for Lincoln bridge approaches, a small concrete bridge at R awiti, and Shelly Beach wharf.

Sporting dogs are arriving by train from Auckland occasionally, and being taken inland in readiness for the opening of the shooting season.

The Minister for Public Works on Saturday declared that borrowing for public works should be strictly limited during the war.' -

All eves are now cast on the Bay of Islands election petition, which comes on for hearing commencing to-morrow at Kaikphe. It should make interesting reading,

Euchre and dance in aid of the Helensville Church of England Ladies* Guild, will be held in the Foresters' Hall on Monday evening next. Admission 1/-, and all are invited.

Wm. Gray, butcher and bacon-curer of Grey Lynn, Auckland, is in want of pigs at all times throughout the year, but they must be of good. quality, for which he gives the best prices.

Among the mascots presented to.-. the London Scottish are an elephant, a pigmy pony, and a staghound. When they capture the Clown Prince their circus will be complete.

The Maungaturoto railway tunnel 26 chains in length, has just been completed. But a few years hence and we shall be able to reach Whangarei, and go right oh to Hokianga-Mangonui.

The oyster par. in last issue was aiming at the Stewart Island bivalves, and not our own lovely rocks which will be in the market by Tuesday next. Stewart Island oysters have been in Auckland for some weeks past, but are not appreciated by the many. •

On Monday evening last the wellwishers of Mr John Hand went "over to the homestead to wish him, in good bid Colonial style, a happy and prosperous married life. The band in attendance was conducted by Mr Potto, who supplied ample music.

A gum - digger named Jeremiah Obulhvan was charged before Mr A. Becroft, J.P., on Tuesday, with drunkenness and the theft of a valuable pipe from L_. Wilson. For his meanness in Picking up another man's pipe, O'Sulivan was fined 30s and 7 S costs; while h* was convicted and discharged on the drink case.

Travellers who have patronised the Sunday trips of the Tuirangi to Helensville, since the morning departures from Dargaville eventuated, suggest that the time of leaving the borough/terminus might well be 8 a.m., so as to admit of passengers paying a more extended visit to the Parakai thermal area.—Dargaville Times."