FLASHES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 20 May 1915, Page 2

FLASHES

Mr H. F. Mirams, our local stationmaster, left for the South this week, on a four weeks' holiday. Mr C. Cpnn, relieving officer, has taken his pface.

Report of last night social in connection with the Awaroa Bowling Club, will appear m our columns next week. It was a brilliant success.

The erection of the new Geyser Private Hotel, at the Springs, is making good progress, Mr A. Becroft (contractor) having just got the roof on,

Hot water is now so plentiful with Mr Nicholls on his dairy farm, next Geyser Hotel, that he is washing out his cow sheds every morning, from the hot water available.

A special children's service and distribution of Sunday School prizes, will take place at Helensville Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon next at 3.30 p.m. Parents and friends are welcome.

Helensville South wants to know the reason why the footpath from the Public Library to Graham's Corner is not beingformed and made decent by the Town Board, as promised some months ago.

The Minister for Defence contradicts a statement that the seventh reinforcement will be the last to go from New Zealand. He adds: " There will be no last until the war ends or until the Imperial authorities say they require no more to be sent."

" Voters, keep your town busy, cheerful and bright on Saturdays, and vote for Thursday half-holiday." This is the manner in which those in favour of Thursday in Whangarei advertised, and they succeeded by a good majority. Now some people in Helensville are complaining of Saturday half-holiday, and want to go back to Thursday as heretofore.

Another sporting season gun accident happened to a young man named Joseph Downer, of Helensville, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital, one day last week, with a gun-shot wound in his cheek, It is understood that Downer and his brother went out pheasant shooting when the accident occurred. Downer is progressing satisfactorily.

The Echo has now a next-door neighbour in the person of Mr G. E. Elson, M.P.S., registered chemist and druggist, from Wellington, where he was in business for a number of years; but as the climate was not adapted for his constitution, he came North, and now solicits public support, and opens up in his new pharmacy, which has just been fitted up.