FLASHES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 December 1915, Page 2

FLASHES

Lady's suede bag, money, etc., lost,

Five-roomed cottage to let,

A white-painted dinghy found,

Good milker wanted (female); good wages.

A supply of Farmers' Income Tax forms has now been received at the local Post Office for distribution.

Christmas and New Year holiday excursions ar.e now announced by the Railway Department.

A consignment of 1050 sheep from Feilding came to Helensville by train on Tuesday and Wednesday last, bound for Ruawai. «■ .

The secretary of the Helensville Fire Brigade begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations : Bank of New Zealand £1 Is, and Union Bank of Australia £1 Is.

There will not be any issue of the ECHO on December 30th. Send your advertisements in early for last issue this year, December 23rd. *

At a Farmers' Union meeting, held at Kaukapakapa recently, it was decided to support the movement to requisition the Waitemata County Council to bring furze under the Noxious Weeds Act.

" Does the Bible give light on the present war ?" by Mr S. L. P. Rimmer at Helensville Presbyterian Church, on Sunday at 7 p.m., andParakai at 2.30 p.m.

The ECHO Office will be closed from Friday, December 24th, till Monday January 3rd, for the annual holidays for the staff: *

In the Helensville A. and P. Association's milk test' competition, Mr J. Ferrell's " Spoonie " should have been printed 9th place, with 1.951bs butter fat, instead of last as published.

Several subscribers are asking us to supply them with copies of the Helensville A. and P. Association's schedule for the coming Show, but they must apply to

the Secretary, Mr L. L. Bailey.

On the face of there being no less than 34,386 *' slackers," men who have registered as "not prepared to volunteer nor serve in 'a civil capacity,"* there can be no other recourse than' conscription to get at these chaps.

Parents and friends of the youngsters and grown-ups ,are reminded that F. Tucker's is the place where toys and fancy goods of every description may be obtained at prices that will please and satisfy all.

At the Auckland Summer Flower Show last Friday, Mr Jas. Stewart of Hel'ensville, was successful in gaining second prize in the sweet pea section of twelve varieties. Our enthusiastic amateur florist hopes to get first next year.

A member of the Hungarian Parliament informed a correspondent of the London Morning Post that the Hungarian losses are 100,000 a month. Unless the war ends early next year Austria and Hungary will be exhausted.

Mrs A. E. Harding desires to tender her hearty thanks to all the people of the North of Auckland, who put such a splendid sum in the recent Carnival contest in aid of our sick and wounded soldiers. Mrs Harding appreciates most keenly the loyal support, whole-hearted giving, and self-sacrificing effort which has characterised the whole of her campaign in the North, and again thanks her supporters for the great honour they bestowed on her in choosing her as Queen of the North in the Provincial

Carnival

Farmers on the coast (Taranaki) are greatly concerned over the obligation to supply returns for war tax purposes. They point out that they are asked to furnish an accurate statement of their incomes, etc., since March 31, 1914. under a penalty of £100, and this they cannot comply with, as they have not kept books. The Taranaki executive of the Farmers' Union has taken the matter up, and on Saturday an indignation meeting is to be held under that body's auspices. Resolutions of protest were submitted for conveyance to the Minister for Finance and'to the Prime Minister.

In the Otamatea County the sum of £22,000 is being spent to construct a new road from the recently-built railway station at Paparoa, on the North Auckland Main Trunk Railway, to Ruawai, on the Northern Wairoa River. Money is also being spent on smaller roads made to open up the country and to give greater facilities to settlers to connect with the new railway service. The train now runs to Huarau, in the Otamatea County. The Hobson County Council is also alive to the needs of the settlers, and, in conjuction with the Whangarei County Council, is spending money in the direction of improving the road between Whangarei and Dargaville.