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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 April 1916, Page 2

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The next S.M, Court day at Helensville is fixed for Wednesday, May 10th,

Mr Jas. Hand, of Helensville* pulled off the Avondale Handicap of £400, on Wednesday, with Mullingar.

Mr Gordon Coates, M.P. for the district, has been enjoying Easter holidays at Parakai Springs.

It is satisfactory to learn .'Hhat Mr Percy McLeod's little boy, out at Shelly Beach, was much better this morning.

The1 ECHO desires that all clients" 'who' have..received their: accounts will noli tiseftnem as "scrapsof p^p%r,'':^ IS^iSW^ Hun.

After successfully undergoing a rather serious 1 operation by Drs. Meinhold and Marchesini, Mrs Cooper is getting on famously, ■ ■ ■■--•---—■.-™.. ,^..-, w :;.

The numerous sporting dogs going up the line'and to Dargayille, reminds one that the shooting season opens on M-ay-l, Monday next.

Some of the largest and finest kauri logs we have seen for some time past came down -the,.line from. r Makarau on Wednesday to be trained to AlicEiand!

There was a good attendance, at. the services held by the Rev. J. C. Merton in St. Matthew's Church <on Anzac Day, and: the offeringsl .of the people are to be devoted to I;he Wounded Soldiers' Fund."

C .' A euchre party and dance, prompted^, by St. Matthew's Ladies' Guild, Will .be beld, in the' Star Theatre -on Monday ..evening next, ,May Ist., .comPmencing at 8 p.m. -.-•^:--:".['.."''

Nearly 400 visitors- to ■ Heiens.yille came. by -the ' late train from-Auckland on. Thursday night... last, while Good Triday, Easter Saturday and Monday trains were well patronised. ■■; :; ::' :*;-

■ The Auckland Acclimatization Society. have sent Mr;F. W. Strange, Helensv.ille, ten pheasant to be liberated,, and as they are very tame sportsmen are asked tp give the birds'-a chance for a while at all events. "'.'• •

Anzac Day (last TuesdayjT was; celebrated in j Helensville by the flying of flags and Church., services in';1 St. Mattheew's. And, strange to say,- the Post Office jha'd authority:; to • fly"1 the Dominion J sick, going out_of ;the red tapism days altogether. ■-•■' '■■'■' v: •-- •■

■•^UT6titißiiß.c6htiMSll^"bbmplaiii(--that'Vnai' ECHO is to be seen at the Parakai Private Hotels. We feel sorry ; someone must. be annexing the papers continuously, as the proprietors are well supplied weekly.

A couple of children (a son of Mr H. White junr., and a son of Mr P, JMcLeod, . Shelly Beach), contracted scarlet fever and measles this week, the former being taken to the Auckland Hospital.

A wedding eventuated at St. Matthew's Church, Helensville, on Wednesday, the contracting parties -being Miss Channon and Mr McMillan. No particulars have been supplied us. Miss Channon is wellknown as the popular pianist at the Star Theatre Pictures.

Mr G. M. Johnston (Johnson, Coates, and Fee, barristers and solictors, of Auckland), with his two sons, came over on Good Friday, upon their motor bikes, enjoying their joy ride immedsely. ' The road was just a trifle tough. Next • day the party journeyed on to Wharigarei, via Maungaturoto. •

Though there were three services held by the Rev. Merton in commemoration of Anzac Day, Tuesday last, very few of those outside the Church of England attended, notwithstanding the fact' that "all were , freely invited to attend," regardless of creed or sect. '.

A splendid war picture, " Battling Brown of-Birmingham," will be shown at the Star Theatre to-morrow (Friday) eTening. Saturday's programme will include a 2000 ft drama entitled "The Figure in Black," also a jolly Keystone featuring Fatty and Mabel at Panama Fair. For Wednesday the star film will be "War is Hell," an exciting drama, dealing with German atrocities in Belgium.

A private letter from Mr H. F. Edgecumbe, well-known in bowling circles, states that he is now permanentlylocated in the Land Registry Office, Dunedin, and, that he likes the change very much. He has offered his services to King and Country, and has been passed as " fit." Mr H. F. concludes by •saying he thinks the girls of Dunedin are almost as nice as those of Helensville. '"'■.' W. B.Davis, 94 years old, and father :; .pf 41 children,, 33 of.Avhom.,are, alive got a license at Plymouth, North Carolina, on December Ist, to wed a -Mrs Macoii, aged 39, ■ Twenty-five children .and. more than 100 grandchildren of the bridegroom attended the ceremony.-,, Mr Davis has . 192 .grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren. This is his fourth venture in matrimony. He is enjoying good health, but had been complaining of feeling a' bit lonesome.

: As an easy way of • getting rid pi the ;caterpillar pest the, t following, .must be recommended (?)' as*' being '" the' most effective:—We (Wairoa Guardian) were informed the other , day that a when caterpillars were very troublesome on an estate a few miles out of Wairoa, a tohunga visited-one of the paddocks, ate a few of the ngarara, and after sundry incantations every caterpillar took its departure, and the oat crop was saved. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Should you have anything nice to say about yourself, your friends, or generalities, send it to the ECHO.* For Children's Hacking Cough Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.