FLASHES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 25 May 1916, Page 2

FLASHES

Don't forget Alfred Buckland's 'sale of house and land at Helensville, Monday, June sth, at 12 noon.

Adjourned Town Board meeting took place Tuesday evening last, occupying about three hours. Report next issue.

Empire Day at Helensville —No flags at Post Office, instructions not being on the list. Just Stewart Bros, and the pubs, that's all.

At the last meeting of the Waitemata County Council, a letter was received from W. Allen, junior, asking permission to cut down three trees on the road in front of Hinemoa House, at Parakai. — The matter was deferred.

Three men from Woodville attempted to enlist at Masterton recently, to enter camp in September ! The proposal was not entertained. They want the camp and the trip and the honour without the risk. Cool slackers, these.

The Aeroplane subscription list still lies upon the Editor's table, and closes at end of month. Since last issue, Lodge Duke of Albany, E.C., has subscribed £2 2s ; Mr H. Aitkenhead £1 Is ; and Mr John Mclntyre £1 Is. Please respond with what you can afford by date in question.

We learn that many electors in the Kaipara electorate do not approve of Mr J. G. Coates' idea of Slavs and Austrians hanging .behind on the gum-fields and "soft billets," while our men and boys have gone to the big fight.

J. Stanton, on behalf of his client, Percy Monk, recently wrote the Waitemata County Council, holding the Council responsible for possible damages to be done to his property on Parakai Road by putting in a concrete culvert on the Hot Springs Creek. The letter was laid upon the'table.

No less than five solicitors (sometimes booked as the " Devil's Own ") were engaged in various cases at the last S.M. Court here, namely Messrs E. T. Field, E. C. Beale, G. M. Newton, J. Alexander and A. L. Dennison. Someone or other has to pay for " foreign invasion,,' and there must be some money in the place to do it with, though the ECHO doesn't see much of it.

" Shamus O'Brien," one of those delightful Irish plays, the charm of which defies description, will be screened at the Star Theatre to-morrow (Friday) night. At same Theatre on Saturday a fine twostar programme will be screened—" The Headliners" is an intensely interesting story of stage life, while " The Ruse " is a forceful melodrama with a clever plot. For Wednesday a strikingly dramatic story of the present war, written by the famous novelist "Rita" and entitled " 1914," (Scotland for King and Country,), should prove a great attraction. Some of the scenes are highly realistic, showing fighting in the trenches at close quarters, while to these war-like scenes is added a story of real and compelling interest.