THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 1916 FLASHES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 17 August 1916, Page 2

THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 1916 FLASHES

Good piano for sale,

Strong young man or youth wanted,

The Town Board District Electoral Roll for the coming election will close on Wednesday, 6th September next.

Garfield Road end of Nelson Street is in a bad state for traffic after recent heavy rains.

What a quagmire for the horses to draw, material from the Town Board yard. Is metal so scarce for just about a five-yard job ?

The telegraph linesmen are busily engaged on re-laying lines from Helensville to Paparoa. It is estimated that the job will take about nine months.

The new dairying season has opened well with a promise of the largest output of butter and cheese in the history of the province.

At the annual meeting of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Helensville, a very satisfactory balance-sheet was read and adopted, showing a surplus of £6 19s s^d.

The late wife of Mr Paul Francis (Onestine Mater) did at Helensyjlle on 12th inst., at the ripe old age of 81, and was interred on Tuesday last in the

Town cemetery

The Returning Officer for the occasion, Mr W. R. Fosbroke, announces the election of seven members for the Helensville Town Board, to take place on Wednesday, 6th September next.

A big auction sale of dead and live stock is to be held out at Mr J. Brown's, Parakai, on Thursday next, 24th inst., by Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons. Besides the catttle, the furniture and effects are an attractive item.

Claimants for enrollment on the Helensville Town Board roll, are requested to be smart and interview the Town Clerk, Mr H. W. Stringer, "at once." —Particulars in advt.

Is it not ridiculously funny and quite illogical that the Auckland Licensed Victuallers, in view of the rise in the wholesale price of spirits, should {decide not to increase the price of the 6d glass, but to retail LESS [for the same money ? Eh, what ?

Complaints are pretty rife around* Auckland city and suburbs of the wretched state of the roads. Why in the world don't they make them of concrete, which lasts forever ? Wilson's Portland Cement is cheap and plentiful.

A circular announces that a conference of delegates from Northern Counties will be held in Whangarei on Friday week, to arrange for the tour of Parliamentarians through the North. Such tours in the past have been a farce, a failure, and a feed.

A farewell concert is being tendered to Private Russell Geldard at the Church of Christ to-morrow (Friday) evening. Some good items will be given by Mr L. Falkner and others, trom Auckland, consisting of violin solos, vocal duets and quartettes, songs, recitations, etc. Admission free. Collection for Mrs M. McArthur and family. Refreshments provided.

We have just received the reports and balance sheet, list of contributions, etc., from the management of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Auckland. The pamphlet is full of useful information in connection with this most laudable and beneficial institute for the blind, giving every detail of its working, both educational and domestic, and shows how bright and happy, and thoroughly interested are the pupils. The . Institute, which is kept up by bequests and subscriptions from all parts of the Colony, is deserving of every support, being the only one in the Dominion for the blind Mr Robt. Miller, the collector, may shortly be expected in this district, and we hope, when here, he will be received kindly and with an open hand.