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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 11 January 1917, Page 2

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Girl to assist with house-work wanted. . Show entries close Monday, January 15th. Enter early" Mr J. H. Whitaker has a notice elsewhere relating to horses. A good general is advertised for ; also woman to do washing. Workmen have been busily employed during the week in repairing with tar and sand the town footpaths, much to the gratification of pedestrians. The total eclipse of the moon on Monday evening last, was clearly visible in Helensville, the night being fine and clear. Another batch of our soldier boys left Helensville on Monday last to undergo their training at the Trentham camp, with the 25th Reinforcement. Owing to the largely increased cost of production since the war commenced, the Levin paper has decided to publish three times a week instead of daily. Voluntary enlistment for the 26th Reinforcements closed on Saturday last. The completion of the required number will be made up by ballot." Special pictures showing at the Star Theatre next week are :—Monday, 15thinst., the world's greatest film fight, Johnson v. Willard ; Tuesday, 16th inst., the great historic picture, "Jane Shore." Great interest is being taken in the Baby Show to be held on Show Day, the first prize being £5, the 2nd £3, and the 3rd £1, and promises to bring forward some fine specimens of the rising generation. A number of people took advantage of the fine weather and suitable tides to indulge in fishing excursions down the river, and some record hauls are reported. Owing to the Editor of this paper being ill, the usual quarterly accounts cannot be issued far a week or two, and all private correspondence is suspended for the time being. Work in the timber industry has started briskly, and in the Kaihu "Valley all damage caused to the trams and bush workings by the recent floods have been " repaired. The next Helensville A. and P. Show promises to be the largest on record, and entries are coming forward well. Exhibitors are reminded that entries close on Monday next. The Secretary's office will be open to receive entries on Saturday evening. Large numbers of Northern Wairoa people, as well as a good quota,of visitors from Auckland, are camped on the West Coast, and from Pouto to Maunganui Bluff, the various gorges snd picnic sites are occupied by families. The following new class has been added to the Helensville A. and P. Association's Show : —Class 26 A —Best buggy horse, mare or gelding (local), within a radius of 15 miles ; first prize 21s, given by Mr Alex. Hunter ; second, 10s 6d. Entries close Monday next.

"' Mr Lyndon at Liberty " —showing at the Star Theatre on Saturday—is a story of England at the outbreak of war. The plot is sure to please, as it deals with a live and fascinating topic—the espionage system, the suppression of which gave our Home Government so much trouble. Also " The Broken Coin" (tenth episode) teeming with exciting adventures.

A man who was accused by the Wellington Acclimatisation Association of poaching for trout, is reported to have said that he disliked the idea of being prosecuted^ because he was a Sunday School teacher. One of the members of the Society said he agreed with the man that Sunday School teaching and poaching did not go well together. He thought the man ought to decide which of the two he was going in for.

Miss Rita Jolivet, who is becoming one of the most popular film stars, had the unenviable experience of being on a boat torpedoed by German " kulturists," shp being one of the late Charles Frohman's party on board the ill-fated Lucitania. It was to Miss Jolivet that Mr Frohman addressed his last words—"Why be afraid of death? It is the most enjoyable adventure of life," It is a curious coincidence that the photo-play in which Helensville picture-lovers will make her acquaintance is " The Unafraid," which is to be shown at the Star Theatre next Wednesday.

Captain Gordon Coates, M. P. for Kaipara, has sent a picture post card of Albany to the Mayor of Dargaville (Mr J. A. McLean), and this is what he has to say:—"One of the cleanest places I have ever seen. I know of no place in. New Zealand to compare with it Population of 3000 in borough. Everyone is just kindness itself to all the boys. The Mayor, like yourself, is a go-ahead chap. Kia Ora." The Mayor, quite naturally, appreciates Gordon's pretty Uttle compliment, and we are all pleased at his remembrance.' Most heartily do we all reciprocate : " Kia Qra."—Wairoa I^ell. ; ■ . l

One of the strangest little stories of the war, in which a New Zealander has played the leading part, has just been chronicled in the American Dress." The happening has its setting in the city of Austin in Texas. It seems that a Mr3 M Hemsley, formerly of. New Zealand, who is making her home temporarily in' Texas and residing at Austin, was looking through a magazine the other day, when she came across a picture showing an award for bravery and honour being made to an Anzac hero somewhere in the war zone of the British army. She recognised the hero as being her son whom she had not heard of for nearly 20 years. x