FLASHES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 24 May 1917, Page 2

FLASHES.

Mr Jas. Dowling, the new licensee of the Kaipara Hotel, took possession on Monday last, and' extends to all and sundry a hearty welcome. The Awaroa Bowling Club ai-e holding a concert and dance on Thursday, sth July, when some of the best artists from Auckland and elsewhere will be assisting. Chaplain-Captain Dixon will conduct the usual monthly Military Memorial Service at the Lyric Theatre, Helensville, on Sunday afternoon, June 3. A farewell social will be tendered to the local members of the 27th Reinforcements (who are now home on their final leave), to-morrow (Friday evening) in the Star Theatre. Owing to the shortness of labour the bakers in a large part of North-west Surrey have decided to bake and deliver bread on four days a week only. Last week of the bargain sale at La Roche's Buildings. Ladies', men's and children's clothes sacrificed. Call and inspect. In addition, amounts collected] and forwarded from Helensville to the V.M.C.A. Trench Comfort Fund, we omitted to mention the sum of £31 contributed by Mr Jas. Stewart. Excluding the Russian Jews, there are over 300,000 pure Russians in America, large numbers of whom are refugees who intend to return as soon as the Liberal regime is M\y established. Attention is drawn to an advertisement in this issue announcing that the Centval Boarding .Hous/e, conducted by M.;s Chanaon, kas first-class accommodation fcr travellers and permanent boarders. The terms are very reasonable.

"There are no biggec traitors 'n the world," said Bishop Julius at Chrstchurch Cathedral, " than those men who are deJ/.berately making large profits out of the war. ]S To less traitors are those men who deliberately lay down their tools and let the country's needs go to the dogs."

If you want to know the time just look in. at Ketterer's when passing by. There is a large clock in view of the public and the correct time is guaranteed. Mr Ketterer has a splendid show of watches and jewellery in the window which would be a credit to any city firm.

A few weeks ago the Secretary of the North Auckland Development Board received a letter froni Canada asking for particulars of land, with a view of setoling in North Auckla id. By the last mail another request of a similar nature-arrived from Scotia id, a striking result obtained by the Board's Publicity Campaign. /

The Commonwealth Postal Department has to g.'in and bear the writingoff of £7,000, balance qwing by Germany on its money orders, paid by the Commonwealth prior to the war. But it grins on the other side of its face when a balance-sheet discloses that similarly it owes Austria a sum of nearly £10,500 Thus do two wrongs make a satisfactorily substantial v'ght.

And st<U they come. Portugal is now pushing her war preparations. The Government have expelled all Germans from the country, have confiscated their property, and are selling by auction everything that belonged to them, thus realising a good deal of money. la one house £60,000 worth of goods vras seized, and in another concern shipping to the value of over £100,000.

" You may not believe it, but it is perfectly true," said a Canadian officer m the group sitting round the Club fire in London. "At the battle of there were seven of our officers lying wounded in a row about a yard between each. A shrapnel burst overhead, It .took the officers alternately. Nos. 1, 3, 5, and 7 were all struck, but Nos. 2*, 4* and 6 were entirely untouched," Another officer confirmed the curious circumstance. He was one of the" seven.