THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, July 19, 1917 FLASHES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 19 July 1917, Page 2

THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, July 19, 1917 FLASHES.

A notice to bee-keepers appears in this issue, and persons keeping one or more hives must register same by 15th August.

If your suit requires cleaning the Empire Cleaning Co., Queen Street, Auckland, will do the work in first-class style at moderate prices.

The Ideal Drapery Co notify that they will positively close their sale on Saturday next. There is still a big line of drapery, to sacrifice to save expense of removal. Now is your chance.

Enlist the advice of experts first! This is the heading of Skeate's and White's advertisement in another column. They are motor experts of 25 years standing, and their place of business is Fort Street, Auckland, where those in search of motor cars, etc., can rely on getting the best machine's on the market. The firm also does repairs.

It is seldom si motor car runs away, but such a thing happened in Helensville on Saturday night last. Just before the pictures started, a car was left outside the Star Theatre, and suddenly it was seen moving down Garfield Road, and dashed into the plate-glass window of the Lyric Theatre, making a large hole in it. What the driver of the car omitted to do, of course, we can only surmise, but the extent of the damage will be in the vicinity of .£25.

A " refresher" course of instruction was commenced at Narrow Neck Cam p on Saturday last by 24 offioers and 21 non-commissioned officers of the Territorials and Senior Cadets, in Auckland Military District. The course is under the direction of Major S, W. Turley, 15th Regiment, and Lieut J. D, Campbell, 16th Regiment, is acting as adjutant. Sergt.-Major Stokes of Helensville, is also attending this camp,

Mr John L. Stewart, who has recently been visiting Helensville, was present at the last Town Board meeting, and was welcomed by the members. After a discussion on the oattle traffic' through the town had taken place, Mr Stewart explained that in country districts in New Sputh Wales they had several ways of collecting revenue to help the up* keep of the streets. One was the levy of Id per head on all cattle driven through these towns. This information was considered valuable by some members of the Board, and in the near future action may be taken in the direction of placing a toll on cattle passing through Helensville: