THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, Oct 4, 1917 FLASHES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 October 1917, Page 2

THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, Oct 4, 1917 FLASHES.

Smart girl wanted. The next sitting of the S.M. Court jvrill be held in Helensville on Friday, pctober 12th. Mr C. Ansell, our local postmaster, is Row on his annual holiday, and he is being relieved by Mr Ewitt, who took up his duties on Wednesday last. A dance will be held in the Parakai Hall on Saturday evening next, and the motor 'bus will leave the Terminus Hotel at 7.30 p.m. • A meeting of the Helensville Town Board will be held on Thursday evening nsxt, October 11th., when Mr F. W. Strange, the newly-elected member, will take his seat for the first time. The Helensville Golf Club has decided to further extend the closing time for Mr and Mrs Stringer's trophies until the 15th inst. With the better weather prevailing it is to be hoped that players will take advantage of the conditions and send in cards. Sunday next, October 7th, has been appointed by the Government as a day of National Prayer, and a special memorial service will be held in the Lyric Theatre in the afternoon, when an address will be given by the Rev. A. V. Venables. All are requested to attend, as the service is a purely undenominational one. The patriotic stall outside the Star Theatre is becoming, quite a popular institution. All sorts of good things are exposed for sale every Friday evening, and it is up to everyone to put in their mite, and to purchase something, even if it is only a few pence worth of sweets Last Friday evening the sum of £2 2s was realised, and in addition to this amount, Mr Ryland, on behalf of the Send-off Committe, has donated £2 Is, the proceeds of their last dance. Through the energies of Mr R. Hoe, Woodhill, the sum of £27 has been paid or promised for the erection of a RoU of Honour for the Woodhill Public School, and also one for the Woodhill Public Hall. Circulars are now being sent round soliciting information and the names of those entitled to be placed on either of the rolls. It is also intended to give every subscriber of 5s or more a copy of both rolls at the end of the war. There was a fairly good attendance at the usual monthly Church of England euchre party and dance .on Monday evening last, and a most enjoyable time was spent by those present. Mrs M. McGarvey proved the highest scorer among the ladies, while the gentlemen's prize was won by Mr Malligan. Consolation prizes were awarded to Mrs Cullen and Mr Campbell. After a dainty supper had been partaken of, dancing was indulged in, and continued with zest until the wee sma' hours. Mr D. McDiarmid of New Plymouth, now with the Australian V.M.C. k, has opened the first V.M.C.A hut in the Sudan at Atbara, and he has rooms also in the barracks at Khartoum. In a letter to a friend he says : " I am running up and down the Sudan like a commercial traveller, sometimes covering about 2000 miles in a fortnight. The centres where troops are situated are 200 and 500 mites from here, and it is no ' joy ride ' reaching these places by train in a Sudanese summer."

A store of bombs and munitions has been found in a German's cellar in Stockholm, and it has been discovered that they were for use in Russia and Finland. From Denmark comes a report of a German attempt to foster a revolution among the Finns, coincident with the Riga offensive. The attempt failed, the Finns realising that separation from Russia meant subjection to Germany.

New Zealand soldiers in the Old Country just now give promise of winning for their country a name in the cricket world comparable to the name it has long held in Rugby football circles. Through the kindness of the ground authorities concerned four cricket matches have recently been arranged for New Zealand teams at Lords and the Oval. Needless to say, these encounters have been thoroughly enjoyed. In the last game at Lords of which mail news has come to hand, the New Zealand team at Sling defeated a crack Canadian eleven .which had won each of its numerous matches this season. The Canadians "declared" at the tea interval with eight wickets down for 178, to which Captain Saxon's team replied with 204 for three wickets, Quinn making 127 (retired).

The month of July was an eventful one for the Social Service Department of the N.Z.Y.M.C.A. in London, as in addition to the average number of men on leave from France, 1800 men arrived in. the city in one draft from Sling. They came at a day's notice, having been 'sent for from France. Besides making the usual arrangements for showing the men round the city, some in open brakes and others on foot with honorary guides, the Association organised a special " New Zealand night" at Cii o's, the fashionable night-club recently taken over by the V.M.C.A and run as a place of entertainment for soldiers. The venture proved most successful, and was to be repeated when the next New Zealand draft came to London.