THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO With which is incorporated. "The Kaipara Advertiser & Waitemata Chronicle" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, April 18, 1918. FLASHES.

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THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO With which is incorporated. "The Kaipara Advertiser & Waitemata Chronicle" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, April 18, 1918. FLASHES.

A Public meeting will be held in the Lyric Theatre to-night (Thursday), 16th inst., to consider the advisability of continuing the monthly memorial services. The most conscientious objector has not sufficient conscience to object to the other fellow fighting for him.— London Opinion.

A splendid programme is billed for the concert to be given by the Maori Entertainers in the Lyric Theatre on Wednesday evening next.

Attention is drawn to a special sample sale at the Ideal Drapery Stores, Commercial Road, for Friday, Saturday, and the following days.

The annual meeting of parishioners of St. Matthew's, Helensville, will take place in the Church on Thursday, 23rd inst.. at 7.30 p.m.

The man agement of the Lyric Theatre Pictures announce that four programmes will be screened weekly, starting from Tuesday, May 21—every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, a nd Saturday evening.

A meeting of the Second Division League will be held at 8.30 p.m. in the Lyric Theatre to-night (Thursday). All members are requested to attend, and an opportunity will be given for enrolling new members.

A writer in " Life " says—" Apples are part of health, strength, activity, energy, vitality. Know that you know this, it is a straight line and a thing that matters."

Next week an opportunity will be given everyone to assist our brave boys at the front. Buy a ticket for the huge apple guessing competition which will be held from Tuesday to Saturday, the proceeds going to the Red Cross Fund. For further particulars see advt.

The Helensville Catholic Church Committe has decided to hold a euchre social in the Agricultural Hall on Monday evening next, and to continue them monthly in that building throughout the season. Dancing and cards will be indulged in, and a good time is anticipated.

In Hungary, where Count Tisza is as ardently hated by one faction as he is ardently beloved by the other, the opposition circulate a story to illustrate the hold the Count had upon the late Emperor, Francis Joseph. It is said that when the Emperor crossed the Great Divide and landed at the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter asked : " What baa your Majesty done to merit entrance here?" Tired and tottering, the aged Monarch hesitated, then replied: " I don't know. Ask Count Tisza."

A most enjoyable evening was spent in the Lyric Theatre on Monday evening last, when the Helensville Catholic Church Committee held their first social of the season. A good number patronised the card tables, while dancing was continued throughout the evening, Miss Rimmer presiding at the piano. The highest scorer among the ladies was Miss Farrell, and Mr Leslie Snell carried off the gentlemen's prize. Miss M. Johnson and Mr R. Bradly were the recipients of nice little consolation prizes. Supper was handed round and greatly appreciated, one and all voting the evening a real jolly one.

That well-known sportsman, Mr " Jimmy " Rothschild, went into the war in the first week as chaffeur at the French Headquarters. He got pneumonia the first winter, and had a narrow escape, but as soon as he was well he retuned to his job and was badly wounded. He then tried for a commission in England, but couldn't get one owing to his very bad sight, so he underwent a course of treatment for his eyes, and he then succeeded in getting a commission in the Canadians. This isn't a bad record for one of the prospoctively richest men in Europe.

To the Kaiser belongs the credit of inventing a new designation for unions that are not matrimonial alliances in the legal sense of the word. He describes them as ," lateral marriages," and advocates them with a vi3W to " increasing the birth-rate in Germany," %,nd to " mitigating the conditions brought about by the war." Lateral marriages are officially recommended by booklets bearing that title, which are being circulated by the military authorities throughout the German army, and exhort married soldiers in the interests of the Fatherland to authorise their wives to contract temporary unions with other men, based on inclination, to be dissolved as soon as the children born. The booklets insist that this is the " only means for the formation of a new powerful armed force, and for the ennoblement of morality !"