THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1918 FLASHES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 November 1918, Page 2

THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1918 FLASHES.

The Postmaster notifies that full rate and deferred messages via Eastern may be now accepted for transmission to the United Kingdom. . The locally-owned horse, Mr Jas. Hand's Mullingar. scored another win on Saturday last at Avondala, when he won the Avondale Cup in 2min 10 3-ssec. Mrs Easton has removed to premises next the Star Theatre (late Becroft's). Afternoon tea, suppers, pies, homemade cakes and scones, etc., a speciality. Attention is drawn to a re-place advt" on the front page by Messrs O'Leary Broß. and Downs, of Al Seed fame. . Coming—Hall Caine's startling novel, " The Manxman," picturised in thrilling fashion. ' ' The Postmaster notifies that owing to the serious nature of the influenza epidemic only telegrams of an urgent nature may be accepted for offices for which Auckland transmits. There will be serious delay on all business, Mr L. L. Bailey, of Helensville, was the successful applicant (out of 61) for the position of Organising Secretary for the Eaipara Sub-Provincial District of the New Zealand Farmers' Union. Mr Tancred Cooper, the Provincial Organiser is leaving shortly for Palmerston North to organise the Wellington Province.

The question of appointing a General Manager of Railways will come up for decision this session. It is understood that Mr Hiley will " carry on " till the end of the financal year in March, when he proposes returning to England. It seems likely that Mr McVilly will ultimately succeed to the position. The news that Austria had surrendered was received in Helensville at noon on Monday, and early in the afternoon the Chairman of the Town Board (Mr Jae. Stewart) intimated that the Government requested the business people to observe it as a half-holiday. Very soon all the available flags in the town were flying, and the blowing of whistlas and ringing of the fire-bell proclaimed the good news. Mr J. Cullen, the Commissioner in charge of the Austrian employment scheme, has arranged for some fifty Dalmatians to proceed from the Kaipara to the railway works on the Whangarei extension to the North Auckland Main Trunk line. The arranged departnres of the men from the Northern Wairoa will doplete their original number in the district by fully two-thirds. At a recent sitting of the Military Appeal Board a garrulous alien subject was under examination and the Board was endeavouring to elicit some definite information concerning hit family. "Now tell me, .without relating past history, how many children you have ?" said the Chairman. " Well, sir," answered the old chap, " I landed in New Zealand sixty years ago, with only a half-crown in my pocket, and now I've got eleven children." The Chairman: " Just as well you didn't have a pound."