THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, July 17, 1919 FLASHES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 17 July 1919, Page 2

THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, July 17, 1919 FLASHES.

Reading matter appears on page 4of 8 issue, entitled " Auckland Happen.igs." Reminder is given of the Church of England social in the Agricultural Hall this evening. Progressive euchre will occupy the first half of the evening. A clearing sale of Mr E. Scott's dairy herd and plant will be held at Kaukapakapa on Tuesday next, .luly 22nd, by the North Auckland Farmers' Co.-op. Ltd. Particulars appear elsewhere. There is a nasty hollow in the water channel in front of Tucker's saloon, that badly wants concreting to prevent the water from doing further damage. Owing to the curtailment of the railway service, large mobs of cattle are being driven through this township to Auckland, to the detriment of the newly patch«d-up roads. The Ideal Drapery Store (Mr J. Cohen proprietor) advertises bargains galore at the alteration sale now proceeding. A great chance is offered to secure genuine " snips." The Lyric Pictures management announce that in future no pictures will be shown on Wednesday nights-. Also, that owing to the increased cost of fuel, the prices of admission will be Is and 9d. In connection with the Peace Celebrations, an advertisement appears in another column asking business people to observe Saturday and Monday next as close holidays. From noon till five minutes past on Saturday, a solemn pause will be observed throughout the Empire in memory of the fallen. The Savage Club Male Choir is coming this way shortly, and intend giving a real good concert in the Lyric Theatre. As the profits are to be devoted locally ther* should be big attendance. Look out for programme in a future issue. A meeting is convened for Wednesday evening next, in the Star Theatre, to make arrangements for the entertainment. The local returned soldiers have arranged to hold a social in the Star Theatre on M«nday evening next, to which ladies will be admitted free. In deciding to hold this extra social, the committee feel that their efforts to lighten the depression caused locally by the peace celebrations will be appreciated. The theatre has been kindly lent for the occasion by Mr Jas. Stewart. The management of Everybody's Pictures have decided, in view of the Peace celebrations, to make a special feature of Saturday night's programme, to which all children and returned soldiers in Helensville and district are cordially invited, and will be admitted free. The star picture—Dorothy Dalton in " Love Letters " —is a mixture of love, thrills and mystery and the supporting subjects will prove popular. Gentral regret was expressed in Helensville on Saturday morning laat, when it was reported that Charlie Chaplin';had been drowned the previous night. However, his appearance outside the Lyric Pictures on Saturday evening proved that the report was groundless. It appears that some of the youth of the town had removed the life-size figure of Charlie, and sent it to a watery grave in the Kaipara River, where it remained until bravely rescued on Saturday morning. In connection with the list of fancy dresses appearing in another column, we wish to be pardoned if any person finds that his or her costume has bean omitted j from the list or wrongly described therein. It is obviously impossible to interview each individual to ascertain the name of the costunje he or she is wearing. Any cause for complaint should be attributed to the want of | system. One that has been adopted with success elsewhere is simply |that admission or invitation cards have ! printed on the reverse side lines providing for the description of the costume j and the name of the wearer. .These are collected and handed to the long-suffer-ing scribe without further trouble on anybody's part. An idea which could be adopted with profit locally. The Lyric Theatre was well filled on Saturday evening, when Private Winter I Jones lectured, on behalf of the British j Empire Union, on the danger of allowing the German, or any of his works, ever again getting a footing in British possessions. The lecturer, who spent over 2Q months in German prison camps he suffered'all' manner of hardships and cruelty at tlje h/and? of % Huns, sppke feelingly on the ' subj«ctj stating that people who discriminated between good and bad Germans, or made allowance for and trusted thoge of them who apparently suffered a change for '■ the better ; were due for a rude awaken- > ing. The 'lecturer given an atfenjiiye I hearing, and loudly applauded at the close of his address,. A clever one-act play entitled " In the Grip of the Hun " concluded the entertainment. Cards, in tl^e form of a pledge nqt to employ Germans or deal in German gqods, were handed round for signature,