THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, August 7, 1919 FLASHES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 August 1919, Page 2

THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, August 7, 1919 FLASHES.

The monthly meeting of the Helensville Town Board will be held next Thursday evening, August 14th.

Typos of soft limestone from the W.ellsfoid district, examined by the Department of Agriculture's chemist, were found to contain from 77 to 83 per cent of carbonatoof lime.

A new paper has found birth in the North, the " Northern News" printed at Kaikohe. The new production is a neatly printed 16 page paper in octavo size, published weekly.

The social held in the Lyric Theatre last Thursday eveniug, to realise funds to pay the expenses of the Savage Club concert, was well attended and proved very enjoyable. The Town Board chairman, Mr .las..Stewart, announced that any surplus from the social would be donated to the Soldiers' Memorial Fund.

The following men from this district are arriving at Auckland from Egypt by the transport Ulimarea, due shortly:— L.-Corpl. P. W. Bell (Waimauku), Corpl H. F. Cullen, L. Worthington (Maungaturoto). H. L. Goad, G. H. Taylor (Helensville), W. J. Davie - Martin (Woodcocks), Sergt. J. F/ilussell, Sergt. W. C. H. Stevens (Kaukapakapa).

A complimentary social, tendered by the local returned soldiers to Mr W. R. Fosbroke, will be held in the Lyric Theatre to-night (Thursday, August 7). Invitations to attend have been extended to Messrs Coates and Parr, Ms.P. Prior to the social, a general meeting of all returned soldiers will be held, and it is particularly desired that all who possibly can will turn up.'

Kaitaia went "' mafficking" on July 26th, when the good roads loan proposal was carried. The district is pardonably proud of the fact that only 23 votes were cast against the proposal, and 382 for. Fairburns, however, is in disgrace, for voting 10 against.

The public will be pleased to learn that the Savage Club concert, which had to be postponed on account ot railway restrictions, will now be held on Saturday week, August 16th. The deputation which waited on the district traffic manager at Auckland on Saturday last were successful in obtaining special permission for the party to travel for the purpose of giving this concert. We are sure that all will appreciate the efforts that are being made in connection with this entertainment.

The star pictures at Everybody's on Tuesday evening is " Freckles." .a-dg^ed from the well-known bpok; oS^^fT^skme name, and starring" Jack Pickford and Louise Huff, two of the most popular of movie players. The adventures of onearmed Freckles are thrilling and humorous, and at times pathetic. All who have read the book will give the picture a warm welcome. In addition will be shown easily the best Mack Sennett comedy seen here, entitled " Two Tough Tenderfeet."

The rivalry that exists between Auckland and Wellington is of long standing, and it is very rarely that a native of either place will admit any merit in the rival city. Auckland, recently, adopted a very sensible idea that has been in force in Wellington for the past twelve months, viz : changing the hours of work for employees in Government offices from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 8.3 C a.m.—4.30 p.m. This change, when first tried in Wellington, was for the purpose of relieving the«s o'clock csngestion of the trams, and worked so well that it has become a permancy. For a similar reason, Auckland has tardily adopted the idea and will doubtless find it as big a succcess as the rival city did.

A deputation representing the boarding house keepers of Helensville waited on the Auckland district traffic manager, Mr F. Duncan, recently, in regard to the railway regulations restricting passenger traffic. Mr C. J. Parr, M.P. for Eden, introduced the deputation, and said that the effect of the latest restrictions requiring intending passengers to obtain permits to travel was a bar to all but urgent cases from making the journey. The continuation of this policy would mean ruin to those who had expended large sums of money in providing accommodation for invalids at Parakai.— Sympathy was expressed with the deputation by Mr Duncan, who said that he could only promise to issue permits to sick people o»^ the production of a doctor's certificate.

The Savage Club concert at Helensville which was advertised to take place last •Saturday evening, did not eventuate, and keen disappointment was evinced by many that such a splendid company of artists could not appear. The railway restrictions were, of course, responsible for the postponement, and in spite of representations to Wellington that the choir be allowed to travel from Auckland, an absolute refusal was met with. Several methods of transportation from Auckland to Helonsville were considered but one by one were given up. One was to bring the party by launch to Riverhead, and thence by car to Helensville, and another proposal was to convey the party by car from the end of the suburban area—Waitakere. Partly owing to inclement weather and bad roads, the proposals were abandoned, and Helensville went concertless.

In a recent sermon on the text " Man does not live by bread alone," the Rev. T. B. McClement asked indulgence while tracing the connection between revolutions in ancient and modern times, in the Church and in the State, brought about by the land problem, which with the drink problem was one of the two evils that must be solved if the Church was to gain its universal position amongst the poorer classes of the community. He showed how the Jewish Church fell through economic problems, how the Roman Empire fell through the land problem, how the religious revolutions in the Middle Ages were primarily land revolutions, and how the overthrow of the Roman Catholic Church in Henry Vl.'s time was due to dispossessing her of her lands and giving them to the nobles. In Germany in Luther's day the bourgeois would not unite with the poorer classes to secure the land, and it remained the property of the nobles. In England the middle classes were strong enough without the peasants aid to dispossess the nobles, and the manufacturing class was the dominant one in England to-day. In France the bourgeois would not unite with the peasants, but the latter ultimately revolted and secured possession of the soil. The Protestant Church had hot risen to its opportunities and had failed to ally itself with the poorer classes. It would never have a message for the people .till it voiced the needs of the downtrodden and the oppressed.

Settings of pure-bred Orpington eggs for sale. .' v ; Applications are invited for chief agent of a marine insurance firm for Helensville. < * The next sitting of the Magistrate's < Court at Helensville will be held ohs^M August 27. The Kaipara electoral main roll contains 6403 names. The main roll used. for the prohibition poll contained 5282 names. In spite of the large amount of rain which has fallen during the past few weeks, the roads throughout the district are in a satisfactory condition, although _ persona who use the roads a lot report bad patches here and there. The main road to Auckland is fairly good, although the Waitakere portion of it is very sticky and not to be recommended to motorists. The Pathe Gold Rooster Co. presents. Mrs Vernon Castle in the thrilling drama "Sylvia of the Secret Service,"..at, the i Lyric on Saturday evening. It is a play whose theme is startling, instinct with power, and the terrific strength of the remorseless truth. Mrs Castle wears some superb dresses, and the whole drama is replete with priceless .settings and gorgeous interiors. A splendid comedy is inncluded on the supporting programme. Passports to leaye New Zealand are still required, and intending travellers have the greatest difficulty in satisfying the authorities that their claims to travel are genuine. Owing to the uncertainty of shipping, many people have no idea what boat they can travel on, and the application forms for passports cannot be filled in until the name, of the - boat can be given. One of the questions to be answered is for the " birthplace of paternal grandfather ?" a query which I proves a stumbling block to almost every « I applicant. The one daily train to and from Auckland, which is still run for the gratification of Kaipara settlers, has been reduced in size through the latest cut in the railway service, and usually consists of three carriages only. These are quite ' sufficient for all the passengers likely to be carried until Henderson is reached, when the suburban residents pack in like sardines. This notwithstanding thefact that suburban trains, consisting of six carriages usually, are run at frequent intervals for the suburbanites' convenience. There was a good attendance of both card players and dancers at the Cathelic Social held in the Agricultural Hall on Monday evening, and a very enjoyable time was spent. The euchre prizes were ' won by Miss Prestland and Mr Pudhey, and consolation prizes were awarded to Miss Bradly and Mr Cullen. The lady's prize was a silver-mounted pickle jar, and the gentleman's was a silver-backed clothes brush. Splendid dance music was contributed by Mrs and Miss Malligan (violin and piano), and extras " were played by Misses M. Vercoe, V. Hafford, and Master Hand. Mr J. Bell acted as M.C. A plentiful supper was handed round by the ladies.

The Helensville Fire Bridage is still in existence as an institution, but it is quite a long while since the members indulged in a practice, and it is feared that such an unfortunate occurrence as a fire would find the fire plugs in a bad state and the members rusty on their practices. But let it be understood that the members are not to blame. They are keen, but have become discouraged owing to public indifference, and, it must be admitted, opposition from certain quarters. Like the soldier, the fire brigade men are popular heroes when their services are required, but any other old time they can do what they try to extinguish—" go to blazes."

Ann Pennington in the spjendid play, "Antics of Ann," on Saturday next at Everybody s.

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