The Kaipara & Waitemata ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9. FLASHES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 October 1919, Page 2

The Kaipara & Waitemata ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9. FLASHES.

Lease of grazing rights on the Showgrounds will be sold by public auction on Tuesday next at ] p.m.

' One Dargaville butcher notifies a reduction in the price of moat in that town.

Meetings in support of an improved railway service for the Kaipara district have been held at Waimauku and Kaukapakapa during the week. The chief matter for consideration is the restoration of the northern express.

It is persistently rumoured that the pre-war time-table will be restored from the beginning of November next. In that event the Helensville express will be running/, as the Department recognises that this train is most essential.

An i»torestii)g ljew advertisement apr pears elsewhere f rom ,j_ -p. Lamb.er|;, qf the Helensville Coach and Motor Words' This firm has been appointed sole distrjc(; agents for the Ford cars, tractors, etc., and arc prepared to supply a£ genuine catalogue prices. Repair \yqrk of all descriptions is done on the premises, and all motor accessories are stocked.

The woman scorned, fleeing the police, pomes to America to further, direct the work of ■" jtSTuin.be? Qne '' ; a trap fails to spring; hearts are at war, yyitty bullets and kisses as weapons; two theatre tickets save a life ; mystery and action fly side by side, and a mysterious bullet brings a traitor's end. Lay your finger of suspicion on " Number One "—next Tuesday at Everybody's (episode 7).

Advertiser has onion plants for sale,

" The Runaway Wife," featuring Gloria Swanson, at the Lyric next Friday.

Dargaville is holding a complimentary ball to-morrow evening in honour of district returned soldiers.

We understand the Waiteraata County Council is inviting tenders for metal supplies in this district, but the matter is being fcept more or less of a secret.

'The Ruawai had a rough trip crossing the Heads on Saturday. Being a staunch little craft she weathered the storm without difficulty, and arrived at Dargaville earlier than usual.

An advertisement from Mr W. E. Barnard, solicitor (late of Barnard and Nicholls, Te Aroha), appears elsewhere in this issue. Mr Barnard is commencing practice in Helensville at the end of the present month.

" Tarzan of the Apes," the wonder picture of the age, will be screened at the Lyric on Wednesday next. This picture, which occupies the whole evening, is claimed to be the finest motion picture ever produced.

Repairs and alterations to the Kaipara Steamship Cos. Wairua have now been completed, and the vessel was to come off the slip to-day (Thursday). It is intended that the Wairua take up the Dargaville running from Wednesday of next week.

A local resident had a narrow escape from drowning on Thursday last. When attempting to jump from the top deck of the Tuirangi to the wharf, he misjudged the distance, and fell into the river between the vessel and the wharf. Nothing beyond a good wetting was experienced by the victim of the mishap.

The of the R. S. A.(Mr Pollock) had a good' meeting at Waimauku last evening, and was listened to attentively by the audience present. Tonight's address in the Lyric Theatre will be on the same lines as that given last evening, and a full report will be given next week.

The new Oldsmobile taxi recently purchased by Mr A. Hunter received a good test of its capabilities on a recent evening, conveying eight passengers from Waimauku to Helensville. The car negotiated the ruts, puddles, holes, and tussocks which do duty as the road for part of the way, in great style.

The Piako County Council has decided to expend £3,400 on road-making machinery, including two dump trucks, roller, scarifier, and grader. This decision follows the recent visit of the committee to Taranaki to inspect the methods of road-making in that province. The trucks are the well-known White's, three of which have also been ordered by the Otamatea County Council. -

The heavy rains of the past week have brought on the growth of grass remarkably, and the whole countryside is a picture of verdant green. Farmers everywhere predict a good season, although some are of the opinion that too much rain may fall during the month. Farmers in the Pukekohe district are not welcoming much more rain* and fear the potato crops will be affected if a dry spell does not soon set in.

The progress being made throughout the VVaikato districts is very noticeable, and practically all the towns are showing Bigns of marked advancement. Hamilton has some thousands of pounds worth of buildings under way and solid progress is 6hown in most places by the number of brick and stone buildings being erected, The Waikato towns are also looking forward to the time when they will all be electrically lighted per medium of*the Horahora power.

" That, in order to cope with the enormous growth of traffic, especially that of motors on main roads, the Government be urged to establish a national road construction system, automatically providing the necessary funds on a basis ot definite subsidies for the construction of permanent highways." This is the form in which, a Waipa County remit is framed, and which will ba considered at the New. Zealand County delegates in conference at Wellington.

A lucky escape from a serious accident was experienced by Mr R. Barnes and party while returning from the A. and PBall last Thursday night. It appears that the car containing the party went off the metal near the bridge on the Springs road, and turned right over. The men of the party were thrown clear, and the ladies also escaped without serious injury. The night was very dark and wet, which no doubt accounted for the mishap. Ball-room attire, of course, suffered somewhat severely as a result of the accident.

The Triangle films keep up a remarkable average of quality, but their latest release, "The Runaway Wife," which will be shown at the Lyric oh Friday, is even above their own high standard. It is instinct with hutnan feeling and deep pathos. •'Ftye picture marks/ the de.buj; into s,eripuß dram, a of Gloria Swanson. ijer personality is very charming, .and the eye? qf her will bf sute 'to fascinateeyen $he gardened mpyie fan. Tlje stqry ffjls qf a yqung wifp V who wearies of tlje duljngss qf her |ife.- This causes estrangement, and she £naHy leaves her husband to follow the lure of the" stageThen it is that the tempter pleads with her. She does not know thai her husband has come to the sanje town and ia longing to i}nd her. The situations become very dramatic, an 4 gome ofttye scenes are produced with wgnderfu} effect, For all Ford Accessories. J. F. Lambert The Accredited Ford Dealer. *

In future no pictures will be screened at the Lyric on Mondays. x

Two interesting articles appear on page 4of this issue. _~\ '

Between 200 and 250 men are reported to be working on the :Main Trunk\line between Maungaturoto and Waiotira.

The auxiliary schooner Echo, which went ashore at Wairoa (H. 8.) on Tuetday, was built in 1905 on the Kaipara> and is well known to older seafaring men: in this locality.

ft The Sky Pilot of No-man's Land," by Ralph Connor, has been added to the local library. A similarity of names caused this title to be wrongly listed in the library catalogue.

The Waitemata County Council have been granted permission to raise £18,500 per a recent Gazette. The principal amount is for the proposed road from Milford to Deep Creek. A poll will be taken on October 29.

Last week what is probably a Dominion record at land selling was put up by Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Whangarei. They went out with three buyers in one car, and sold each of them a farm property in the same district on the same day.

Adherants of the Aaglican Church will welcome the news that the R?v. Clement Houchen has been appointed vicar of the parochial district of Helensville. The induction of the rev. gentleman will take place at St. Matthew's Anglican Church on Sunday week, at the morning service. Yen. Archdeacon Hawkins will conduct the service.

All returned soldiers should make a point of being present at the meeting in the Lyric Theatre to-night^ which will be addressed by the organiser, Mr Pollock. The local branch is being placed on a thoroughly sound footing, and it behoves all returned to firmly support their local Association, as unity is the one way in which success can be achieved.

Beautiful island settings in and about Honolulu are features of Sessue Hayakawa's Paramount picture, "Hidden Pearls," showing on Saturday next at Everybody's. It is a picturesque and novel story of intrigue and pearl hunting, containing a very unusual love affair between a native girl and Hayakawa, himself a half-breed, though educated in America.

We' have been shown the Heaton teat cup, a new idea, claimed by its its inventor to be an improvement on anything of that description on the market. In this cup the lock nut is done away with. Three grooves on the nipple and a rubber ring takes its place, and tightening is reduced to a matter of seconds, and can be done during milking. The cup is made entirely of copper and cannot corrode. Farmers should make a point of investigating this idea.

"I venture to predict," said Mr J. T.M. Hornsby in the House of Representatives, " that in thirty years' time this country will be importing butter, because the farmer* will not make it. They will confine themselves to cheese, casein, dried milk, and sugar of milk." Mr Hornsby showed how the return per cow had risen, till now it was £20 to £25, and he thought that with the manufacture of the new products it would rise to £35.

, The Catholic community held a euchre tournament and dance in the Agricultural Hall on Monday evening last, and a pleasant time was spent by those who attended. First prizes in the euchre were won by Mrs Coulter (who tied with five other ladies and won the "cut"), and Mr W. Cullen, who also won on a "cut" after tieing with two others. Mrs Curtis and Fred Hughes won consolation prizes. The first-class music by the Mallig^n orchestra was especially appreciated, and dancing on a good floor was kept up till midnight.

The A-ustralian ooal-ininers threaten to oorae to the assistance of their Dominion hrethren and " darg." A darg is a method by which a man on piecework does as little war If-and earns as little pay as possible in the hope of annoying the employer, It differs from a plain hunß6r*stri]ce, inasmuch as the wife and kide hunger also. There are grievances, of course, as there always are In every industry and in every place; but if everybody darged or struck over every grievance, the lower animals would take possession of the^world while the human ra~oei. was in bed grieving. If only'iihe' miners would lease some ooal lands,: uf which there are plenty, add'ruh:a cooperative coalsupply, and1 keep all the profits, and redress their own grievances !—Exchange. ;

The Bulletin:—lt is a queer world. For offering his 'services as human chopping-block in the recent exhibition at Toleda, U.S.A., Willard cleaned up some £40,000 in about 10 minutes. And ]}c did his bit of near-scrapping for his Qwn'good solely. Elumer, one of the best of Britain's fighting generals, collected £30,0Q0; RaWlinsqn, Byny and Home the sanje;' while ' Bird wood arid Robertson got XIQ.QOq each. And the. s.aine sum—a quarter qf w'il} ar d's ponsQlatiqn priie—was Rouched by tStiirdee^ who sent the Huns fio E|ayy Jone!s o# Ihe Falklands ; Eeyes, who smashed into and out qf ; Ty'rwhitt, of Arethusa fame. And nq mqving-pictqrp rqyalties and vau4eville cqntracts I

Ethel Clayton in '* Whims o.f Society " §ati}r44y next at. the 1/yric! '

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds, never fails,