LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 6 November 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr C. J. Parr, M.P., Government candidate for Eden, opened his campaign at Mt. Albert on Monday evening last.

The Residents' Ball at Eaukapakapa to-morrow evening promises to be an excellent function. We wish to acknowledge complimentary tickets for same.

The Liberal and Labour candidate for Eden, Mr R. E. Hornblow, had a success ful meeting at Parkhurst on Thursday evening last, over which Mr J. McLeod presided.

The partnership existing between Messrs Phillips and Spitz, who were lately in business in Helensville, has been dissolved. Mr Phillips will carry on the Auckland business.

The Primt-'Miniater states $hat he has no fear of the Victory War Loan not beini? fully subscribed, as many moneyed men who are liable under the compulsory clause have subscribed large amounts smce the loan closed. To mark their appreciation of the pleasEm-tioeifelu £iv*y by fchs T>i il rg&<Ma> rstiiriisd toldiere dui'lug tut V/hijGr, ilac-i youug ladies of thai; tov;a are bending a I complimentary social to all returned' men in the district. | A large number of visitors from Auck-| land and elsewhere will be present at| the opening ot the new plant on thai Parerenga gumfields for the treatment !of kauri gum oil. Forty berths have been booked on the Wairuafrom Helensville this evening. "I have absolutely no faith in farmers," said a member of Te Awamutu- subj provincial Union recently. " When the subscription was 2/6 per year it was just as difficult to collect as it is now at the two-guinea mark." The Kaipara branch of the Farmers' Union have made arrangements for Mr T. H. Patterson (Instructor of Agriculture) to visit and lecture at Kaukapakapa on Saturday, November Bth, and Helensville on Monday, November 10. Some enquiries are made as to the position of a Maori woman (full blood), who is married to an English man. The Registrar of Electors states, for general information, that a Maori woman, so married, still remains the Maori, and can enly exercise the franchise within and for the Maori electorate in which she resides. The s,s. Tuirangi has been put on the Wairoa running again, after undergoing repairs in the furnace room. The s,s. Ruawai is at present on the slip for the annual survey, and necessary extensive repairs are being effected. An unusually large amount of cargo has been going through lately, and an extra boat was put on last week to clear up accumulation of cargo. !' How many nips does it take to knock you over?" asked Sergeant Matthews of a witness at Te Kuiti Court " A good many," confessed the questioned one. " But how many can you drink in a clay ?" persisted the sergeant. " 01), a bottle of whisky easy," came the reply, •' and a, couple of bottles if I am on it." The witness appeared to take no small amount of pride in his prowess in this direction. The alterations and additions to the s.s. Wairua have affected a vast improvement in that vessel, and she is now one of the most compact and best fitted boats of her size in the Dominion. Cargo accommodation is now provided, and passengers have more room, both in respect of berths and by the provision of well-fitted music and 9riioking room. The prpmennde deck is also more roomy, and on f;he whole, everything has been provided, even down to electric fans, to ensure the Wairoa trip being a very pleasant p,ne, The cpmpany undertook the alterations to the vessel, and their employees are to be congratulated j on the very good job effected. j

The latest issue of the New World, the official organ of the Jugo Slavs, contains the following paragraph: We cannot here pass over the fact that since the Right Honourable W. F. Mass'ey, Prime Minister, returned from the Peace Conference, the' eloquent and welf-liked representative for Kaipara, Hon. J. G. Goates, vvaa appointed tq the Ministry, $nd since the present Government (Reform Party) have taken UP office again, wa have been perfectly ut}ders,tqo(|.

Ella Wheeler Wilco?, who was <>4 years of age at the time of her death Jast week, was a well-known American verse=writer. AJthqugh her works lacked the essentials which go to make great poets, she had a tremendeus vogue in all English-speaking countries, mainly owing to her unmistakable sentimental appeal. Her publications were very numerous.

In spite of &U the efforts made by the Postal authorities in town and country districts, and persistent enquiries by 'ihe Kaipara Registrar of Electors '£9 locate . those persons who. are no longer at the set forth on the roll, and th.Qse rernqy-ed from the pll by death, fransfer, and other causes, fjhere arg 4flQ people who cannot be lo.ca.ted. T^Q t/egislapye Act, I^Q§, provides that these eleotors who yannot be Icjoated at thq addresses set forth on tho roll, be struok off. A roll is kept at each of the 72 post offices in jJic electorate, also all necessary forms of enrolment, change of address, etc. Tn fact, every facility is given by the Department for enrolment. The supplementary roll closes for printj i»ij vary sqq4 : |f your name is not on tho roll, who is tQ*hiam& r r " ;

J. F. Lambert for Ford Oars,

Owner is wanted for a found bracelet. A report of Mr John Dawson's prohibition meeting last evening is unavoidably held over. The Transport Co.'s bus wili leave.the Terminus Hotel corner for Kaiikap&kapa Ball to-morrow. § veiling at 7.30 sharp. When polishing paste cannot be obtained for brightening nickle-plated \^ surfaces, good results can be secured T| with gasoline or kerosene. Recently a young dairy farmer nea^ Opunake (states the Stratford Evening Post) decided to marry. On the wedding day h» milked the cows as usual, . -^ motored a distance of 36 miles and said • ; " I will," and returned home by motor. with his bride in time for the evening's, J . milking. Obliging neighbours, however,, packed him off on a honeymoon. •' • ■ " ;■.;" j The following items appear in the ! Public Works Supplementary Estimates: ~ Erection of Aga light in Helensville 'A River, and beacon light on South Head, * Kaipara, £450; extension to Matakohe wharf (£ for £), £300; HelensvilleKaukapakapa inland road, bridge (£Z for £1), £250. / - ; Farmers are requested to note that "* iMr T, H. Patterson (Instructor on Agriculture) will visit Helensville on Monday, November 10th. He will give a , demonstration at Mr J. Grey's farm, at 10 o'clock, on soil testing, and at 8 p.m. will lecture on manures and grassing of ' lands, at the Agricultural Hall. Questions and inquiries are invited. - Pine logs in large quantities are being' p felled and shipped to saw mills from localities along the Kaipara line, and a " big load is at present awaiting removal^^~ at Waim.au ku.. A contrast is afforded'inmany places by the fact that alongside newly felled trees are to be seen some .. which have been felled for years and • , allowed to rot, in the days before owners , •'got wise " to the value of the trees as , a milling proposition. '-PJEt.A,," in the Bulletin: Mot a travelling tinker in a pub in Strathalbyn \ (S.A.) He informed me between drinks that he had been employed until reoently by some cookies in Tasmania cutting rugs for pigs out of kerosene-tins. He > mentioned confidentially that the rugs ' were a complete success until a hailstorm hit the locality, when the noise of the falling stones sent the pigs mad, and they bolted into the unknown, and another Australian industry was counted. \ out, " ' . ' Guy Fawkes Day was observed yesterday, and'the Helensville "small fry" had several illuminations on the go. A more ambitious bonfire was seen at Parakai. which was'a great succoss.' In spiteof ' inclement weather, the (ire burnt well. The fireworks, though good, were not quite up to the bUindarci. Everyone enjoyed themselves;, especially when they sat down to supper, which was served at Mrs Evan's residence, Mr E. White thanked the ladies, on behalf of the children, for the trouble they had been put td in providing supper, '*-*-'_«.=■ The World drama. "The Strong Way/ to be shown at the Lyric next Saturday, tells the story of a girl who, at her mother's insistent bidding^ marries a' man for his money, though loving another. June Elvidge takes the part of Eunice, while John Bowers takes thY part of Don Chad wick, the lover she did . % not marry. The play leads up. to an intensely thrilling situation when a murder has been comrajtjed, and tfte police track the suppqsed fugitive- tq Eunice's rqom,, tq which,, by the way, she had previously fqrhidden hVr husband ever more to enter, Events move ■ rapidly, and by a daring ««d brilliant movs she saves the situation. . - One of the principal undertaking* -in connection with the opening up of the Far North is the bridging of the Great Northern Wairoa River at Dargaville. Mr R. E. Hornblow, Mayor of Dargaville, who has made several visits to Wellington in connection with this and other i matters, informed a Post reporter that - " the plans, etc., have now. been approved by the Public Department, afld. within a week or so. tenders-will b,e called for the wqrk, which, it is estimated, will cost abouj; £§Q ? QPQ' bridge will'h* threerquapters of a mjje in jjength., and will be built across the river.Opposite the' ' township, thereby opening up^ some tens Of thousands qf acjre3 of the richest country north of Auckland. Provision; has been made in the plans for a navigable opening to allow the passage of vessels of considerable size.