The Kaipara & Waitemata ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, MARCH 25TH. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 25 March 1920, Page 2

The Kaipara & Waitemata ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, MARCH 25TH. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A paragraph appearing in our last issue, in reference to the management of the Kaukapakapa Hotel, ' contained several statements which are denied by persons concerned in the matter.. The incident wherein it was stated that Constable. Hunt .had stayed a night at. the hotel, and " reported that in the morning he could not get breakfast, and that the staff were drunk," has absolutely no connection with the Kaukapakapa Hoteh Constable Hunt states that he has never on any occassion stayed over night at the hotel concerned. The paragraph as published wa9 reprinted by us from the ' Wairoa Bell,' and as statements contained therein are not correct, we take this opportunity" of sincerely regretting our part in their publication.

Sir James Allen is passing through Helensville on Monday next.

The Railway Department advertises excursion fares and special trains for

Ea6ter.

The official result of the Kaipara icensing committee election is advertised elsewhere.

Particulars of Mr N. W. Rimmer's important clearing sale at Te Pua are advertised.

On account of other meeting tli'e Memorial meeting advertised for this evening has been postponed. More delay !

Fewell's good dry "old man" ti-tree firewood is cheaper than coal. Next Helensville delivery Wednesday 31st inst. Orders c/o Mr Sandin, chemist.:!:

The Railway Department announce that from Friday, March 26th, the morning trains between Helensville and Kaukapauapa, and vice-versa, will run on Fridays and Mondays, instead of Fridays and Saturdays as at present.

A representative congregation attended the Helensville Methodist Church on Sunday evening last, to hear Rev. F. C. Pace's address on "Christianity and Labour." A series of addresses on questions of the day are being delivered by Rev. Pace, and the increased attendances at each, testify to the interest the addresses are creating.

An important new announcement appears from the Ideal Drapery Stores, on page one of this issue. This firm have just opened up a big stock of winter goods including the very latest in blanket coats, " Dry mac " garbadine over-coats, and a large variety of other goods. Inspection is invited, and prices compare more than favourably with city prices.

" We want a poet," says a contempor-

ary. " The world is peopled with little men. There is no vision. Prophesy is silent. Not a voice is raised to sound a note that shall lift us above what is paltry and mean and ignoble. The whole earth stinks with the smell of cash. We have no mind above money. Prices alone alarm."

Locul cricket enthusiasts have endeavoured to get a city team to visit Helensvilio during Easter, to play a representative Kaipara eleven. Success has not attended the effort, however, and it is now proposed to play a match at Kaukapakapa on Easter Saturday, be. tween elevens representing Kaukapa kapa, Glorit and Helensville. •£ '■

Lord Leverhulme (Lever 8r05.,) recently discovered a good way to make the natives work at the copra plantations in the Pacific Islands. They were in the habit of working for a spell. The industry was continually held up. Lord Leverhulme therefore installed cinemas everywhere amongst the cocoanut areas. The natives were so anxious to attend these that they continued to work so as to eatn money to pay for the tickets of

admission

There is a serious problem set forth in the World drama " The Divine Sacrifice " which will be shown at the Lyric on Saturday evening, with Kitty Gordon as the star and with Vera Beresford as a sub-star. The latter, by the way, is the daughter of Kitty and very appropriately plays the role of her daughter in the story. The plot centres round the refusal of a doctor's wife to assume the most sacred duty of her state and become a mother. This refusal leads to an estrangement which finally ends in a separation. Then it is that news reaches the husband that his wife is dead and he instantly marries the woman whom he has ioved and who truly loves him. Later after the marriage has been blessed !jy a child they are astounded to learn that the first wife was not dead. The dramatic situation which arises and the many-sided problems which it presents together combine to make a very facinating story which holds the interest to the last. It would spoil the picture to tell of the unexpected ending but the final note is one of beauty, in thorough keeping with the fine p:-eceding scenes.

Ethel Clayton as the nameless orphan who brought light to a stunted soul in 'JA Soul Without Windows," at the Lyric Tuesday nest.

" He took the farm because he wanted; to be the last man to go to the war, and >" I hid him," said a female witness in' the Feilding court. The present result of their *"- joint actions is separation and main* % tenance. . There appears to be plenty of demand for land, in spite of the high prices, in the Taranaki district. Recently an offer of £200 per acre for a farm of 100 acres p> ; was refused, and in another case a farm '"" was sold at £175 per, acre, which coat ~ v less than £88 per acre eighteen months ~?~. ago. 'I " There was a time," said a speaker at V^| a meeting of ratepayers in the Waira-' *^ rada," when every man took an interest * in his work, and laboured accordingly. Now, however, all sections seem to wf?,.--1 /' out to get as much as they blooming i, '^ well can from someone else, and do' nothing in return." At the last Town Board meeting, a . member mentioned that Justices of the Peace were hard to find whenever required locally, and suggested that the Board submit names of residents eligible | for the position. Several names were t ; mentioned, but from the remarks of those * present there are apparently not many '- local residents keen to join the ranks of * '• the "great unpaid." Mr S. C. Jones, pf Matakana, is growing a crop of maize and sorghum under ',* the supervision of the Department of Agriculture. This will be made into stock ensilage and a demonstration will be given by an officer of the Department *"• in that direction. In the genial climate of North Auckland maize and sorghum J. ensilage ought to become a great feature l in stock raising. " Treat 'Em Rough". showing at Everybody's this evening, is said to be the greatest romance story of the western plains ever screened, and as the hero of this remarkable story, Tom Mix is seen at his best. His daring feats of horsemanship and gun play have made him one of the most admired stars in pictures. There is nothing too hazardous for this remarkable actor to attempt, as the bulldogging of a wild steer in " Treat 'Urn Rough'! will prove. The Otamatea County,^, Council's audited balance sheet was received at the last meeting, but it had two tags. The auditor stated that the limit of un- , authorised expenditure had been exceeded by £7 4s 4d. The following were the items .—Chairman and three Councillors' visit to Wellington, £5019s 4d, Minister's visit £4, subscription to Chamber of Com- [ merce £2 ss. Also that the interested : timber royalties have been used for purposes other than those for which they > v are received. «■ . Some interest has been displayed in connection with cattle weights in New Zealand recently, a Taranaki-bred animal shown at Christchurch and Southland^ shows having been declared the greatest1 ox on earth. His live weight equals^ 31801bs. This compares well with th§^ South Devon Animal exhibited at, ih^ ' . last Cardiff Royal Show (England), who ' weighed 3612 lbs, and dressed 2217 lbs,, and with the Irish Shorthorn ox of some ' »*£ years ago who scaled 3356 lbs. There i.%, also Mr L. C. Hazlett's (North Taieri, Otago) bullock, which when last weighed, turned the scales at 3130 lbsS The first .& mentioned bullock is said to have been bought by the Australian Meat Export Company (Swift's) to tour the Unite* States as an advertisement for New Zea- inland beef. ' 3= A Taranaki paper says it has been mentioned that a -dairy farmer in the Kaponga district had made £17 per acriv '' out of his land, and he had no special advantoge over his fellow-farmers. It was also stated that a supplier to the Riverdale factory, Mr Griffin, had done , considerably better. He farmed 48^' * acres of first class land, and from it he & was paid for 12,8041b of fat, which at 2* *'' per pound equalled £1280. Allowing even a small margin for piga, calves, etc.,^ this worked out at roughly, £27 per acre. *Sl Mr Griffin, of course, farmed inteusely. and farmed well, but it only again demonstrated that from small areas of firstclass Taranaki land, whereon lucerne, root crops, etc., were grown, and where a good class of dairy cows was kept and v properly managed, a very good income indeed could be made. It is contended that with butter-fat at Is 6d per Ib and good land at £100 per acre, a farmer could do well if he farmed judiciously. The beat dairy land in Taranaki is now selling at over £100 per acre. The housing problem is getting a bigser puzzle as time goes on, and a satisfactory solution is yet to bo found, Attempts have been made in some Ti places to overcome the difficulty br' - -- 1 erecting temporary shelters in public reserves, but still the general position must be said to be very unsatisfactory. In different localities, sheds, lofts, whares and shacks are being utilised for human tenements—places that would have been insulting to offer as residences before the war. In many cases the selling values of houses have more than doubled, and men possessing sufficient oapital to ' buy are indeed fortunate, as a •• h Q uee to let" is now a rare curiosity, Tie Government's attempt to deal with the shortage is all right so far as it «oes but the amount of money allocated by Act is quite inadequate-it should have been ten times as much. I n the train' we heard one person remark to another • ' r T, h,? m*n Wh° Bells his ho«se now is a S ,unle S3 heisgivinguphouse- - Kitty Gordon and her daughter in Ihe Divine Sacrifice" Lyric Pictures Saturday next. Bert Lytell in " Blind Man's Eyes "a rf^neS 5 Ct ra"' a a* the LyriCi Mon- '■