The Kaipara & Waitemata ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 1 April 1920, Page 2

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

There will be no publication of the ECHO on Thursday next, April Bth, qwing to Easter holidays intervening and acut« temporary shortage of labour.

The two local banks will be closed from Good Friday, April 2nd, to Tuesday, April 6th, both days inclusive.

Hot water provided, milk and soft drinks procurable at the Regatta at Shelley Beach, Easter Monday.

Most of the local business places will be closed from this evening (Thursday) to Tuesday morning for the Easter holidays.

A special service will be held at the Helenaville Catholic Church at 3 p.m on Good Friday.

The wedding takes place at Helensville on Wednesday next of two wellknown local residents.

Constant users of the Hot Springs state that on Sunday last the water was cooler than is usually the case.

A special service in the Helensville Methodist Church will be taken on Good Friday evening by Rev. F. C. Pace.

The Church of England Ladies' Guild will hold a euchre and dance in the Agricultural Hall on Wednesday, April 21-st.

The secretary of the Kaipara branch of the R.S.A. has the following badges on hand awaiting claimants: 21506, 38566, 16/530, 44713, 26840. Please apply at Echo office.

Two big feature films will be shown at Everybody's on Thursday evening next — Tom Mix in "Fighting for Gold" and winsome Peggy Hyland in "The Girl with No Regrets."

A special train ran from Auckland to Huarau to-day in connection with the opening of the new section of line. A number of Helensville residents made the journey up to view the new. line.

Football clubs are getting ready for the coming season, which is expected to he a very successful one. Meetings of local and district clubs will probably be held soon after the holidays.

The Railway Department advertise the extension of the time-table on the Kaipara line to Huarau. The express will leave from Haurau instead of Ranganui, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

An important clearing sale, on account of Mr F. Jackson, Rewiti, is advertised by the auctioneers, Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons. Ltd. The sale takes placo on the farm, Rewiti, on Thursday next, April Bth.

An attempt was made to burglarize a Kaukapakapa residence a few days ago. The burglar, surprised by the lady of the house, is stated to have thrown the contents of a bottle of lysol at her, and then made good his escape. " A Night in Old Ireland " is the title of a lecture to be given by Monsignor Hackett in the Agricultural Hall on Wednesday, April 14th. at 8 p.m. This gentleman has a wide reputation as a lecturer on Irish wit and humour, and an entertaining time is in store for all who are fortunate enough to attend. A euchre tournament and dance will also be held. Speaking on the land question at the Parakai meeting, Mr. Greville, Commissioner of Crown Lands, said that up till now there had been so much good land available that people had not bothered about poor or second-class land, which at one time would not be looked at. He predicted that in 15 years' time socalled second-class land would be very much harder to get than is the case now. The Cha-jtauqua season opened at the Lyric Theatre on Tuesday afternoon, and so far vory satisfactory attendances have been recorded. The T^yric Quartette proved a veritable treat, and the lectures delivered by Dr. Arthur Carpenter proved intensely interesting to all who have a faculty for appreciating anything above the ever available " movies." Chautauqau will continue until Monday evening next, with a change of programme each afternoon and evening. A former prisoner of the Germans who suffered mutilation at their hands is now living in New Plymouth, his native town. The marks be has to show carry conviction where a hundred tales of similar atrocities might fail to make an impression on the hearer. This soldier bears two scars—the marks of his honour and the German shame— one where the joint' of his trigger finger has been cut and the other the shape of an iron cross cut on the back of his neck. He relates that almost the first act of the German soldiers who captured him was to inflict these injuries. " Let me pop it on your finger Where the wedding ring will be. Will you? Won't yon ? Will you ? Honey ! will you marry me ?" That's what Sammie sni-1 to Sadie, While she sighed in rapture pure; Now shels bending over baby Mixing Woods' Peppermint Cure. For all Ford Accessories. •J. R Lambert The Accredited Ford dealer. *

The annual meeting of the Acclimatises 6ation Society will be held in the Librafjf '"jt on Wednesday evening next. #& A euchro and dance will be held in tKf4 >iv - Parakai Hall on Wednesday, April 7tbsf in aid of the hall funds. r ' Hon. J. Gordon Coates, Minister for*!,*-. Public Works, passed through Helens-;"%^ ville on Wednesday morning, en routii|f? s'> for Paparoa and Huarau.. - -^ The Pelorus Guardian, published at Havelock (South Island, has ceased pub- ' "' licatioa. Another newspaper that ha*-. X succumbed to the high coat of material^?' combined with high wages (for less woricjf^" and —we guess—a certain amount of bad "^ debts. It's a hard world! ' iiffy Two large guns have been allocated to* «*" Helensville, as this district's share of captured war trophies. Where the gups are to be placed is a question that wiU, doubtless be discussed at the memorial',; % meeting on Thursday evening next. \' f] In another column appears & new advertisement from the Central Stores (R. Screaton) Helensville. Boot prices are advancing alarmingly, and the public are advised to take note of the many <-\ lines offering in this department at the f above-mentioned stores. There will be no pictures shown at Everybody's until Tuesday evening next, when Wallace Reid appears ma quick- '" ' action drama styled " The Man from Funeral Range" In addition will be < * shown a hilarious Mack Sennett comedy i " Never to Old," and an interesting film " Training School-boy Athletes."

Reminder is given of the important ' Memorial meeting to be held in the Star Theatre on Thursday evening next, April' -<s Bth. The question of what form the pro- "£$ posed memorial is to take will again be '^ discussed, and .it is most desirable that a large and representative gathering of residents and settlers attend to fully discuss the matter. It is time some finality was reached, so it is up to every- f 4 one interested to make a special effort to attend. , ~

Arrangements have been made for the section of railway between Ranganui and Huarau, on the North Auckland Main Trunk line, to be taken over by the Railway Department from the Public "Works Department from to-day (April Ist). It is expected that an - official opening ceremony will take place., and probably the new Minister for Public Works, the Hon. J. Gordon Coates; ,wilL attend and declare the section open/for use by the general public. The section is about seven miles in length, and includes three stations—Bickerstaffe, Maungaturoto and Huarau.

A correspondent writes to a. Wellihgr. ton paper :—N3w years should producenew ideas and new efforts. One new ~; effort that might be .adopted in this new year for the benefit of'the future community would be the. teaching ,:■- ---of the children in the school*, beginning at the youngest, to use the left hand equally with the. right/". ltjfai.. ? to be taught in piano playing- and somi.,^ other instruments of music. WhyiJtot^l teach it in writing, drawing and alloJjlfrT: uses of the hands ? Some of our maimed soldiers would no doubt have bsen thank-1 ful if it had been taught in their schdas|P' days and allowed their left haud^ to ' ' have been of full use to them when We;' right was disabled. ■

From time to time protests have been '" made against papers publishing " a^re-^ ':'■'' turned soldier " after the name of an .ex- ■'""":' soldier who goes wrong. Evidently the .,'' same trouble is felt in Australia, as thelf following clipping from the Sydney- ' Bulletin ' shows : "It being the practice : in. the newspaper reports to tag • return-- ; ed soldier ' on to a Digger's name when ' ■- : he is accused in the courts, what about " adding to the name of a cold-footef, * 'eligible but didn't enlist,' when he ir'introduced to the Bench and public?-' Seems a fair thing." In New Zealand M it would have to read "got politically pu led out ' or " hid behind his wifo'ri&fe petticoats. For Children's Hacking Cough, Woods' Great Peppermint Cur*Is 6d, 2s 9d.

A few years ago a very good suit of clothes could be obtained to! order for from £5 to £7;' now the' price is from £12 to £15. Medium quality tweed is at the moment £2per yard, and 3K yards are required to make a suit. Trimmings (lining, padding, buttons, etc.) cost 15s to £1, and making, say, £3. The master tailor is supposed to get 33 per cent, profit, thus bringing the total cost up to about £14 13s. Up to . ' £16 is being asked for a good serge suit, this material being very scarce. ;- Owing- to the' high cost of clothing, •" tailors are getting far more' renovate' *| ing to do ; while it is said the city -r^ "old do's" shops are reaping a' ' veritable harvest.