The Kaipara & Waitemata ECHO With which is incorporated "The Kaipara Advertiser & Waitemata Chronicle" Helensville, Thursday, Des. 2nd LOCAL AND GENERAL

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 2 December 1920, Page 2

The Kaipara & Waitemata ECHO With which is incorporated "The Kaipara Advertiser & Waitemata Chronicle" Helensville, Thursday, Des. 2nd LOCAL AND GENERAL

The monthly meeting of the Helensville Town Board will be held next Thursday evening.

An important announcement from the Ideal Drapery Stores appears on page 1 of this issue. More room is wanted by the firm, and the present stock i 3 being quitted at bargain prices.

In connection with the collection for the Soldiers' Memorial Fund, Mr N. W Rimmer has paid into the secretary the ■urn of over £100, amount collected by him on the Flats during the week. A. meeting of the committee will be held in the Town Board office on Monday evening. At a meeting on Tuesday evening of Parkhurst and Te Pua parents, it was decided to hold a school picnic at the Domain Grounds on Tuesday, December 21st. -The residents are determined to make this a good event, and will endeavour to give the children a good time on this day. :

The chief attractions at Everybody's for Saturday evening is a " livewire " feature entitled " Oh! You Women," •tarring Louise Huff and Ernest Truex. In addition will be shown another of the ever-popular Mack Sennett comedies 'Treating "Em Rough," and the usual budget of topical items.

An important meeting in connection with a proposition to supply electric light and power for Helensville, is to be held in the Agricultural Hall on Thursday evening next, December 9th. Mr N. W. Rim me r is the convenor of the meeting, and farmers and all others interested are urged to attend.

The Minister of Finance, Mr Massey. notifies in this issue that the soldiers settlement loan closes on Tuesday, 16th December. Subscriptions have been coming forward well, but it is nnder6tood that additional sums are still required. The compulsory provisions of the Finance Act will operate if the ful sum of £6,000,000 is not subscribed voluntarily.

At the hist meeting of the Waitemata County Council, the engineer reported a most unsatisfactory state of affairs as regards metal supplied by rail. All the available metal was obtained during the winter months, and yet the Council had practically np metal at any of the stations, a.nd none coming to hand. Morningside quarry was idl«J through a breakdown to the machineryl--and would not be running again - for a week, and then the Railway Department will commence to convert the trucks into carriages for the holidays and races, and practically cut out metal supply till the middle of January. , Each race meeting means the loss of metal trucks for two weeks. There is not the slightest doubt that the metalling jobs laid out for this summer cannot bo all done.

On Monday evening about 100 persons assembled at the Agricultural Hall as the guests of Mr and Mrs F. Rogers, who are shortly leaving Helensville for the Pahiatua district. A very pleasant $ime was spent by those assembled in dancing, games, etc, A number of musical items were enjoyed during the evening, those contributing in this direction being Misß63 Melville, E. and K. MfcGarvey, Webley, Messrs V. Aitkenheod,Cuthbert, Martin and Battle, while music for the dances was .played by Mrs and Miss Malligan. Miss Vercoe and Miss Keane, During the evening a handsome prer sentation, consisting of a jam dish and stand, and a set of afternoon ten spoons, was made Mrs Rogers, on behalf of the Church of England Ladies' Guild and friends. Supper was partaken of during an interval, and a happy gathering broke up after mid-night with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne."

Owner of lost stock whip advertise! for its return. A letter from " Critic " on natives and -1, rates, is unavoidably held over till next issue. Measels are fairly prevalent in the *v district, and a good percentage of school children are away suffering from this malady. .. A meeting of general and executive committees of the Helensville A. and P. Association will be held in the Fanners' % Union Board-room on Monday evening next, December 6th. A final reminder ot the social in the Agricultural Hall this evening is given. - The A: and P. Association are running it and the usual attractions—euchre tournament, dancing, etc. I—are offered. The Helensville Chautauqua dates fftr next session have been arranged, aq^tu*^ week of lectures, music, etc., will extent from Thursday, January 13th to Wednesday, January 19th. Helensville will probably be the first place visited by the ~ new party, who arrive v by ■ the Makura a fewdays prior to opening here. ij*^ The promoters of the Presbyterian Industrial Exhibition and sale of work, which is to be held in the Star Theatre on Saturday week, are sparing no efforts to make it a success. Admission will be free both afternoon and evening, and numerous attractions will repay all who attend. . It has been found that a coating of snow only half an inch in thickness is 30 times as effective as a sheet of iron in preventing the escape af heat, and more than 50 times as effective as a sheet of' copper. Even a covering made of a mixture of clay and sand is only oneseventh as effective as snow in retaining heat. On Saturday afternoon next'the offi-- > cial opening of the Domain greens takes '""""~ place, and given a fine day, there will no doubt be a big attendance. The grounds are in fine order at present, and the splendid show of roses is attracting a good deal of attention.. The greens are also looking well, and should play right up to the mark on Saturday. Afternoon tea will be provided.

The sale of the grazing rights and a paddock of hay at the Domain Grounds realised good prices at the N. A. Farmere' Co-op, sale on Friday last. For the grazing rights of the large paddock (23 acres) for 12 months the .sum of £66 was paid, and the hay on the small paddoch adjoining the tennis courts fetched £6. Both these prices are a considerable advance on last year'« amount, when the grazing was let for £30, and the hay went to waste.

In spite of the fact that material is fairly hard to procure, and labour is scarce, a fair amount of building is going on in and around Helensville. Mr V. McLeod's nicely situated house off Commercial Road is just about completed, and is a convenient- and wellbuilt dwelling. Other residences under way are those of Mr M. Becroft (near the school) and one on Garfield road for the Kaipara S.S. Co. The additions to Dr Meinhold's residence, for the purposes of a hospital, are jdso well advanced. •

There was a slight drop in beef prices at the Westfield fat stock sales yesterday, heavy cattle showing a decline of about 2s per 1001b. as compared with last week's rates Extra choice ox realised £2 16s per 1001b., other grade*, ranging from £110s to £2 15s per 1001b., according to quality. Mutton prices also showed a decline. Wethers fetched from £1 10s to £119s 6d, ewes £1 5s to £1 16s. A fair number of spring lambs/ were sold at prices ranging from 18s 6d to £115s. There was a fair demand for pigs baooners and choppers fetching from £5 10s to £5 12s 6d.

Paspalum in many species occurs widely in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, in which three countries there are akout 140 different kinds. Paspalum grasses there are generally sown itt autumn or spring with other forage plants, preferably with clover or lucerne in the proportion of slb to 7lb per acre after giving a good dressing to the ooil. It is best to feed them green to live stock before complete flowering. For this purpose they are. cut at that time or fed to cattle off the land ait an early moment, after which a second crop is obtained. Paspalum may be sown alone in order to improve existing grasslands, or for seed production. In the latter case sowing it at the ratt&of 26$£ lb. to 35^(lb. per acre, which !«#•'» crop of 3571b. to 5351b. of seei.^3|y seeds are also cropped from plants growing wild on stubble. ~

One returned soldier has certainly made good since he arrived back in New Zealand. During his convalescence it^f the hospitals he set out to study* scientifically the production of coats that shall be waterproof. After some months' experimenting he succeeded in producing a garment that withstood every test of heat, pressure, exposure, and water, botft^ hot and cold. Finally he submitted his production to Mr Massey, the Prime Minister, who was greatly interested, and complimented the "Digger" on establishing a new industry, Then he approached the Government Depart,? r ments, and to-day Post Office officials throughout New Zealand are wearing his coats and, like Oliver Twist, asking for more, The industry is established in Nelson, where three faotories ar B running a t fun capacity, and the whole product for the next few years is already taken up.

A large variety of "gifts that last" at C. 0. Ketterer's.— *