THE Kaipara Advertiser, AND WAITEMATA CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 24 January 1912, Page 2

THE Kaipara Advertiser, AND WAITEMATA CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The meeting of the Town Board to be held on Monday last had to again be postponed owing to a quorum not beir-g present.

Next Monday, January 29th. will be observed as a holiday by the local branch of the Union Bank of Australia.

A quantity of general news will be found on Page 4 of this issue.

The protest against the Pt. Chevalier sjte for a mental hospital is increasing in vehemence.

The re-raising of the Greater Auckland controversy and pell is foreshad* owed for the present year.

The Government has accepted the tender of T. Lupis, of Paeroa, for cutting the Ngarahia«Koutu canal. The price is L 9872.

A number of sportsmen, Gillett's party, spent the week end at Fitzgerald's Spit, Kaipara Harbour, cnrlew shooting, bagging 101 birds.

The cargo steamer Falls of Orchy, which arrived in Auckland on Monday afternoon, had aboard upwards of 2, 000,000 gallons of oil for New Zealand

The Hobson County Council has decided to erect a stone crushing plant at Green Hill, and to take a poll of ratepayers regrading a loan of £2000 require for tho purpose.

Mi* Joe Marshall met with a slight accident while exercising a horse over the jumps on the Show* ground last Wednesday evening. Although there were no bones broken he had to lay up for a.few days.

The Auckland Gas Company proposes to equip all suburban street lamps with light controllers, with the result that the lamps will be lit every night irrespective of the presence or otherwise of the moon.

Changing hands:—lt is rumoured that both the Helensville Hotel ana the Terminus Hotel are about to change hands, Mr Leycon ha 3 succdeded Mr Melton as licensee of the Kaukapakapa Hotel, while the Bridge Hotel is, we hear, in the market.

Mr G-. Jackson. Engineer to the Waitemata County Council, has been laying out work for the improvement of the Helensville Auckland Eoad, also for the improvement to bridges and Koads in the Waimauku district, during the last few weeks.

A number of spuriou3 halr*crown are said to be in circulation in Auckland at present. A lady tended one of these counterfeit coins to a tram conductor the other day, but the latter detected it. The passenger stated that «he had just previously received the coin as change at a shop in the city.

We call the attention of our readers to the meeting of Ratepayers to be held in the Forester's Hall tomorrow evening, to consider proposals in connection with the building and site of a new swing bridge, or to rebuild on the present site. We understand that plans and cost of an overhead bridge near the Post office will be laid before the ratepayers.

In regard to the Hon, J. A. Millar's supposed intended resignation, the Ensign recalls a rumour current in political circles prior to the last general election, when it was understood that the management of a large commercial business in Sydney with a salary believed to be in the neighbourhood of £2000 per annum, was placed at his disposal. The paper states it is almost certain that M>. Millar will resign.

The savage attack on Mrs Kernahan, postmistress Gf Kiwitea, last Fris day, is causing considerable excitement. Powelka has been credited for the outrage, it being in the district where he was brought up; the police however are reticent as to the clue they have got. and have not mentioned Powelka's name in connection with the brutal attack, but are determined to bring the cowardly assailant to justice if possible.

The removal of the old Library building from Commercial Road to near the Helensville North Railway Station, was successfully carried out by Mr A. Becroft on Saturday. The arrangements mado for its removal were complete and within an hour after the team of bullocks had been yoked on, it was in its new resting place, where it will be fitted up as offices for Mr Beale, solicitor.

Another large land sale was yesterday completed by Mr G. E. Alderton, representing Messrs T. Mandeno Jackson, -when the Nukutawhiti block, owned by Messrs Donald and Kenneth Einlayson, was sold to Mr Robert 'Allan, formerly of Cattepeaks station North Canterbury, and to Messrs H. and 8. "Worsp, of Auckland Raglan. Tho area sold was little over 13,000 acres, and the purchasers will improve it and later on sub-divide it into suitable farming: sections.

Mr ft. Jackson, (Waitemata County Enghi6er) in his report at the last meeting of the Council stated that the Helousville Swing Bridge was a boundary one, and there is a ±,200 grant ( £ for £ ) for the work, but the Helensville Town Board must find £jOO. He had written to the Board stating the nature of proposed work and asking if they were prepared to contribute, but could get no reply, and the letter is completely ignored. This urgent work should be done promptly and stsps taken to force the Board. Cr McLeod : They are trying to burke it. Resolved the matter be r>ushed forward.

A Reform"party demonstration will be held in the Auckland Town Hall this evening, Sixteen members of Parliament ti ill give addresses, The demonstration has been arranged by the Auckland Political Reform League Tickets have been issued to supporters of the party, aud holders o! these will be admitted to the hall by the Qm<m street entrance. At 7145 p.m., the Ohey-street doors will be opened for the admission of those who have not obtained tickets. The exclusive wishes it to be understood that the meeting is not confined t) supporters of the party, but is open to all whom the hall will accommodate.

We hear that the Eailvray Employees' Picnic is to be held early next month.

A breeder from the North of Auckland has been in the Oamaru district during the past few dajs, and has inspected a number of the leading Clydesdale studs, with a view to making purchases. It is reported that several select mares and fillies have changed hands.

At last night's meeting of the Hospital Board Mr Nerheny said that no one went to the hospital who could afford to be treated at home, " The doctor looks round the room while he feels your pulse, " he said, " and if there's decent furnituie, and good pictures on the wall, it is all right But if everything is bare, off you go to the hospital.

The Chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board at the last meeting stated that " A record for the port has been established, a total of over 3,000----003 tons gross of shipping having entered inwards daring 1911. The in-* crease oyer last j ear is 282,000 tons of which the increase in over sea. ships ping represents 245,000 tons, and in costal snipping 37,000 tons

Mr McKennar, schoolmaster of Tangaihi, had a sensational experience last Thursday morning, sailing in a yacht, with fifteen tons of ballast, off Beacon Point, when over a mile away from the land, a squall struck his craft and overturned it. McKennar was in a serious predicament, The overturned yacht was buoyant for a time, but so soon as McKenna put his hand on it for support, it sank. Being fully dressed, the distance from lani was too great to give any hope of swimming. Fortunately, the crew of the s.s. Bell Bird, steaming at a distance of a mile away, observed the overturning of the yacht, and the word was quickly passed to Engineer Worth, who set his engines at full speed. Captain Pook smartly brought his vessel round, and in the race for a life, the whole ship was in a quiver of excitement. Not a moment too soon the man was reached; he was in the last stages of exhaustion though able to cling to the rope that was thrown to him with good aim. Ultimately he had got on board by hia timely rescuers and cared for most kindly.

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