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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 200, 24 July 1936, Page 3

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(From Our Own Correspondent:.) OTAKT, July 22. At a mooting of the Otaki Ratcpayci s Association the members of the , . 1 . branch stated that they no longer desired to belong to the association. At a meeting of business people it was decided to make an effort to retain Oiaki Da : ry Company’s site for a ' a< 0 ' , I' was pointed out that the factory w Llikely to he Closed on account of the ipotlt tali at inn scheme |l was decided to gjtakc further enquiries with a view to Ifcavirig the site retained and made ijsc 01.

The Minister of Railways has been asked to stop one of the Auckland express trams at Otaki, but the request has been declined, He stated that it would not be in the interests of passengers generally. It is stated that unless Otaki gets a cottage hospital steps will he taken by the Natives who. gave the land to lay claim t° it. Mr T. Ayre, one of Otaki’s oldest identities, is at present a. patient in the Palmerston North Hospital: The funeral of the late Mrs 1 clone Moore took place yesterday when the remains was interred in the Catholic Geincterv Rev. Father Darning officiated. Mr and Mrs L. Moss, who shortly leave r o ,‘. Wellington, were entertained by friends at Hauterc and made the recipients of

presentations. Afisscs Udy and Johnson, of Paraparaumu, who leave for Australia on holiday next month, were entertained by friends at Paraparaumu. A Bachelors’ club has been formed at Manakaii. A golf club, to he known as The Towers, has been formed at: Paraparaumu.