PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1208, 17 August 1911, Page 6

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

iFlom Our Special Correspondents.) • ,■' ___—j» . OTAKI. Tho price paid by the Otaki Dairy Company to suppliers during the past season averaged- nearly IOJd. per lb. per month for milk separated, and, for'milk for Wellington, Is. 4d. per lb. One shilling per lb. was paid for June and July, and the same rate for tho present month. Constable- Morris, who is relieving Constable Satherley— tho latter being' in Wellington on Supreme Court businessis organising search parties to scour the district in search 'of the old man Peter Smith, who disappeared from Manakau two weeks ago. J - At the last meeting of the Manakau Debating Society the question. "Does Morality Increase With Civilisation?" was discussed. Members wero of divided opinion. Mr. Byron Brown, who has been m business here :as a storekeeper for a gTeatnumber of years, has sold his four businesses—Otaki, Ohau, Manakau, and Waikanae—to his assistants, and will retire at tho end of the present month. Messrs. Bills, Moore, and Carpenter have purchased the Otaki store, Mr. Ernest Brown .tho Waikanae branch, Mr. J. H. Andrew tho business at Manakau, and Messrs. Sheargold and Thomas the" Ohan shop. These will how be under distinct management, and will have no connection with each other. • Mr. Brown intends ultimately to engage iu farming and stockdealing, but will first see his proposed election campaign through. Tho funeral of the late Mr. H. F. Eagar took place yesterday afternoon, and was laTgely attended, the cortege including Mr. Field, M.P., Mr. P. C. Jones (chairman of Road Board), .Messrs. Tompsitt, Rollo, and Freeman (ex-chairman), and representatives of various businesses and religions denominations. Prior to leaving the homestead Ensign Hart conducted a. very impressjve service, while at the gravesidp the Rev. Mr. Smith officiated.