OTAKI NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1344, 23 January 1912, Page 4

OTAKI NOTES.

The annual picnic in connection with tlio local Mothodist Church v«s held oil Monday afternoon, when clii dreu anil parents assembled in force, the outins being favoured by capital- weather. Tliu li-ev. H. U. lHaclunore has.roturnwl from a month's hoallh-iwruitinff trip spout in the Auckland province. . Mr. 11. lAikin, station master, i is at present on I'urlouyh, but, as Im> has own indisposed, he will take a rest, ami spend his holiday at his home here. Mr. \i. A, Woodier is relieving oilicer. Mr. A. 0. Pike resumed duty at tno local post office yesterday. Mr. I'ovntpi" (postmaster), who is still ill, hones, to bo able to duly next week. Mr. L. Mnt-ray; of.the same stuff, is now on the sick list. , , Several sportsmen from here are attending the Wellington races, while quito a number left here yesterday for Toxtmi. A man named Chnrlos Gra.v met with a piiinfnl mishap while working in tlio Olaki Uorffe on Saturday. He was cutliiiK wood when Iho nxe slipped, and lnilieted injuries. Ho .was conveyod to the hospital. A nuH'tin? of suppliers of the Olaki Hairy Comniiny was held on Saturday evening, Mr" W. Pkennan l>oius in (ho chair. It was decided that a factory he creeled, provided that, the neecisary number of eows could lw guaranteed, nii'l tluit the concern be ruu on co-operativo lines.