Woodville Letter.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 172, 26 June 1883, Page 3

Woodville Letter.

,: -(From onr own correspondent*) -■■■- I Beeing very lityle-news is being sentj from this impprtant 'district for youri valuable papefyl^wiU with your per-j mission from a timß Ja-jtime send you a few items, .f?o t ~d6ubt jmy^leJite.rß wiljj be dnlfc find pTofeaic, «Pn#E' .-will- L endea-j your to make theco as interesting asi There ha| been ; the 'usual routine, 1 work going on since the last Wpodville -'letter' fippeared m your cblumnißj'- Wdd; board elections, licensing bench &e. ? ..<fte.' 'Onr'towß'Bhip is steadily,' or I think t might say • rapidily increasing m, pize.; The Wood ville Hotel baMeen ertl«rg¥d i and • ; altered : : throughout ; : A riewi hotel is being built opposite, and -wlftn complete will be n good s zed, buildiDgJ Several new business places l have recently been erected, and a new two-, fitotied building is being' ejected for a bntcber's shop on- the. site of Fountain's old^stbrei 1 ti^'timter is ! being laid on| the gro un d for the new Bank of Kewand oiher buildings are m con-! templation — as theauctioneers say, too, numerous to mention. The drainage of the township is npw ? beiug proceeded with, and when; done will be of great benefit to the, town. j Uur member, W. 0. Smith Esq., was with us last Tuesday, and addressed a If rge meetipgJ-in the ; school-room. In the course of his remarks Mr Smith •Tef c rfed to a^ resolution 1 hsd- been passed at the late ]meeting ; of ratepayers asking him to endeavour to urge tfacj matter of building the bridge across the Manawatu. As far as I could understand Mr Smith said m effect, that be bad spoken to the Aainister of Public Works about the rand the' Minißter had said that thb matter was e in the hands pf the 'Sourity 'Council, and! that the jnoney wa^fontncoming when! the County thought fit to carry out the| work, jbutitbatjowingitp- the lease of the| ferry not having . expired the bridge' could_not]be^ b,ui'£; r! Jt]thi8 ,be')correct,| 1 and others think that those composing the Manawatu Coninty. j.Council >; ;shoul,d; be ashamed to let matters stand thnsi Surely it would be_to the interest of|the whole county jtp get this, riveri c i>rid'gi(ii ' The whole, or nearly so of thei Wood ville trailers done through Palm- , erston rJ but.Bhouid4he.-rAilway- fiom the Napier side reach here before the bridge; is bnilt,' a '^jrea't deial^of ' the trade! will be taken from the Pal mere ton; jJeople; " Snrtly something could be! done with.regard to^e.l.easeik that is] the only obstacle, 'jam quite .certain] that the p^ublicwould^ rather, it ! neces-| eary, pay to cro6sa_ bridge, than _a ferry, j ' The question of a daily mail to and! 'from-Palme'reton, was broagbt forward,! and Mr^mitb'prbnliried tb seednro the . matter.^ A,vpte of thanks and' epnfldencei was accorded to Mr r Smitb. | The Free'MfethbdiistMd' one ot e their pei^ny jreadhjge last Monday,'" and £3| odd was ad4edito, the fund ; at j this rate the building will soon be free oij debt. r fnrt _*.r ','lV,'. '.' t.-jr. -}Jl i A gift' auction is' to be the next thing] to raise the^windif "The penny j readings j will be cßhtinued thyoogh the winter. : Mr Hemns delivers a lecjtute ', 'Bere during the "week~l think m 'con- 1 nection With the bine ribbon movement. ' The., .Woodville- cheese- -and bacon: factory will be commenced as. soon at» \ possible'; ' the timber eLorild be on; the j grbnnd npwj ! but ;< B.p I ",ifa : r 'it' is not yet; started."-; 1 /. ' ; "•-' r" ! ;" 1 .; {l ! J ' 1? ' t; ; Thd ccontractor,r r , {qt the Ttpper iFer'/y; Bridge has not commeiiced y6t, ahd'the .general opinion iB that the bridge- will | not be finished within the 12 months. Two timber waggons' passed through yesterday, .drawn by six 'horses, supposed to be ior the purpose, of drawing limber 1 if rpm -fprthw bridge. ; Ithhlgf it-will be 'appropriate t to^. jfinish ; the bridge with^f f^renc^ «Abßiver." - . 1 r June 35.