Woodviller Items.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 176, 23 June 1884, Page 2

Woodviller Items.

(Examiner.) ' jTJieT atmjigeffients'Jn s c6nti3cK6ri fritfc tHe iegis'tration 4 W electinV W Wfafe trict are very unsatisfactory. The stock of registration forms we had on hand having become, exhaustedj weswrote to the registfar^itf Ka^ie? for some, and received the reply that there were none to spare so we could not have them. This is one way, and a shameful one, of depriving electors of their-rightsy'for'ofc course, if they cannot be registered they can have no voice^^frv the coming election. During thft/asMfew days a num- ; ber of people h^vo 'called ou us for forms, and we hftefrblen consequently ; unable to supply Jhem^ Contractors -c^inglaitt .;ta^Uß,4)f tne delay o| the^ounty^ GQUticilrJininot returnui^'their:depbs!ts r i/jo^f4QnL^i^B. It is now over a fortnight since the^Ooiincil sat, Hn solate as Wednesday-lalf we ;know that^ several contractors had not received tfieir : ciiequ ! (SB in lreturn) «

At the adjourned; meeting, of^thef Or* raondville licensing* toiSsHitie, field yes-' terday afternoon, the committee resolved to; close* every house, m the, district.; , , [So enthusiastic were,, the ysejilerSj about, having the houses cldsed 'that they collected £20 byMbscription'iiua' employed : ' a solicitor to help the committee through. The teetotallers of Norsevrood.cectaial«r fight for^ their-cdloursV'aud^tHey 1 liiva* been victorious. f As'the Land Option vote will take place 1 n'toft year, anrl holdi ' good for three? years, i tne » temperance bodied jare jresolKed jpn. 1 endeavoring to have a majority at_the. poll, and if bo, all licenses will be refused for .another.' three years. "" '*'

• We hear that it is the intention of the coiinsel'for the m the'Or'fflbn'dville district to^contest the -refusal- of licenses m the Supreme Court.

Tke registration of the ]^Woodville Court of Foresters is gazetted/.

There seen^s to be a good m tho Wairarapai and Wellingtdh for OAttle at the present time, several 'large mobs having passed through^Woodville lately on . their^w»yrj thither^ s Qn Wedpepday^ two' other moba passed through, one lot coming from Napier way and the other from the^Wef§tse6ast.f Hi '-'■ % ■"? ?*

Mr Chapman is the/ successful lessee of the Upper Perry, his rental being £130. ITBerelwfre t^oToflrerappiicttuts? £75, aWMr Carver £60r^ '-'" : "

Mr. Crane, licensee ri>f the Tamaki Hotel is levelling about., him m connections w.ith; his jlicenge/.for the TamaKt hotel. He has ;an. action for £500 damages ag^msir'Oonstkhls Motley ip connection with"", hisu, report on ./hip ) hon'seVahd fcnj&'moa'ning' he' also' threiti4ned us wftlr some of' action for having published something or another, 1 tlie' name of the> writer of which we refused to giy^ ; up.- : iE[e. ; also intends Entering an action^ against Mr Murtagh,for perjury , o /; ; } 5 .,.,,.,() -,: . ;

, On Wednesday "morning 1500 sheep passed through. Woqdville on the way to Mastertonf JFbaving been sold to tho Wellington Freezing Company by Mr ltathbrine of Waipawa. Owing to the mishap toy&e^ punt ; ayhe ferry, however, the^sfeep-^eie^S^able to cross, and will have to remain m Woodville for some days. " "