WOODVILLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 838, 5 August 1881, Page 2

WOODVILLE.

i|i [MOM OUli; OWN . OJ&kESPONDENT.] jirjmyjlast letteVJ/predicjed an utter .fa'iluttljn tenders, Harman's bushfalling contract,* and ,r r am sorry to Bay I was right, "only c olie being sent in, and that at such a price as would pay for tho.many.restrictions.aad.absurd specifications already referred to. Consequently' the time has been extended to August'9th, and ft esh tenders called. There are two things that will prevent competition,"™.",: so many restriotionsito tenderers, and not, advertising sufficiently, However, I hopei for sake of trade some one will.take up: the contract on some terms. ; A petition is being.signed asking the; Government to a resident Regis-; trarof births; deaths, and marriages for | Woodville. This will be a great boon to" .residents, as it will save a journey of ! soine thirty-six miles every time anyone wants to register a birth,- death, 4 or ■marriage,; \ \\'' ! ' ■? ■ '] ■; \ j '..-:.'• I wrote you before that we wanted a medical man, and I now ;Kear the; Oddfellows had a meeting to discuss this question on Tuesday. night, and they are going .to canvas the district;to.make sure what sum can be guaranteed as'a bonus to any duly qualified M,D, who will come and reside in our midst, lam doing all I possibly can to induce the residents to take Up the matter earnestly, as at presont every visit from a doctor costs the modest sum of 15 53, which means ruination to a poor man if laid up for any length of time. I hope to report shortly i that this ia, an established institution, in pur township. ! |) : We still keep having slight shocks of earthquake, I have felt three slight, though distinct, shocks : since I commenced this letter. tOf course they would not have been noticed if I had not been writing and everything perfectly quiet. ' Cuttle and sheep are getting scarce and rising in price. I .hear the- butcher is giving from 12a to 14s per sheep, and.says he lexpeots to. have to give 16s"to 18s before the shearing time comes round. A few hundred Wairarapa sheep would sell well at present.' '