WOODVILLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 883, 26 September 1881, Page 2

WOODVILLE.

[from our own correspondent.]

Business generally very dull and very little news. Plenty of bush coming dofl n Bye the bye that reminds me, I never see a Manawatu paper lately but there are reported several accidents of more or less serious nature through bush falling, but I never hear of it happning here and think there is nearly as much bush being knocked down this side of the range as on Manawatu side. I suppose they know we havn't got a docter hero yet, and so are careful.

Mr Sydney Johnson is making a house to house canvas of this district with a view of sounding the electors to see if it is worth contesting the coming election against the veteran Mr Ormond. My own opinion is the Woodville people don't cave about a Johnson, they own too much land about here and are like the dog in the mangev will neither use it themselves nor let any-bocly else do so, in fact will not improve let or sell an acre, I have heard to-day that Mr Johnson intends to invite tenders to clear some sections. Who will say a'tev this that election contests do no good. Tho Inspector of sohools is about to make his annual examination of our school. This has been drilled into the ohildrcu's heads until they have nearly ns much horror of seeing him come into the school asthey would a live lion, and I fancy 1 see the poor children when he asks them a question stammering and stuttering until he passes by thorn, and the nervous who are often the best scholars and take the greatest pains in gfittinc their lessons learned, why, their mouths got dry, their tongues cleave to roof of month, the hps stick to their teeth, and they cannot say a word to save their lives. The schoolmasters then wonder how it is so many fail to pass when it is almost entirely their own faults. Let them teach the children to look forward to the inspector's visit with pleasure and they will have twice as many pass the examination with credit, :

Music hath charms to sooth tho savage fc. Mr King is starting a fife and drum land hers and I wish him success. ([ fcu ' ' t

believe several settlers have promised sufficient to buy instruments &c. During the ensuing summer, as travelling gets a little more pleasant, I intend giving yon a slight sketch of the several settlements about Woodville, and the amount of land taken up/cleaved &c, The roads are almost impassable yet, and ,/ to get into the different blocks is not only { tedious but dangerous to a new chum of travelling, . * ' V