WOODVILLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 967, 6 January 1882, Page 2

WOODVILLE.

(JROM OUR Offjf CORRESPONDENT.) I Ohristwas in the buah would sound vclA- ' pretty in a novel, ■ but the reality itiV' '. quite so pleasant. Y„ u m i SB the ,1 : ties that one ueoutnosaccustomed to, an*'"'' the world seems out of joint. - However we. have mailed to have some snorts " piomci, cricket, &c, ( on Boxing Day, and on Ne» Yearß Day there were racee and sports at Tahonte, which were well attended and keenly contested. Great 1 18 due to Mr R. Smith, of MongS ' who wasi indefatigable as Hon. Scs. Mr ?£ V" Bta - ter ,' and M ' Jacltsod if-5 n? P" nol P a l events were tha Maiden Plate, if, one mile, which waa '■ won by Mr R, Smith's Kingfisher Bill C--The Tanorito Stakes Handicap, of £lO % two miles, was the race of the day, result' i»g m a grand finish between two Maori horses, Kitoki winning by a head amidst great excitement, by the Natives, who could have been heard, I should think,' three or four miles distant. The wee was won. by Sam'a (Maori} Taneie* ? • Hike Hererua. The Consolation, woh Y by Low Frea' Ninl, brou?hi te S raoing to a close, J j ,' Theathletio sports then cotatoenced, and SS J 80 !' i ura P , » f l9 '/ were' all well Contested, there scarcely ever being less wan six or seven entiiei, i _A serious accident oMuned : here oh 1 last to a little girt named one was driving in some oows; when ol - - turned and rushed -her, inflioting setioiW .WW and wonndi,! .tainS" - • ' lower jaw, whieh.was lidj 4 , . ■OoajllWf ,«p9«n| aiaMt all thj rfe&ia&afc

vessels and glands. Dr Harvey was • liiokly in attendance, and sewed the wound up, The patient is progressing ▼ery favorably. From the above you will perceive we • have a medical man at last living in Woodville. Dr Harvey brings very high class • testimonials from many eminent medical professors in London, and we wish him ' jjwory success in his new sphere, which be rather dull after London life, bul to havo made up mind to it, and is very jelly and sociable, / With the. summer lias come the mosqui--1 ' • toes. Now Woodville can't be beat much in this line, and a German Band i 9 weak and sickly music .to a grand concert of ; Woodville mosquitoes. Talking of mosquitoes reminds me of several tough yarns I have been -told about them by inhabitants of the bush in years gone by, They often put out a kerosinelamp, and I ha reheard about a stranger being very tired . falling asleep on a sofa at the Hotel, and the little brutes congregating in millions to annoy, but he slept on until by sheer force they rolled him off the sofa, when he awoke; fell on hia face, 4nd called the landlord, He explained he expeoted to reach home shortly, and didn't want his Wife lo repudiate any knowledge of him when he did.arrive, so he would not stop any longer. The country looks grand everywhere, feed being knee deeu, and slock rolling fat, I suppose we shall soon have the burning season on, wbenabout 2,500 acres will bo in flames. There is about fourteen hundred acres fell this season in the Pahiatua block, and several families an only waiting till after the burn to go and reside there. About ten families have got into the Victoria block during tho last month, and the balance will have to reside unon their land by March next, as will also the Bush Mills settlement people, so that there will be a decidod increase in population in the town within the next six months. I would like to ink the Wairarapa County Council if llio ferryman is allowed to oharje passengers b-ith ways, provided they return the same day, ovor tho Upper Ferry, as many Pahiatua settlors find thoy have to pay twice to cotim into Woodville for stores ww, and only about two months since they could cross by paying once. The ferryman, Mr Carver, explained to tno i hat he was obliged lo make up the deficiency caused by tho refusal of mail coach to pay toll. The settlers would be satisfied if the County Council would state they had given authority to charge both ways.