WOODVILLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1171, 6 September 1882, Page 2

WOODVILLE.

♦ ' n (from our own correspondent.) IB Wj>, tpe since I wrote. you any news -ot/our flourishing": little town, but" I have * been so very busy building; fittine'up, &o„ * that I have had no spare time, but I will '••' now state what improvements have been '- made; lately. v First,.l; suppose, I ought to it mentiSn the*chu):ehl ! Welf.'the Free Methodist Chapel is in course of erection; the i framewent up last week and from appearances it will be a nice little place of worship. & Situated upon a slight rise and facing the main-street it commands attention. The „ nuilding will be 30ft by 20ft, with vestry of B 20ft by. 20ft, a room, () making/tHlßtructureJ 50ft by 20ft ovor all. Next, vfrJackson'shwsliopshoMupas one of the best buildings in the township It is * 26ft by 33ft frontage, has a large glass front, ,- and. when pointed, will look very neat, and 9. reneotslgreat l '.p»ise.,,on the contractors, r Messrs Gilbert and Smith, Next comes our i wheelwright and blacksmiths' establishment , (Messrs Home & Hull), which is areally first •s .class workshop, forge and roomy, and I am 'glad to sayJthey are getting more work than * they expected, A large five-roomed cottage , is nearly finished, to the order of Mr Huil, 3 and a cabinetmaker's shop is nearly comv plated, while Mr Lowry is putting up a t baker's shop and oven opposite our present j bakery. Mr Gilbert has just secured a sec- ! tiorf and' intends building a large boarding housei" From the' plans it will be an orna- ' ment to the. town and will contain ten bed- , rooms, dining, commercial, and sittitg rooms besides the ordinary living rooms for proprie* ! -tor".rTenders, are;now! being called for a r seven-ro'onied house for W. W Carlile, Esq., ' and I hear plans are prep ired and tenders 1 will shortly be called for a six-roomed house 1 for Mr Wills, Mr Bradford, a new settlor 3 from Queensland, is also having plans got Voutjor, a Jjousw, _He is also clearing 100 : aoreij.of! bush -'this season.' Carpenters are having a mißy time of it," and the sawmill t can't turn out the timber quick enough. ; We are. also .going to aveaflour mill 5 erected here shortly Mr Smith, manager of , Mr Gaisford's station has sent home for an engine and all maohinery, and expects to i haye it, erected for the coming seas'on, He has also put in 500 acres of wheat this I season. A large quantity of land is being I put under the plough this soasonat Oringi ' and Tahoruite.; .; '.;,■' : A siranger coming into the township during the laat week would have imagined we were holding a gala day, seeing calico, dress pieces,-and- every imaginable ' article of drapery hung out by the 100 yards', fluttering in the breeze drying, but the secret is, '• P??%?? ot a oa P B 'ze off the punt with a ; heavy bad of drapery consigned to Monteith <Sr Fountaine, and it all got a cheap washing. lam happy to state that beyond a horse drowning, and Borne damage to the I extent of about £3O or £4O, it has all been ! recovered and dried. • ? ri « n g ra P'dly in price. A \ acre .■Sectiontimtjcouldhave. beenbought twelve mdtiths 'since 1 for £100;' changed hands last week at £3OO, and difficult to get at that, A corner section was sold at Napier last week for £350, showing some people have an ideaJthat this place will: become a very important centre before many years, A meeting was held at Tahoruite on Saturday evening, when it was resolved to form a Jockey,!%!>, tq.be called the WoodvilleTahoruite Jockey Club, About 30 members were eleotad and about 20 more' are expecjed.to join, making 50 members at £1 Is/ ' 'Afull complement of officers'arid stewards were eleoted to carry out the proposals. The Race meeting is to be held on New Years' day on the Oringi plain, kindly lent byMrH, Gaisford- About £6O will be given in prizes for the first , Spine time., baok- I ► mentioned that we ; 'couldbofc'get a doctor. I We have two now, settled here. How they are going to get a living I don't know, will baok on the bonus doctor to outlive the other.