Our Woodville Letter, (Our Own Correspondent.) WOODVILLE, 28th March.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 75, 29 March 1889, Page 3

Our Woodville Letter, (Our Own Correspondent.) WOODVILLE, 28th March.

An extraordinary meeting of the Woodville Cheose Faotory Company was convened | and hold in tho Woodville schoolhouso on Monday night, Mr. C. Hall in tho ohair. Tho objeot of tho mooting was to receive the annual report, to consider the desirability of winding up tho company, and other matters. The report was adopted. A motion accepting and agreeing to a doed of roleaao, signed by the creditors, was also carried; and a motion to wind up, with Mr. Hall a 9 liquidator, was carried, with only one dissentient The Cheese Faotory, like all, or nearly all, the rest in tho colony, began under auspices viytbing but favourable to success, to wit, ' insufficient capital, inoxperienced directors, inexperionced oheesomakers.undevoloped and uncertain markets, and avaricious suppliers. Insufficiency of capital nooessitated a largo overdraft at the Bank, for which the exorbitant interest of 10 per cent, was charged. Much of the ohoese in the second season's make was inferior, and quantities of it sent to Sydney realised nothing ; and the company were debited with duty, freight, and agents' oharges. There waa still another factor millitating against success. It was found that 101b of milk did not make a ponnd of cheese, and as operations wore based on the supposition that it did, the company fonnd itself about ten tons short at the end of the second season. It is not to be wondered at that at the end of four years' working under snob, adverse oiroumstances the company not only has no assets, but that the snm of .£4OO bos to be paid to the Bank of New Zealand by those who were unfortunate enough to have put thoir hand to a guarantee. The Episcopalian Churoh is languishing in Woodville for want of a resident minister. Tho duties heretofore have been performed by the Rev. Mr. Robertshaw, who also officiates at Danevirko. Woodville is now large enough to find work sufficient for a resident minister, and Mr. Eobertsbaw can find work enough at IDanevirko to keep him fully occupied. The proposed stipend is £150 per annum, which would, no doubt, steadily increase with the population. The Lioensing Committee mot on Monday, and elected Mr. Hall Chairman. At a meeting of the Rifle Volunteers at Woodville, a motion to turn the prosent oirps into a riflo club was negativod. Mr. Tosswill, of Pahiatom, moved that it be ohanged to a cavalry corps, as about 75 men had intimated the intention of joining if that were done. The motion was carried unanimously. The question of name then arose, but it was deemed best to hold it over until a subsequent meeting. Edward Loffley, an old Taupo resident and guide, died at the Star Hotel a few days ago. His wife is in gaol for throwing a tin of baking powder at a boy's head where she was keeping house. She and Loffley have been separated sorag time. She is a woman of considerable ability, but given to fits of violonce, and it was in one of these fits that nho inflicted rather a eorious scalp wound on the boy. Competition for £28 worth of prizes by

the Woodville Volunteers has jnßt conclnded. Sergeant Loveday won tho silver enp, his ■ brothel coming (second with ono point loss. Wo have had nearly a week's rainy weather, and everything is saturated. In the southern portion of this county the ' creeks are dried up, and unless rain comes the results will be disastrous to stock owners.