Our Woodville Letter.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 110, 10 May 1889, Page 4

Our Woodville Letter.

(Our Own Corr«*pondent.) Woonvir.r.B, 7th Mn.y. Thoro aro many settlors lioro asking whi>n is tho Ministor of Lands going to fulfil hi» promise to visit Woodvillo. Tho thousands of aores around hero still lying idlo are oagorly enquired aftor, and a visit from the Minister would afford an opportunity vi showing him that it would bo wiho to rornov.. the roatriotiona from a oountry capable of being mado highly reproductive. Tho Woodvillo Examiner Haya I havo libelled tho district by stating in my liwt that "lunaoy was prevalent horo yet it admits in the some paragraph that » few men bavo had delirium tremew. flio txaminer is cortainly libelliog tho district by ascribing drunkenneaa to the Bottlers, as oan vouch that not a singlo case otdelmum trenums haa been brought before the Woodvillo Court for many roontbH past, lnat insanity happens to bo provalont is not the fault of the climate, or tho oircumstances or habits of tho people here, bat a mere chance of b.) many people so affected having boon incidentally thrown togother. Bir JumoH Hector arrived hero to-night by Mftcara'B ooaoh, and to-morrow ho will inspect tho Maharahara copper lode, llm ahart is now mink to a depth of 75 feet, ami a horizontal drivo will be commenced i»t onno. It is stated that Sir James Hector s opinion will decide the fato of the project at tho prosont timo. A skating rink ia opening for tho Reason m tho Drillshed The Volunteer corps has boon disbanded, and a nilo olub has taken ] its plaoo. The band uniforms havo been oallod in, but several members of the Land rofuHo to give them up, as they were originally bought partly by subscription. Land is still in good demand hore, and may bo B»id to have risen ton per cent, in value since Meaart. Nelwn Bros.' projected freezing operations have been finally settled. The firm are now (Sailing tendera for about 1600 aorea of bush felling, and until that ia done stook will be driven to Waipakurau at a nominal oost. The returns of a lot of aheop sent from here to the North British Company at Napier show an average of 9s. One of tho tunnels at the Gorge hao been cut through, and about 40 men, it is reported, aro about to bo discharged. Tho Woodvillo Agricultural and Pastoral Association now numbora about 100 membora, and inoludea farmora owning areas from four acres to 40,000. Two bankruptoios have transpired in the porßons of a bakor and a labourer. Woodvillo lias boon very free from bankruptcies latterly. Tho Borough Counoil at its meeting on Wednesday appointed Mr. W. Nicholson as Clerk, Mr. (i. Mooro, tho lato Clerk having been appointed Clork to the Pahiatua County Council. There woro aix applicants for tho Borough clerkship, whioh inoluded tho Major, but Mr. Nioholson seemed to havo by far tho greatest weight of inflnonce. In rogard to the motion of Mr. W. W. MoCardlo at tho last mooting of tho Wellington Land Board to the offect that the Hpeuiihitivo transfers bo not agreed to in futuro, thoro ia a general opinion that Messrs. MoCardlo and MoArthur have given themsolvaa a job whioh will tax all their enorgioß, be thoy ovor so vigilant. But the most inconsistent part of tho mattor is that thoy havo grunted transfers wholesale to peoplo thoy woll know to 1)0 apooulators. Then for «omo roa-on thoy say, " We will sanction thoso, but thoy shall bo the last." If Mr. MoCardlo's position on tho Laud Board wero a representative one, ho wonld. be very justly called to acoount for it.