WOODVILLE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7631, 3 January 1887, Page 4

WOODVILLE.

.'(FRdjirAl? ticbASi'ON AL COERE3PONDENT. ) : f:^V^ V .r--V^ : 7.-:V ; .December3l, 1886." • ';■s .. A^'ovemont, lam informedi is on foot r fo.t tli'o'estaUishment of an Agricultural "^ : and Pastoral : Society, and a 'meeting -to •.^?tftk"e'Bto)>a in tlie'inattor h. called for the '. ViiOili;J,an,un,fy; The primary cause of • the '•Vfr nidvementis no doubt the existence of the )' : < ■; : "jt«erye on Palmers ton-road/ which -it-,ap-vvpears'ihnst be in. its present useless and :v ■ '.':tmaigl»tly^condition till a l , society can lie ;%■■> found to take if over and improve it 'It " t ''^isVpartially fencedyarid for the most"part '■I'v'in grass "already. .To complete thefenc-ri-Miig and grassing of it would cost a mere iv^tnfle., however, are; in v;itiopes'of being able to do niiiclrmore than ■j^Jthat^lt should not^be beyond onr resources ■^jito'lo^.up'iand-stumpfivoop six acres of it vS-ithifeyear; aiid that wpjjild. affoijl sufficient •fry rb'pmtfor : .',tbe ( . holding ; of an exhibitioiij ;'; ; jvwlie;neve.r it might be decided to hold one, .:jV,;'.TM- sooner," I •should say, ; . the, better. '.^.Eyen&ally.j when all tho three:.rail|;::i; '<Svays''- converge ; here' the Woodville .v'^'sliowi-'inay.: not ,' improbably be the '£'£ great ,-,- show !,. of . tho ; North Island vij; aiid, will, .beyond question, -, attract ex."i/yhibife ', tad 1 : spectatora from Hawke's ,^;('Bay, ;v Ayairarapa,,: and In Y../:i.the.:i'neantiine,.; of course, we cannot ex-; ,]c>jpect/it to-be hnich more than a local I'; >;•♦ affair',' though I 'do not doubt we shall patronage 1 and assistance' as' '•,'«vitiis'intheirpowcr'to afford from ourran.^"■.lioldjrig'neighborsin Hawke's Bay. ■ The ~ '^^Napier interestin^Yoodville is even more V\ .;>. cohsiderablo 'than 1 outsiders are generally j'i' 'avi'are, 'and, the Napier property owners i *feel satisfied,' will not'fail'to see si.vlthe'fjOrcelof-a'ssistingiin a movement that R*/| : is, so/.h'ighly calculated '.to promote the '^v.'jftttuye 'progress and prosperity of the clis- &'•,■ trict.as ihe, present one is., . . > '. ■' .Vvi'XiTKft^time.-w .drawing very- near, now ;,'ft'^ylieii;'the' long .ivaitpd-for" ostablishnient-?v-(of VraihVay communica.tjon will- be an ; ,%' ; acc9Jnplished>factA ' No. "doubt it >yill V/s.J; ait6ivtj)e.'. condition 'of •life here in many Wi^TwaysAwlutH 11 ' woyido ''not .[see at present. ekpondit^reiofv tlie.inonbys borrowed !";> grinder-' tlio^LbcfalS JJodies .loan Act'; 1 ; ■ will 1 and the' ;%,,Vifltona"iblock'.'\villbe> differeiit' sort of V;S;nplaces •altogether from 'what theyijiave '.''\. % De'cn^itfthe past.whch 'they are. traversed 'X-J'by ;«obd. mctalled'roads^pasaablo all tlie 'iTti'caV-rpnnd., '■•'•''•>>;■ >■''■ , ■•■ '■■ 1V . ,- v ' '■■{ f.- A;-; Tlie' Wobdville- and' Maharahara Eo'ad [-."''Boaids'l regret to'observ'c have not been V ■•} VfubloVto carry' ;'tlieir loan proposula. " Tlie .'■liT-Mangaa'tua': district' 'i& moro. fortunate. .."''-'■i'Ojwingi tp the^number of ratepayer'sTjefng- ; '.:\!nnder-' a, J huhdred 'it/was permissible |to -;.y'.:get' the sigiiathTes of . ratepayers ih' place K : 'i ; s'of ; aV'poll." aAH .signed , except those who . could- not b.a. found.-. 1 ': 1, might 'suggest'tliat f>"<'.the'.best wa^fOi-'Wob'tlvillo and MaharaB ' r :ff h'ara}.wonld;bp"'tfl split; up so as to_ brijig V a their^nu mTi'ers '.urider 100, and .then .if ( they ;S;;'v;flibjlgWfitt jdin together again.:/. .> ,■, ■ ■•vv .' -The following . from' 4he .Banking and 1 r'~lnttirqme';Eecorc[ for December is of con--Th'efe is before us, ;;.'"j,it, is said; i % i hear prospect of the maximnih f.'^rafe .pf.i.ba'nk; interest fpr. deposits being ■,'/ ; retliic'ed'.to's'per'cent,, and there is a hope V:i\ of this'beirig agreed to.by' the banks of all' ■o'vthp'- colonies. '".. This if. earned out, .'•;f/e'ii!je.''.'the(-mo_st'.vYqluable' agreement ever v.;^:en%ed.kto'. Iby\'thG;banks.'...Tlie'1 by\'thG;banks.'...Tlie' Ist of. •v-v January' [ is iiamed"as 'the date Svhe'n an i^; -,\,tigreemeht,''if'. made,'\vill come into force, : .-':V.3anii{if-Bqanßpici6ttß ah-evont takes' place ; |'^v, it-will gradually. add' to, the market voluo-Vj\^6f-all' investments andprpp^rty." J ' ' ■ ' '"> y'~, ' ; l;am glad to.obserre that Nelson Bros.', of 8 per ;~:^ cent.l:; s''.'J'.> ■■:'.'.'.'-.'.' -^'-i' • ■ '.••.• !