WOODVILLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 261, 8 October 1883, Page 2

WOODVILLE.

PB'bspOTIVB A _J RETBOSPECTIVE- , : ■; * : --j (TO THB BDITOB OK THB STANDARD.) £Sir>'-^lf I take the;l-ibeisy of correcting a few errors m your article which appeared, under the above beading, I hope you will take it m the sense : it , is. me*n/. Tnjtbe firs,t r phjvqe, m the month pr February ..75 the lands comprising the Wbodville district wore sold aY public^ auction at Napier. Monteith and Fountaine wera among the purchasers, they were at that time about completing some .contracts pnthg; Masterton road. Alter the sale their camp was fixed on their own section, somewhere about the spot where now stands tp\e house used by Mr for • :ti sausage i machine house. : Montie.th • and Fountaine can therefore claim to be the original fir^t and oldest settlers pf -Woodville, Next to themwonli have been Gebrge ; Ollandt who.it will be remembered was crublly murdered nearly "five years ago.' "The next-on the-list were thb brothers George, James, and . Stephen Hutching, who arrived m tvpo'4- ' yille' May 1875 V a_d have' remained .m, the district since thatf time.' 7 Next came Mr Charles.Bevan," and then Mr J. J. Murphy. The "Wopiville* •'it'-.tel as far as 1 : know wais ; built by Messrs McNeil and Dunn, and Mr J. J. Murphy had at least a good bouse *to come to, but everyone mufct admit' that Mr Murphy has been one who has always been foremost m anything that would tend to the advancement of the district. In reviewing the number., of business . houses, one particular person appears to have been selected as the only one who supplies a want much felt &c, being particu'arly. adapted for such business &c. Why such should be the case one can hardly find out, seeiner there' are others inthe same line, but the singling out of this (.articular party would lead one to suppose that the ot&er* lare not adapted- to , their bushier, I trust'you will excuse my interf renpe, but as you state J that you bad gleaned your information' from several sources you can hardly be . held responeible for any errors or mis- < tatements. In conclusion, I hope the Woodville : Examiner will be; conducted according to the platform set iptth in^he^.rßt. issue, wtyeu' I believe |f;suph v is ty^ecaseit w|ll became thp premier inlft_4 newspaper ol the Hawses Bay district. < Apqligising . ior tresspass;: jng on your spa'ce^l am>&c., „] : , ,£ OW> BbTTIiBB,