WINTON.

Southland Times, Issue 3485, 22 August 1879, Page 3

WINTON.

-Y. yv<-; ■•-:. :."...- — '....♦ . . ■"■ "'*!.' ZZ Writing yesterday, : our correspondent ZaYZ'Y ' ' ZZ A,'-:* ;'; y . .' 'Vgiricie. l^.j':: : wr6te;you,'Wintph;hM.been ■in a ■'■biissful; state ';;pf:. : ,repqise,j''' i ttiej.bnly.i j. : .e^eptipm^lieingi tie-: slight; excitement caused Xy^e. ploughing match and, its ; .'dinner.' i It. seems 7 .a .pity .that a certain ;;"',_:ew.;.shouldi so administer ;. these affair i' ■■ as ' to -cause i a^ large- number to withb old ./themselves frbin talcing and showing the a "interest Tthey should in the agricultural ; Z welfare ;'pf fliC district. At the dinner this : d was particularly' noticeable, all the reprd- - , .i'f'sen&tiveanS landed :men,of the district 'i .being conspicuous^ by .'their absence." ,Wh Z tGis should be one .can hardly ; say ; any- .^ 'way, .uvreform is.needed,.. they should' at -i-innce step .forward, . and infuse some new blood into: theyAssocia'tion. -- Z. IZyyZy y.l.\ ,-■■... a . ...-..-■; '"•"--• ! . 'Of courseywe (Winton public) are hay- 1 ing a -great amount bf adulation, prp- '- -rnises, '.; and so forth,] -. paid us by all the varipus'-wou^ bstween=: & X! . MdCaupidn, ; Es^.,; and ' bur ....(pTd.jne^^ Mr ' T^.^.^ McDonald delivered "an address, to Z; the^.eiectpre-.lastj^^ Saturday night, an^ < a — .y^ry 'fair, honest, straightforward- address it was. There was not top much of it ; it dealt liberally with 7 all the main 'topics, and was- very temperate in its tone. Still, with 1 all the -good I can say about his speech, I .fear his chance of being elected itfnota'gppd obey 'yy yZZY. v r .Pibughin^: has, been vigorously pushed ! f orwaird^ most of the farmers about being .finished. , Let .us hope , that. j.jDeres; "will! smile ; 6n ; .and -, favor ,their : * \ ,?a labors? ;.»and-, return ;them -a substantial y harvestintheincoming-seaspn,and somake.t ; some amends for last years' losses, vy-;.-. • ■ 4 ft With •_ egaid to -pur gro win g to wiiship, -•-< Messre 'Blackyand-; Babbirigton's -bat kihii: •' "* is appr6aching:bompletioh; the' Caledonian - Hotel; 1 hats *been enlarged and repainted, , ; l and;.n_^ei , ous; clearings and dwelling^. are : finished' at theback of the township. 'And . last pi. ;i all, but not least, let me chronicle : .the advent of a new 'medical, man, which ; .-; lam. sure will be hailed.with great faction by the majority -of the. people; for since Dr Jackson, who was: making somb- ; : thing- over a -thousand a" year jleft^ the: members : : of the Oddfellows' and Foresters' ; Lodges-havehad to go to Invercargill for trustworthy medical ad vice. ; ! '||Dr': Webb comes Z&om iWaim&te-, is married,/ has gcod \diplomas With him,,; .. -; the 7 district ; if - people know and recognise their duty, which I hope they will. :. : I