Woodville and District

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1847, 21 June 1886, Page 3

Woodville and District

Woodvilie i* rather interesting, and I will tey to explain why it will probably be a good deal written about aoon. bigbt down the middle of the North Inland iuq a range of moon tarn a. They ran (torn Lake Taupo to Wellington. Look at the map, and you tee *hat Wellington and Napier, on the east, are fif/o cat off from Wanganui and New Ply. mouth, on the weit - " tlean d‘d I say ? No ; halt U P ,lje,e “ a “iffhly ravine, through wtii.'k the Manawatu Hiver, which draina hundred! square miles between Napier ar.d Wella/^ 00 ' bnddlea its yellow waters on its hasty 4 ''**d to the West Coast. This ravine is called the ileoawatu Gorge, and close to it is Woodv.'de. It follows, therefore, that three great Bttv'dßU of traffic, from Napier, Welling ten, and Wanganui, converge at Woodvilie. The railvT'ty from Napier is now opeu to Tahoraite. wh.‘'‘h is only 16 miles from Woodvilie. The railway from New Plymouth and Wanganui, tunning along on the west aide of the mountains, passes within 11 miles of Woodvilie. Tie railway from Wellington to Ma“tenon goes on north to Mauiieeviile, whicn is 40 milts from Woodvilie. Von now see that 70 mile' of rail would place the whole of the North Islanu south of Gisborne. Tauranga, ami Auckland is direct communication. Under the circumstances, you osnoot doubt tbit everyone believes this 70 miles wilt be nude very s.on (.onseiiuently, capital flows in, Work is plentiful, labour is high, and land fetenes fabulous prices. Woodrhle has two excellent Li t -is—famous far and wide, a hue theatre, and t one s e always a number of interesting people either staying there or peeeing The great “ boom ” just now ia 10 milee south of Woodvilie, at Pthialni. Tula town is the centre of au •Bormotu tract of rich flat bush. It has risen like a goldfield town, line year ago I waa •rationed not to visit the hotel; niue month* ago I found the hotel excellent; six months •go I found it overcrowded ; three months ago 1 found it was to be enlarged. There is a nswspeper celled the Pehiatoe Star; and 7*t> • J*er ago, the place wee unknown, "•he My the next •* boom ” will be about 14 Math of Fabiattoa, and after that the kiMHt of all will be at Woodvilie when the three tailweya approach completion.—Otago Duly Tunes.