Tales of Banks Peninsula
Paddy Woods
Paddy Woods.
Paddy Woods bought the Oashore whaling station from Philip Ryan in 1841 or 1842. e worked his station with that of Ikoraki, owned by Joseph Price. He gave up whaling in 1844 and came to Akaroa, where he had an hotel where Garwood's Buildings still stand. He had a irascible temper, as his name indicates, and was for ever quarrelling with his genial neighbour, Captain James Bruce, of the Bruce Hotel. He had one son and daughter, the daughter being Mrs. Michael Hart. When the Callfornian diggings broke out Paddy Woods went over to America, never to return. His wife and family lived on for many years in Lyttelton.