BAY OF PLENTY TIMES. "The spirit of the times shall teach me KING JOHN, ACT IV SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1872.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 24, 23 November 1872, Page 2

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES. "The spirit of the times shall teach me KING JOHN, ACT IV SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1872.

We have on several occasions had " attention drawn to the necessity t* P inland postal communication. °i 5 S exists as far as Taupo from WelWf s" but to any places north of the IS inland Lake, letters must be forwarded? I and from by the coasting steamers 7 I; letter from Wellington to Taurangfai W either take the chance of a steam i calling at the latter place, or travel fi*! of all to Auckland and then return V the Southern Cross. Whereas, if 3 p service existed, direct from Taupo t W Tauranga, postal communication woil » always be regular and certain, and ml that the “ Lake country ”is becomin*! I: constant resort of visitors, a considerabll trade springing up, renders regular com I' munication a matter of great momen* W The fact that there at the present time «• exists sundry military posts at no g re af S? distance from each other all along ft" line that would be traversed renders th« carrying out of such a service Compaq f tively easy, whilst the expense could not be great. Mr Kelly mentioned the subject lin the House of and ?. hope ere long the Government may be induced to extend the postal service as far as this port. A mail service to the V Waikato from Tanpo would also be cf great utility, but we must not look k: too much at once. The Tauranga aTaupo mail would not only serve the two % places, but supply a long felt want to * inhabitants of Rotorua, and the neigL bouring settlements, 0