IN THE STREET.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 97, 6 August 1873, Page 3

IN THE STREET.

AKi-ai us m lauraiiga appear to to be looking up, , countenances of the inhabitants are asav-miug a brighter appearance than might hare be. aeon I lor many a long day, and every cm • v-ppc* -a to jbe anxiously looking for the it, ho time when our dial riot is at Inst to begn \ <j take its position in the hat of rising places. Wo are to nave new settlors and new roads. So far so good ; population, with an increased expenditure, is the only real go ahead machinery for a now colony. Your remarks about a sea wall with its attendant advantages I trust will not prove mythical, oven supposing that the province is not successful in. obtaining the million loan. A sea wall with t t l ' ! . >l ' uSU t ' rl 'k' !o intake is a possibility, for i behove as a speculation it would pay well in the hands of a private company. The made land wou.d oo very valuable, and, even supposing the sale ot the sumo did not recoup the whole cost at once, the per contage upon the outlay would bo a large one, and eventually, say in a‘few years, the value of the sections with deep water frontage would be enormous ; but of course this value would grow with the requirements of the district, and here the question of settlement with its attendant increase ot business naturally comes under console! a( km; but then Government is about to assist us with immigrants, and everybody says—when F \V hen also are wo to have the now Government Juildiugs ? During the lust twelve mouths, 'tis true the ground has boon pegged upon tho site lixcd upon, but. it seems to be something like a man securing a place for a grave or family vault, useful only to posterity. Now that most ol the provinces are going in for monster loans, I suppose provincialism will obtain a now lease of life, and instead of tho cty of retrenchment and economy, it will bo, hurrah for expenditure, and a scramble for pickings. 1 for one hope Tuuranga will bo actively represented at tho new rush. i w m>t to the theatre tho other evening, Mr Editor, and must say very much enjoy* 1 it. Tho performers were only amateurs, but certainly they require very little more practice to hold their own against many who claim the name of professionals. A little stiffness in one or two instances might be observed this, of < urge, exorcise would wear oil ; at all events the public had their money's worth. I only trust the Dramatic Club were equally pleased with tho result, and will soon again favour us with another evening’s amusement. Tho gods are favourable, if the noises of Saturday evening may be at all taken as a -criterion; I would write more, but have been carefully trying to understand the f'uaucial statement. Tho contemplation of tho immense sums therein alluded to has made my mouth and eyes water to such an extent that I must rest awhile till I have taken a revivor in the shape of a few thoughts upon the probable amount of taxation requisite to pay tho little b h of yearly interest. Paxiiaus.