The Tauranga Argus.

Tauranga Argus and Opotiki Reporter, Volume 1, Issue 1, 24 November 1866, Page 2

The Tauranga Argus.

" Sworn to no master — " Of 110 sect ara I." SATURDAY, NOVENBER, 24.

The prpjectors of tlio Tauranga j Ahgup ;i making tiioir debut before the' settlers of Taraunga and Opotiki, tviil, of course be expected to give poblicity as to what course, or line of conduct they intend to adopt for tiie i'uture ivelfare of tbe settlers of tbe tliriving distrlcts of Tauranga and Opotiki. It would be ratlier premature 011 our part to say tbat we intend to do this and do tlrat for tlie b&nelit of the place. But we eau assure our s.upporters that as long as we liold a place as as a newspaper bere that we wili inake it our study to give fuli publicity to all yuatters liaving a

direct tendencv to place Tauranga in the proper comtnercial scale ; ghicli in a few years lience slie is : bound to occnpy. As a sliipping i port Tauranga, can, without being j egotistieal, bearcomparison with any intli'e Australias where vesselsofthe 1 largest tonnage can come within a { stone's tbrow of tlie townsliip. W e i bave thousands upon thous'ands of 1 tlie finest land in Kew Zealand, I whicli, if only tlie native difficulty j was brought to a peaceful issue, would liow be producing cefeals j of all descriptions.. These advanta- ! o-es we bind ourseWes fully tet | represent as also the waiits of tliei whavfage accommodation is very j mucli wanted. We confulently mahe | tlie assertion that there is 110 port i out of Auckland where there is a Iarger sliipping traffic tlian tliat of I Tauranga, and still we are without a wbArf, all our goods having to be landed at great risk in punts, and whereas vessels that should land

their cargoes m two days take tour. This is not only a great loss to the shipowner but l'ikewise to the storekeepers of Tauranga, wlib many times have to refuse customers goods, whicli are actuallv laying in the holds of vessels, within a few yards of tliem. We would take the present dppovtunlty of call-ing upon Captain Fraser, our worthy representative 111 the Proyincial Council, to move in his place in tlie ITouse that a sufficient surn be placed on the estimates to have a wharf built as soon as po^sible. We sliall not identifv ourselves with our coutcmpcrancs, and Q^jOli "nmtefk coiiuected "Cth . and tlie district we will give a trce Und an independent opinion. We j hold ourselves to 110 pavty or sect, I but where tlie iuterests of Tauranga j are at stake, an Arg-us eye will be 1 constautly kept.