It H underwood ' flint Ihe Tauranga schoo-'er, b«s mad.-; Iior 1a»t trip to't'iis fVar-| . bof, nnd wlior. s'-n Ie!> fnr Auckland on the 8-li Jniie, 'timisii-d interost tvn-t mjin!fcstc.l by the people here, VliO niight be s.ti ! tiTfake farewell . of, thi's favbrite vessel w'.ip'i lia's brotight so ronn.v "F. them to odr ,«!iwe,d aml has beconw i-.li'ii t i with soate of.tlie'-most ■stirri'ng and eventfal timo* the settlement has passed thrnugli. Th">-o ato few who have not plensant ■ '•oulleetions of fhe Ireatmcnt they received t pns-siigers -t heao,! fhe ruarangi.. »)•»• enn tliey sonn'forget tbe wyH }>r«*vi.led t sltlc, the soc'.aiit v. c Teerfulness, and s'dll of O.iptain Scl'ars. t> practicat seamtinship of Mr. naw Oapta'n Mtt-barf, nar the willing nn l for.siderate nttention of thc stewari', \Tr. Bateman, who : u-l^r Captain Scl'.ars is mv.v tmndatc.l to the .care of passengers in the new steamer, Tlre other biy a .Mauri woman wpnt into . the sfc.ro Mr Wrurley. of this town, at a rnoment when Mrs. \X rigley was busy at feilding to a humberof eu-tomers. Thiiiking hehself nnobserved, the woman with appareht o.arelessness thi''-w her shsiwl ovw S piece-of print 011 the "eouhter, dexteronsh', as' aho thuu.ght, nt nn opporfune mortient', tooV up the print so concettled, fiung thc shawl oon tainui g it over her shonhler, waa quietly Hvalkiog out thhtbgh the bov, when Mts- Wrigley wlio had ohservod thc pronefeiling, qnickly toi lowed liorand -'"ized th - shnwlAVith its conf fent«. These the woma;1 left behtn'd her .and ftedlikethe w'tnd. She.'has not been , sjnce lieard of, .atutahi- ttitives i(-oti|iikig tcliows) . s.'tv th;!t thty Ajavc. scaichcil for her without fip.diug her. p: Theothcr • 1 a v "iio of the A ra waa weht info ihe store of Mr. Dauglav:, and aaked -irtr an Chvelopo, which \vas oiven hifn. U-s 'h 'n p'rfwineeii tett povinds »o aotea, whiyh heasked | '• Mr. Maxwell, the as.-ds: ant. to e.ount, whitdi 'hedi'l. -The M aor-i thcn put t'ejnofcs ,iot>.the;,enve!Mp", and, a-l 'tr.-ssing Mr, MaK'v.cli ^ snid, iu -imperfeet Knoi. t aviii sxive yon " a ha»d.orr.« gie.iiiatone it vmi wi'.l -ay he/'. fe.c Mr. CI-A-ke th il I . nc'osed " \Vh-> is inlcO'!"'! iiot>-» waa'di t uot tf! nsoi rc. !»•;{ ir it. by .•i-aiessenger t" s;::c on - an i wards charging the jn>'- >en;- "ti tio-.. A G"iod deal pf pa t ica prodtfee haa heeu -tirouirhf Into town durln the last- fortnight, . c,c.n--istlngof ivlieat, tnaize, and potatoes , A newspaper is a sermon for the titongi'. ..fnl, sntd a Hhrapyfp|JJte ,p'">or, Tiie Ov'lefy'.ittyJ wizartl. Pmfe>sr,',Ste;jhonson: li'ad a vfrv cmw !oi] iiou.ie at hi? i'i&t hpp^arahpo >n el jieatipj '-eve-iit^ last, June 12rh, ; wHeli i-e tvtss assistotl by Ve^rs. • Biantnn, L;izirn=,- n n»! I^irna-oz. who tngp't beyaus'ta inei t He i •* ' t .• f portron ;f the enferruvitTsc-itt. Titis ftotisigled of lh° r >pe ' tyino; ft'iit, ttr'ec ver/ sliiilfu'ly smd r ip t^v expciit"l by Mr . Laztrus. to th'.: ainazie.ment «fa Very iavwo au iionce, «nl a groat nnmln- r of ti ".' ro oon icdliries, inte-r.-ptrseJ with •votwl atnl instranveiital, in whiuli Mes rs, Bjanton aml Duntarez (Spvijrhtly). took pavt. Mr. Diiriiarpz performarice on the cdrnet \v;is groat'y admired, and Mr. Blanton's represeti tion in imitatioti of popalar actors were specially wrthy of ttalice as a displav of.Tinieh st'age experience , and tv> mean histroiiic powers The entertainment eoncluded at a lato hour. » Monday iast was a day of rnerry makir.tr in Tauraroa to anumberof getitlenie-i and ladies fotminjr the weddiujr patty - of Mr. Slater, of this town, whese inarriajre is announeed elsewfterr. All the itvailaWe boats in the harbor were pressed into ihe service of tlie happy couple and their truesfcs, and. yatlv decyrtited with flapis, conveyed the pnrty to Mounoatapu, vvhere tliey spent the {trig-iitest part of a very beautifal ! dav, retorniojr horne at abmt ftve J .o'clock in tiie eveningv
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Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 June 1867, Page 3
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