PROSPEOTUS OF A WEEKLY PAPER ENTIT IN THE TAURANOA RECORD AND BAY OF PLENTN EXAMTNER.

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 June 1867, Page 1

PROSPEOTUS OF A WEEKLY PAPER ENTIT IN THE TAURANOA RECORD AND BAY OF PLENTN EXAMTNER.

A S; : i"-.& c • i.-is has • ityUvr.o in fli'e affairs «>f tliis distt iec, tivf- -nt i'ifT its peimauent prospnrifv. w ' nc't, in the 'cjvinion of ti o | roprietors. rcndei'S i.t imperative Htat a jounial, possescinf the eooli'Jfnte of ihe p»b!ic, intopritv, candonr, and fVpodom frotn ioe;t! prpjudices «»r per?onnl attncks, tfhouic! i>e sap- ! h(>:i tn the ifihabitants oi tbis verv important and proniisinrr locaiity. It is e'eaf to oyer •* careftii ob.scr ver that the niitnis oi' the pubbc have reeently beeu eiiiitjJttenee upon ll e 1 olif v hereaft'. r to he ptn pued. We have iti ! learned that in piorer hands, a-nti iii a rr ocr nianner, poare mav be seciired vvithowt bieods! ed. The nativc? are noi i t lispose l to iideh to roa. sbn when we er> nnt apr ro-teh then- • with liie guti in our hatn!, ;ti !. j tltotig-h we lanlent the _£!» ->.-. f cest. of ; bipod and treasuro at. vvhieii t'.-i? | knowledge has be n pufchtised, ves it tnay r.ot aftcr r.'l he thrown away, if amity hetween the two races. rncrease of p pnlati ni J ea! induMry and intenial prosperity are the res.ult, Tt i- needle?1? foTtts to point t • the unti?ull iiatuval advatita ges whif.it the distriot possesses To a betottif'nl liarbor, second onlv to Auckland, on the East Coast, into whjch sllips of w r can enter at low water, to the 1. tiumerable istl is wl ieh al most surround as rnany promontories of fertile land, waitinjy for industrions han s to wield the spadr or ihe ploujtrh that have br.en' kept still by the dangcr — real or inia j narv — »f vvarlike attaeks, but wbich niay now fearless'y bro-ved to tur • tliis hitherto silent wilderness into a country dotted with thriviag farms, and happy horries, where the music of children 's voiees, and the various sounds of fiheerful industrv shall eclio frorh many ;i hill and la e, and announce that the tin e has now arrived wlien " swords shall be turned iifto ploughsliiire-/' w! :n ' grim-visaged war shall give place te peace, confentment, and

re v g»."WBapf • *bunei ttco, fuid when this benntifu > all be corne in a hundred ald greater deoree what Captain f 'ook Vjtuned.it a huntlred years ago, the Ba v of Plentv. There is every reason to believe thaf a. brieltt uttore of prosperity is ■ t> opou on • Tauranga, his lio'iors recent visit to the districf h ; jtnd the most encourr^ . tjg o.j'cets The gre.it estion of the. 0: s o.' the na ti ves has been ?e - t!ed to their gte id'nction Those" w'10 wero frten'ilv before, are Y.iere lU.- a-v tlian eve'r t-hos« -who were, netrtrti!, are friends, wbilethose who w - e in act-ive hosfility, are now ro npantlively neutral, or at 'east

i ' ' : ; --ed to t;;l-i- ncJtve stcos ; hoMlt'v a^nitts' a»-nit»st us. h'lns has, to some exterit. begun to t'cU monthe st tth rs, many of vhom '•1 ve for sntne time been Wiii:hi;r ;d oii t the lown in ;t state of ur.certaiot v, but have now disappeared. fiaving eitbcr pr eeeded to t i ? frlat ds, or otherwise found emnhH--metv. Theae -atc features ti: T in lh tnstdves ' ju-lify the proprietors in put>!ishinr a nowsi. . ..cr j- oti a tnore enlaroe| scale tlian t!n j or.p w: ich has preeeded it j !t is the deterntinnfion of tl.e pi ;;>! iciorsti undertake that, ti:'- pap r shall be conducted with th.o necrs I sary ahiiilv, and that it shall ?■.' ! 1 verv eoiisiderjihle aniwunt of r iij.g mrttter both local and g' . oi i .. ii. il and seVet. n'ol, t at tlirt'ig.h the wellare and tn,) . '■ T th'c di tri t siiail be it.s prim ohject,' yet matteis of riiore gencr d i terest will not be overlo >le t* i will he treated with fairness,. t •• antl ho estv. The 'I'a oranga Argus havio; now ohanged hanos, it is propos 1 t> produce tliis naper on a moro exten'led scale Us is3ue will be osice vveeJ:. and, to conunence with tin paper vii'i !>e tho .-am-e. size ; the Argus. Arrangeme.nts are now eompleted for organising an efHoie >t stttff, so that nc event of importance will pa*s unreconled, .-1(1(1 a gr qnantitv of readtn •; matter will be supp ied. An additi- n to the plaut. oul to be j"srocurr : . wili en.'ihle the tiety j)-opi ietors to •.• nluce a pap. r suttcri r tn ap earance to its predecessor. Opotiki, our sisicr settlement, shall eotvimand a larne share of att ntion, her interc st being identi Citl with our own, a ] t-> tbis enu the proprietors will s cnre the servieas ivfati ab'e and reliable correspondent.