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Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 June 1867, Page 2

Tlie" Re'v! V. . Il.imerdviH Iml.t Divi.ie serviee to-rtiorrow,1 in the 01.1 Coimtjissari.it S:ore. Sei vi.s'.s at 11 a.m , anil in the after- . ridon at 3 p.m. No one ivith small tnenns nee.lbe t.n? V. itbout a .t ij :*.»»-• .-.»»*•• ! Ii-m if we nnty jud.tje from an aflvfitisement in . to-riay's paper wlierein sixty acres in any part of the Province are ..fiered for seveiiteen pounds. If wi'! '»» soVa bv reference to unr shippin^ }' l-eport, 'hat the authorities here are said to/ have sh'ipr.cd hv the Ileila,, cutter, for Opo- , tiki an ! Matata, a quantity of ammunition j for. the use of the- tiatives whieh is f> be un- l, der their entire control. We are not ac- j quainted with the reason for stich a procced- / ing, but it appears to us to be an.iuconsider- ' j ate and hasty step to dhtrfbute war'ike ma- , tefial in a ti ne of peaoe in a district remote J frem.our owc. y , J For many nights Professor StepTienson has entertainad the public of Te Papa, at the Old Com missa j-iat Store, with his feats of legerdemain, whieh exeited the wonder of the Maori poVtioi: .f the audience, wliose delight 'app.eared to know no bounds., In leed -. it appearcd to them that no othey than a • veritable ' Taipo could shoot wafehes, bait yi-owns, and sbiiiings into ldave?., pranges or nuts, or stiind to be fired at wlfh au Enfield rifle and a regulation oharge of .ammnnif i'-.n, and catch t h • bulletin his hand. Th" Pro- , fpsspr's ti-icks with cards were very startfing,' and the vagari^s of SprigbtJy, his sjirltely assistant, contribuied much' to tiiegsocoess of the entertainineiif. We shall behnppy to ■exchaitge paper? in the usual way with our coiitemporaries in this and the Austr -lian eolonies. The impof'tatioh oQjtock by the Beautiful Star is an indication of the confidenco whicb . .gentlemen like Oolonel Ilarington and other? have in the peacefnl and satisfactory state of the district, and ,\ve hope that others will follovv the exa'mple thus shown them, so that before long the farms tlmt are now bein'g creatld Jmay ahbund with .flne and healthy l cattle supplying us plentifully with milk, I butter, and beastsfor the market. i