PROSPECTUS OF A WEEKLY PAPER, ENTITLED THE TAURANGA RECORD.

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 2, 13 July 1867, Page 1

PROSPECTUS OF A WEEKLY PAPER, ENTITLED THE TAURANGA RECORD.

A-tferiotts crbis. hua now :? rri \ e ci • io tlio'affaii's of tliis .disti j e c- . aifec:- • ino- its j onn nont ]U"osj:uu'ily. ■wh'ich, in the cpinion of the ] ropii- i otopg. i cnders jr. knceralive that a i jour.ml, ,.|.)( -^•u'i'sin o' the cdmmetHe j of th'e pablii', i i ! "u'O'i ir • , randohn nnxlyu freedom fo m 1' 1 pn-judices j or nersotta I ' ° attarks,*s]iou Sd bo'snp- j HA! to the Inhabittuns of this. very j imjjortani riiwl promisiuir loeality. |

It js' rlenr to eyery oarefu! obser vor t h/t. ihe niinds of the pn!>i _* tiavo iv •(-:. t!y In en .'en'iodtiened , iip-i]! ihe poij.ev heroaft.iT to be mi'-stu-d. Wo linvo iust ieanivd tent TaB'prot er. I an(js. and in a pr ;n >• ntfijHifT, peace may be- seeureu #it!rdnt. bloodshed. The eati vc tivc :t.)t iii'.i • : i to !i • toyeafion when v. e do r. t npproneh tbee: with Ihe gun in bur hani, ard. thduoL vvo iameii; •. he .gpretit cust of; blobd an«i t!t ' ure nt w'ich this kiiow! !l J>urch:i8ed,/trp{. • it- rony *.'-t iiftor iili Ite tln «',n •• way, if ? r' v Eepve^n the two vaces, inereaso of population. jVeaJ •-iiiduMiy. and iutqrqni prOsperiiv \tre ti ■ result.

It is ncouless for ns to p.dnt to ihe, nnusi;-:i natun;! udvnnra.;('K , whicli tio- .i8tri;-t 'pos-vsses. o ti l^uu tiful lmrbnr. secqttd. fln.ly to A uclfr land, 011 the I ipt ConM into iv' jcii .S.itl, ■> of Ufti t o .« entoi at h uato •. to t ! e \ inpii rablo > >h. is wibeh aluiost j.-i'ronrd ai ■ thmy praniontorier. of fertiia land, waitio^ fpr inttustrioas Jinn-'r to w jcld the spiuh oriite plouo-h ..th.nt . h.avo i; o i Icept s:i!l by tha djitiger— r'dsf or iiftrs — -nf waflike nt' f\*t : pt, whioh ihav nptv feei lessly.bro *- 1 t» Ciir'u thi3- bitherto : Tent wiidefiit "•? into a cwintry dotled with thrivine. fnt'rr.8, and iiappv llo ■ 8, where the lnuaicof childifeJl's «. Hnd Ihe v.a i \%* sounds of chesrful Industry shail eci o fr.em ' nmny a iiiji a- d da c, o i antiottiice that the "timo ha* now htriVoa vhen " swords fhoil be luriied ! ".^Inujr^jni'es,''' " \v!k ti * ifl-ineVie.-" vV'«! ' s'iitil jjj ve , place iv poare, ; Toi eo.-: t, n.nd tibundi G", otui w;.en tiiis haatitifu bay b^come'iti a i undt^d-fold

greater den-ree what Captain Cook named it a hundred years ago, the Bay of' Plenty. Tiiere is every reason' to believe that a bi'ight f'utare of prosperity is aboiit to open on Tauranga, his Honor's recent visit to the distvict havinjf had the most encouragitjff efFects. The great question of the hinds of the natives has bben settied . S/> their saiisfaction. Those v. lio \rere friendly before, are .more JV.iendlv than ever those who were neutral, are frienrfy vrhile those who wore in arfivo .^ostility, are now oomparatively nevtrai. or at least indbpnseti to ta ke aeirve steps of ho-dility, agiiinst Jt^ainst uS. This hns, to sonve extelvt, begun to teil ■ s ■ ; n t I s a ' S"T - ; r ;rs;> n y f , P ■ ; . ;

! havc for soine time been Witiiing j aboiU the town in a'state qf uncerj tajnfy, s but ha've tu>w disappo'r.red; having either pp/eeeded to tbeir ! hinds, or othefwi-v f.mnd empioyj inen' . These. are fcatures that in theniselves jnstify the proprietors in pubii: hing- a newppapef oitia more enlarged. ?cals?ftha;) the oriH which has r.rceeded it. It is the deiermiur.tion of the propriet rsto uiy.lertn he- tiiat this paimr shufll be coudncted wifli the necessai'v abiiiiv, and that it shail sunp'.v a very eoiigidern'.de a-uhitiht of r :;1ing mattef, both loeal ahd.^t-nerai, oriulaal and select, a"* ihat tliongh the welfnre and prosperity of the district shail be it.S primaf y objeet,fye|» matters -of more gener i! inii rr?t vvill not be OverLoeke .. and vri 1 1 be treated with fairn'ess, truth, and hoi.esty.

j The Tauranga A rgus haviny I now ehanged h-n, is, it is propos; d to produce this pa per oa a more extended seakv Its issue will I e once'a week, a,nd, to cotntnence With ti e'paper ,will; Be the satee: size as the Argus. Ai>riing,ements are notv coinpf. te'! fnr orgniiisiug an effieient. Sta.iT, so that nceveiit of impertance wi'i .)R«s unreeonhyj, and avgivat .qua -tftv of ..vading matter will iie susip'ied. Au additiofl to tile piant, about to be procured, will enable the ncnv' proprietovs to produce a paper superior iu appearapce to its predecessor. C>potiki. our sister settiement, shail " > ' , 'and a large share oc attrntion, her ititerasts bei? •* identi 'eal with our own, and m this end ihe proprietors will secttre the ' vice" of an abie and rei- d>le correspqndetit.