The Tauranga Record.

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

The Tauranga Record.

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Tbk dil^'c Isnvp ? right to tlemnml sonitt explnriation for the nop-appe intiice of; tlie I'eco tne last;.three■weoks nfid this Bve wil] ontleavnv to give as bnefly A/ns pnssible. The Groa.ui- /•' stlmdes coisiioetod with itie coui n lener ment of tliis palmer are knoivn to most of ou r •renders. The pnqrrMor of. 1)1? e piant formerly. the Argusv "was ooeoGmed i.h a civil -.aetion v;t:h Fraser niul Co , (to wlhom lie had trahf'T-od -.-i ■■ ■>' , xt ) by agreements, wIhcH.toSu !ted in .a enmhml : praseeatioo 1 , agmns.t I 5 :ii,'terni: ealing- in liis eoa'nniittal for tfial afc the Supreme Conrfc for dbtainitig Tjioney umlor (als qr ra fences. :The I v esident M aglstrate ■ •liavhig iiithiiatcd lils w'Xn - •" jies$ t-> nccepjb hail, the 1prietpr "T" this pepor' aird h ; r v~ • ders \n !unr uvd to litecm?#'- ' S'.ueti.e-, jM-iv Goue x:Iifii--se i.ortx ; ayt') h.. d over i 1 • 71 5 * " i * , " ,1 ■ ■ :\ii f MT ni' Cr-TT; \\) i n:.; plaiM mrG| tq work/ n$; a * , eoTnposit ;■ ' - ■ wp ara o n th : t new • -aper. A.e ;hv ' n'>i v of \v]u*ch enme o'oi ea tlte lMh of Ijumx A.iy * oue . jp!tvr. s-iiit * T t h-, con-r n t v i ) (■ t k>u o f n. j ko v $ ■; ? n v • • > r ' vviil ir. d;rsta, u-> u hen#\ve mv that j r. ; vo.s iriiehded; to alto»r ti e » . ui of the Argus h*\" svhstitut.ii.lg; five 'o|\?uii':.s for o-.ur. aotl intro•diseiifg .-vanrms otl?er.a!temti'>n , e.Ha.,»t,g i >• ir •' th.au •tirsual liihor, hnd this Mr. ■ I ioitchaissy paixial.lv. rJxtotu- .. : p ] i&hed si ; i g 1 e h a tui hd, for it \vas impossihie to proeure other eoihpoaijor.a in Tanratigro S,o lar a 1 1 v-.'ns well. Hut in the •fbilowhsg' . tvetr:-; •• Vfednebday eveuihg arrived with ou ly oue. colnmn mt iruitter in type, and 1 liufsday aiid ! riday only remaiued for setting the rest of the paper, coiisisting of no less than frfteen columiis. V rotn the eireumstattce of Alr. I)onchaiss(^!ayingdone onyhe Wethiesday m questioii some prhiling ou his. ownprivate ; aceouht, the proprietor under the hnpression that the slovy progress of the eoin])osition vvas attributable t ) suclt eausos suh! c. nvinycd tha't . the • paper could'. uot', ' avith the -a.pplianee8 'Ai comrnand niake a repufahle apjsdjjgeranc" n the ■ daturKBffiiBrr.'iiuaiPt J®T!d':d;y; ■ fT: ■ ^;p!t;:fp;py '' ? '' ' ; faiT'l ; "V

froau rt retuark let fall by Donchaisse, reo. son to appreheiid, that he mtended "when 'oppwtunity offered to forfeit' | lpypbail,..fl|(p progrietor, afte'r ••^'cfidn, rosolvcd to withi dra?v""his bothj. Mr:' Sandr".s, the other surcty, .heaniripy of this dleterniination (jesired to'withdraw his also, ; and on Thtir.ehiy niortiing the bond wasTeancelled. In eonscquenco of this DonI c'iu lisse yv. i s : shcad iy ' after . | taken' into castody, thougli. j subsequently liberated oiV | the bond s of t*.vo other | stir ties. AU prpapecfc • of | obtailung his assistance in jgettlsig the 4>aper . ready i heing thns at a:i ehd. the j pfoprietor vvrote to AuekI land • to obtain a printer. | Vexatious delavs over whieh ihe had no eo.ntrol so niueh mhadered with the exeeuiio'u of th'is . plan that he ibund it necessary to proeeed to Aucklaiid liimself, Adverse winds and tenipes- | tnous weather their interj rupfed the comoiunieation I witlv this place, and.ten days, |c"iiending' ofer two Satur- | days, elapsed before he could. j rexu-ti with" the wequired | nssistaWceT, . T.% tvpe vvr.s I I -un'd to he in considerable ' d : • rd er and it w a s , not ti 1 1 | Saturday last that a fair ' ! yon 5 '.-nencejnent towards ' to--T'vy'o isshe was made, Vve ! e-.Hs e.ssure our readers that | we reg'retfar 'm">re thari they K;,:r. -po-: ii^y dp the itfterj rmuion whieli has taken ■n!r -e, and that apiplc proi vfbouhas been ma'de agajnst iiis possible reeurreuce. | 5 ^ 1 r J: I " Xr.n King of France with ^teu' thou s m d m ei i . ihrst omrched upthe hill and : tben raareh'ed do wn again " i We ha-ve to recprd a similhr | aj venture on a smaller scale ] iir our own loeality. On ! u«'ay and Tuesday, (June. \ l t id 18,) an arrne.d ex- | pedb loii went odt from Tauira?) ga nader • eonimaud of (Captain Goldsn\it.h, ostensibly to cross the Wairoa in j seareh of a- party of Maoris said to be Jurking in the nejghborhood of Whakamarenia. This inforraation was received b - the inhabitants with cdusiernation and disniay. At a time when profound peqee exkted in the disfrict, and in the face of an express conieiaud of , his Txcellency the Governor . t at on no considyr? 1 on was j the Wairoa to be crossecf, or j ti te ti n coiifiscate d 1 a nds Of the Maoris to be entered, • that an ahned expedition . shoahi be despatehed for the vejy pur[>o e- of infnnging Tstien positive instnictions v )s a.eircumstance that met ';h blie deepest reprobation | r, Lthe iiihabifcants of 1 W , V e . I ti faet, al l ,con|pb * , the welfare of the

distriet, ;ili representing the i 1 1 te lligen e e.ind ii stry, ea p i tal and enterprise of the place wero stropglv opposed to anv steps which mi ;ht cause -an tmru'ovoked revival of hpstilities with the native raee. Ali the efforts towards the accomplishment of peace which have hitherto suceeedcd so well would tbus be rendered aborti ve. Even if no collision sliouhl take place tbe effeet of the expedition itself npon' the winds of the narives was calculated to !*pr°ve most injurious. The assnrances of his llonor the fhiperintendent of person al safet)r to peaceahTe natives would he brought into contempt, all the . negptiations which have -so far happily prospered ■ would he frnstrated, and the good fhitli of the Enropeans would be titterlv despised, But, liacL a shot been fire l, the co„sequences would have proved tdisastrous beyond eonception The loss of life in the collision woiihhhave been ord v a small part of the \- i 1 folh • w i n g sueii a ea) a . Hiity. SrtrTment would be ar^ested. life and prop'U'tv impei'riiled, the sentiinents of'di&tru-t a id suspicion in the minds of the; natives which * all good nim had hoped wero hiid at rest.' would be reawakened, and ■ we should be branded with perfidy of the most hearfeless . aua aP-v'oltivnr . kiad> - Intruth, - we know not. of •epithets sirrng enougn to . describe the eharacter « hieli' we r.s a peoole should deserve liappijy the party | feturned wjr.uout. .crossing the | ■ \\ aifoapand vnthout baving met a siugle Muori. It remains for us to disCpver the motire whieh led te so «icked p. iph dangerous a proceeding. And for this we are j usti fie! 1 in ro.isoning .irptrt tacts with whicji vve * are ! acquaio'.ted» The author;ties wiio s.inctioneil, and the gahlant ovficei* who led the expedition, and who issued requisitioas; for arms for thc party r re responsible. 'I hey knew that by doing so they were ' th 'arting tlie pacific efforts of ihe Superinteu . dent, whieli have been met with the most . recipro' al ieeling on the part of the tvitives), TLti oflicti* co'mxiandino: ihe party ' iiad: lr.s " past exi erience j of a similar iifistake to guide him, he-could not be igiioraiu of the consequeoees of stlcb an unjuuifiable invn hjn, a;)d he may iongra tui ro hiumdf if the niortirfoaiion in which his journey h-a resulted, and the- oppiobiunT w ith whieh he was met >:i his return, aro the wor?t conseqnenees of his i!l-starred and inoha sous- eampaign But ti)-.; mo't rematkablo feature of all is the absence of appaceiit rh'otive u>r the whote proceeding For we \-aunot mppos^ that the iaathoiitu-s e>«Sd be jxdous pf the infliience of the cliief inagi.strate »f the pto ipre, « r that Ony would

wilfully* atien-nt, nf even , desere to destroy the hopes of a peace f.r which rthe Huperiritehdetit loid , fabored so hard, and -from Which he j had wqt! so much renown : nor cili we "ur.agine that. the ga!l.ant-eapfaiu j ! could view. with apprehehs'o.; I ! the fnrival of r timeqf peaceywiieu, i bot for a fresh cause >f .$tri?r. his ; j rnilitnry set-vices would no longor | j be requirwf, when he would tind ,| his oecupation gone," and wlwn j ! he tnight, with Alexander the j j Great, w«ep becanse thc ro were tio ! j more rio;ni"re fi- Ids'to conqtier. 'No, ; we most cbaritably cbhohide that | ihiere were other motiresas wonder - i ful and profound es thev are ju'st j "OV mvsterrous and unfaihomal) e, : Taamnga hitherto regardo i v J tlie hot bed of rebe 1! ' org w i- e re thc most wa- iikc trines of New ZcaI land have lou^ht for tiie inherit oico | and the bnnal piaces of their forej farhers, where tlie hest of Eno-]id) j i hiood has been shed, and mucli loiqerial treasure expended to pave the v.ay for the establisliment of a permanent and irnporta^t setflement. Tauranga, rich in naf.uri resources, wheuec.'an ooergi-t.i»» ah.dl indn-triops native T •• itiaiiori, and whieh Oue ; was the :;;ran;u\i of VPw .Zealand, wnen prnduce was sliippe ! for ports on t ho • i;ist now dependent. on the Australiau Gdonies for tli« r snpp'.ies. Taurana-a. which was to have become the last bitr!.- j field of ihe xi ion fo- an-f | i dep -n ii-iK'e, wa's reAeuify vi_ited 1 I > v the cdnei m o/iarate of the j provitw- ith a view ■ ' -t j it iiaeih-e sohitioo or ihe existiog uiSfercnces bctvVneb the t ;t)o moes » j This visit •- as sueee-s-f'ul beyond j iuiti ■ j and messn-iger^ w er.dpsn'.; ei; ■ S t» several tribes to'Tai , their' acquf-cenoe WHnt ■ as their' nnswerh i*1) v W"|- > 'Oniv ro -■ willinw* but 'were af . id t a thc r I woaiU ua ar.rested a-vFpuniytterl ii »e ; otnne. We have sneci-fl corii•muaications from the king ' ' uU. taere, statiiig that he has issued commarids to his people to abs-afn h'dm war, and has banbused tlufi rhting poi-! ion of the tribes fropi our disinct. But what has tiie. "ekpediticn aecomobsned ? Vv h.«t aro the eireUnastaneos which in some l foan-icr filight ■ justify a host il.e | proceeding. on our part? x Simply ; that a .''-linmk't of the, natives, \ ftsstrcd of thiiv prcsv-nt safet v on rhe fait'i of the Spperintendent ■catne for th* pnrpio'e of vrmoving the rem-.dns of their dead, jto which, n •; is weli known they attach great rever nce ; and their presence in our ttoigiihprhood cpeated groundiess aiarm. S«-'e v some hefcler reason shouid he f'oiind for the despatch of an arnwtd force into debateahle frronnd. Ttie public anii the vfoveruoent have a right to insist that the naiives should not at this criti'-al timo' be needlessly irritated bv offensi ve detnonstrations, and the ' pHfietmi] settlement of the distriet i just on the eve of its accomplish nwnt .be sacrificed tp gratify eithe i a politit.il piqne or an ambition fo ! military renown.