PROSPECTUS of A WEEKLY PAPER, ENTITLED THE TAURANGA RECORD. AND BAY OF PLENTY EXAMINER.

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 4, 27 July 1867, Page 1

PROSPECTUS of A WEEKLY PAPER, ENTITLED THE TAURANGA RECORD. AND BAY OF PLENTY EXAMINER.

A sorious cri-'f '• has now arrived i:i the affairs of tiiis distriet. affeotinw its peuuinent . -prospcrity . whieh, in the.cpinion of t.iie proprictors, renders it imperalive tliat a i 0 ! 1 f 1 a ? » 1 p'- ■ •"■OM" tio confl 1 tito of tlie p-.iblic, inG'o-rity, candonr, and tt freedom frorn lo t;ii prejml ces or pe rson.iil attacks, should be supplie i to tbe iiihuhita its of t his very important and promi-ii)r locality. It is clear to every citrefu: obsei- 1 ver that tlie miuUs of tbe pubbc j have reeentlv lieen enfiorhieiieil ! u poi) the pokey liereaft- r io be pur j 8'ied We liave just leaFned tiiiit in proper bands, timi in ii proper manner, pe.tce m ty be secured without bloodshed. The nativcs are not. i i li^pojel to li-tten to reason wlien we do not approuch the.ir

witli tiie gun in o'ur liaod, and, t lioujjii we I '.tneiit the oreat e >st of blood ;tnii tieasure at -which t his knowie.'ye !.as oe n pn-C ' k 1, v.-t it inay r.->t iifter ali tio tlirown away, if nnf y lietvveeij tlie, tw ract -i, i'lereaso ,qf p pu'ation. i -a! indnstry a id internal prospa.ty are the resuli Ii i- needless f'>r iis t-- point to iIk» unusual liatural ;td van:are's whieh tli ■ distriet po-s-esses I'o ;t heautil'ul liarbof.9ecuido.nly to Auck-j laii l, on the I'uist Coast-. i ifco whieh j shipsof i\ ar cau enter ai lnw water, to the l mjtnerable inl ts wi ieh al ; niost surro'u'nd its m.any proniontories of fertile land, waitine for indus fions han s to wield tlie spatforiliepl uioh that have heen kept stiii bv the dan^er — real or i makiri ar\ — of warlikc attacks, !>;it whieh m ' y now feai lessly hroeeed to tuni tliis hitherto siieni wilderness ipto a eonutry dotted with ( liri vi nr faims, ai d happy hoines, ultere the musicof ehiilien's voiee- and the various suuims of eheerful i dustry shall cho from many a hilf and da e, and anuoui.ee that the "fime has now arrived wlien " sWords shall be turned iut o plnu^hsbares,'' when ' gi Im-visaged wai- ' shall give place te peaee. ea'nfent ment, and abundauce, and wlien thisheautilu fcuy shall btcome iu a huudred-iuld

S i^SSiS^SlffSBSSSSS greater deoree what Captain Cook named it a hundred years ago, the Bay of Plenty. There is every reason to -believe that a bright futare of prosperity is about to open on Tauranga, "his llqnor's recent visit to the distriet having liad the inost encouraging effects The great question of the lanls of the ii a ti v ea has been setllod to their sa'iTaction. Those who were iriemi ly before, are more fs iendly than ever, those who were neutral, are friends, while those who were in active hostility, are new ccmparatively neutral, ' or at least indisposed to .taho, active steps of hostility agaiiist- against us. l'his has, to sotne extent, begun to tell i npon tlie settlers, nhmy of whoni I di-rve for so|ne - tuxse been wauing : about tlie lowu in a state of tinceri tainty, but have no-.v disappeared, | baving either proeeeded to their lauds, or otberwise found einploymeiu. Tltese are i'catures that in tli nselves ju-tifv tlie proI riefors in pub isliing a newspaper on a more enlarged sc.ile than the oue whiclHias preceded it. Jt is t!:e detennination of the proprieiors to ilndertake tliat tiiis pap r shall Ro condncted witli tlie necessary abiiily, and tliat it shall Mipply a very considerable amount of reading matter. both local aiid 'rmeriiL

ori.inal and select, a»-d, tliat : f hongi) the wellare and prosperity | oi tlie' distriet shall be its priniarv ; »i j ct. yet nuiiteys of ino.re generd | inierest wdl not he overlo keu, and | will be treaied with fairness, truth | and honesty. The i'iiuranga, Argus having now changed lianns, it is propoS d u. produce tiiis pa per on more extended seale. Its issue will be once a week.and. to Comnvence witli : ti-.f p per will be the samc size as | tli Aigusl Ai rangemeuts ai-e -uiw i eompltted for orgiinising an effi-ient s'aff. so tliat nc-event of importanee will pa-s unrecbrdeil, and a great quantity of reading matfer will be supplied. An addilion to the plant, about to be procuivJ. wili enable tiie new proprietors to j noduce a pa per superior in appearance to its predeeessor. Opotiki, our sister settlement, shall conjmand.a iarge share of at-ti-ntion, ber iuiei'ests bting identi c;J with our own, ;ind to tbis end the prupt'ietors will secure rhe services ofababie and reliable -correspondent. •