PROSPECTUS or A WEEKLY PAPER, ENTITED THE TAURANGA RECORD AND BAY OF PLENTY EXAMIRER

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 11, 14 September 1867, Page 1

PROSPECTUS or A WEEKLY PAPER, ENTITED THE TAURANGA RECORD AND BAY OF PLENTY EXAMIRER

A serloin ci i-is lias non- nn ivei) in'tlie of t his distr icc. affoctr i "ir 't* peinruient prospcriiv. vvliicii, in tlie rpini »n of tlie proprictors, rcinl rs ir imperative th.-it a j'ounial, posscsfin^ rlie coufi It nce of Uic p:il)lic, i'it(.oi irv , (M'nlonr. a. IVoin lov il p cju l ees "r perso:ial attacks; s)iou!d he sun. plied t-> the inliabitants of thii \ery importuni nud pro ni^'.n^ loca!i;y. It is c'ear lo eve.r/ ca-ern*' oosor ver tli.it t'.ie min is of rlie pu!)iu> liarj reaently 'oeeii e.'ie-l up vi ihe poli v lie e:»ft r ' o he pu: eivd. W'y l:.ive ju-t learned t. at i'i proper I>and3, a id ' i 1 a pr 'p. r niantier, peace m iy l>e secured * .tho'.it liloods'ied. Tiie naiives ary n >: i i 1 i s, > >s*i to Jisten t-) rea-

so i wiiea do n >t approach them . nitli tlie gun in onr han i, arol, ihoiigji we I tinent ihe great c.>st «t blood and tre.isure at wliieh tliis knowledge has be 11 pmchasfid, jet io niay r.ot after all be t!n\>wn awjy, if amity betwefn the two races, inerease of p >pu'ati »i» . I ea I iidtisiry a 1 I internal prosperity are tlie result.

Ii is neadless fnrus to poim to ihe unasuiil natural adyaMtages whieh the district possesses To a heanrtiful harbor, sec >n.l only to Auckland, o i the Eait Coast. i ito which sliips of v\ar can enter at low water, to ihe 1 numerable inl ts wiiicli a] most surround as matiy promontories of fertile land, waiting for industrions hands to wield the spadiOr tlie plmijrh tliat liare been kept srili b_r the danger — real nr imn^inary — nf warlike attacks, lut wiiicli oiay nnw fetu lessly broceed to turn tliis liitherto silent wilderness ltito a countrv tlotied witli lliriviriw "r fai-tns, a.td* happy bomes, wliere tlie musicuf cliildieu's toices, and tlie various sounds of eheei f'nl i dustrv slioll rclio frnm inany a lull and dale, and announee tliat tlie time lias now arrived wlien " swords sltall be iurned into ph uglislin|'es,'' wlien ' griur-visaged war ' slinil gire place te peace. confentment. iind abundai ce, and when this beautifu bay sliirll btconie in a hundred.Iold

greateiKlegree w li.it Cnptuin ("in.k il^mi-d ir a Itundred years agn, tlie ilav oi Plenly. Tiverc is c vtry rcnsdii to lirdieve tliat a briglit iuture nf. prosperity ir about M bpen n 'ifiuitinga, bis , ilonur's reeent rislt to tlie district liftving lind ihe inost nncourag.tng effects, 'I he gre .t q'ucstioVi of the lan Is of tlie natives has beei, settlcd i t their sii'.isfaetion Tliosc wlio wero friemlly bt l'nre, are morc fi iemily than ever. tliose wlvo were neutral, are Iriends, w ilethose wlio were in active hosti.ity, are now conipartitivcly neutral, or at Jeast indispined to tako ari ige sieps of luisiiiify against again'st us. 1 his has, to ro ue extent. bfgnii to re i ti toR the Si-ttl. r. iniiMy of whoiii Imve for fiinri time beeu waiiiiMr lllio i ! ;lfbs«.vi: in II iiln.o. „F | t.finty, l.nf liavo in, a drsappeareil, haviog ciilu-r pr cceded to tlu-ir .lands, or ot erwise foimd eiuphiy. men . Tlvesc are fcalims tliat ua thcirtselves j ti i i f'y tlie proprietor.s in puUishing a jieicspaper on a mo:e enlarged i-caiii tliaa ihe oue wiiicli has prroeyled it. It is tlie dct'eriniuation of tiie pro. priyiors to und. rtnke timi t.iris piin r slinil he condueted witji tlie i.ecessary ahility. and tliat it siiali sivpph a vciy eo .sideiai.l.' am oii'.it 'of hig matter, both lona't niu! gereral.

ori^r.ial a:id selecr, jpnl. iint thongli ihe wtdlaie ;oid pVo-peritv ■ I the di tii. t shu'l 1 >e its primnrv ol-j ct, yet tnn;teis of in»>re geiu-rd inlerest will not 1 >o ovjerlo ke.i, nnd will'be treated with fairnes', trutb. and lio, esty. The Tauranga Ar^iis Iiaving now changed h uuis, it is propos d ' to produce this nap-r m a more

extended scale. Its issue \\ill be once a week. nnd, to (onunenee With tiie p p?r will be the &anie size as the Argus. Arranoemeuts are > « w complete l for orgnuising an cIH.ient s.alT, so tliat ncevonf of importance will pa-s ulirecorded, and a gr, at quantity of readin^ matter wiTl be supplietl. An addiii >i) to the plai t. about to be procured, will enalde tbe new p-oprietors to produce a pap r supei ior in appearance to its predeOpotiki, our sistcr settlement, sliall eommand a large share of attciilion, lier ititercsts heiug identi cal with our oivn, and to this end ihe prnprietors will seenre the ser. viees ofanaVeand relinble conespondent.