The Tauranga Record.

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 52, 29 June 1868, Page 2

The Tauranga Record.

• M l\ L),\ V. .ICNt. 3 ', 1668.

With bearts resoKed, and harirfe preparad Tb# blessinge wa enjoy to guard,' f tv ikg to tbe rspect o* afairs have h.telv assmrn d, we find iliHt it will b* imjpns ible to earrv on tio nnhliention of the TURANGA I ECORI) anj hui r We have for some tiire | ast be n apj r» hei.sive of 1 1 tesult but have strnggied on agdnBt" many difbculties. ht ping almos' against hope, and firin in the nelh f tbat ih£*cej KSbiufi ivotild prove sbori4ived

nur hope in this re?p' et, however. 1 ave b en do « ed to Ksa] j oit tno nt. I he attraeti n of tfye Thames (m ]d Fields and u fficultv of btaioii g lai or in this dis triet have bteu the n earis of ean ing many of our popu laiion to have So great it dced .has the exodjus of our s ulers lately bec nie, tbat it is not an unconiiuon t ccutrt t.ee for vesse's fo bear aw. v h rtv jassergoa at a tin e. We have jerbaps betti j reniatnre in our att mpt to establisb awtekly paper in tb a 1 evlitv, stili, v e cannot li t think, tl.at v\itb a litile noie r fcognrion and sup|ort n ihe j ari of tlic ini abitants, niore particularly the busit tss p rti n inatiy ot tlie diffieulties we have bad to coiitend against wouid have bttn rc moved Ttie advantages to be derived front a i cal itewspaper to a eotiiparatively obseure place like tliis. ate too tiuitn r us and tiir riilest to call for rnuc h i oe ment on c tir | art. W e are not about to cnterinto anv j>at egyric on our own eonduet. or souud paens iti our owu j.rai.ve, but we tbink we mav salely aestrt without any unh connng egotibni thafc the RErohp has bad niore to do With briuging this playe under notiee tl.an it 1- generaiK t-r ditod with Newspape.s travel and manv things that 'tnii'b'f other^ise i e buried in blivion are by tbeir ageticv brought under puhlie nothe. It iias oeen n aii lyoving t> tbi want of Ft ] j rt on ti e jart of the rlalitatts of 1 auranga, bat we have been unable 0 iinprove, or niake the tieeessary additiou to the lui ehanieal dej artuent of ihe B CoRp aifd liave eonsequentlv been obliged to tuake a less credita|tle appeatai ce frotn v^eek to week, than we eeuld wisbed Altbough 'I a oranga n ay not yot be able to sujport tlie enter- | r se ef a weekly ne> sp; per » e tbink it will not be Fong l.en re the iinptoved ehcitntstatiees of the place, will j justify ti e establisbu ent of ; such a iournrJ. Tlie tide of . depression tnay not !aie ! teached its lov est ebb, indeed i mv ii cline to the helief that j it has not but tlie floed of ! } rosperity, tnust slowly hufe inevitably follow. To be pi. it , tlie undei iabje capa1 iliti« s au.d at racti njsr of t! m di tpct bas a j.lnce of settltu ent, ate bt coftiing n.atijp st to all, and it ti e 1 1 ative qmstian vas satisfac- ! torily settled. the influx of | settleiB would he veiy very great. 'Jauranga^ is uniitrgbitig a niark ed cbauge. o be n lrilitary^4it4Meei Jedly ou the wane* and a cial am

is seftiug iit. Tbis *e al*ays pr dicted would be the ea^e. althoiigh We always tboiigbt tl ecl at ge w uld havecoine about in a hss aqrupt n anner. V hile thc plaee is itr this transitive state, dultn'ss in trade and p cuniary difficu'ties are inevitable. It will only be in future vears when Tauranga bas atta'ned that pt sition for which slie is so eiiiinently fitted, that tlie fiercen ss of tl e ordenl ti rough v Ir'clt slie will ! ave passed will bcconie fully uianifest. It will be then when Tau» ranga sball rasik atnoeg the mogt noiable of eoloni l cities tbat a few of the ' oldest iiiliabitaiits ' w ill tbink with ^oiider of tiie little spot tbat ©lice bore that nauie. and »il! perebance r« metnber as they glance tlir ugb tbe well filled coiuriuis cf a h cal 4 Tinies ' or * Dispatch,' of that curious little paper tbat once;struggh d uttsuceesfully for an exisfence, and :nore t'ean si ffict d for the reqtiim»menfs of tlie |lace, Sonie cntious researcher into the inysti ries of bygone ages n ay eveti go so tar as to bnng to ligbt ihe fossil fetnains of a Hecobd, and electrhy the reading puhlie j^v a Tetter in tbe aforen entioned * I]aily 'I ilnes., ^-tting lortb the result of hfs di-eovety Wrbo knows ? This 's an r * f im r ibab @ dccttriences, and it would take little sb rt ot' a niiracle t o ct*( ate it i ti s a feel h ig- of anytiiitig akin to wouder.