TAURANGA.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 7, 25 September 1872, Page 3

TAURANGA.

f Ul ' name- Taoh*ftg* was formerly applied juSS frequently »s now* to a district of considerable axtfWm nieUicluifr both sides of the harbour. The stta nibSSl present town was called To Papa. The most rcms WM mo3o natural feature one observes in connection wM laurnngo, and that too at a distance of many mii W is Me Mount Mwungmim, «00ft. Bigh. standing ah |®S nt the enrrau-o to Ji,- harbour, and by its she! wrlordiug side aii'...ov- I(j . c against the moat nramiil Wm Wlnds :„ e .-o la rri‘; top. ,„f.this bill one gets «™ M—initgmlicmt view, and hers mnrp than a esntur *ssH a half ago was a Satnous p>«, the residence of JpBB greater portion ol the native population. It however, destroyed by the Ngaetiruniri when ttiM took possession of Tauranga. ” .<|gl Tho Bay of Plenty after the departure of Captdsß Cook was not for mahv years again risited vessels ; hut. in .IS-i the schooom* Hertll came to Tauranga, a .place then of great important!® sinee »(Ur« imormed by Mr. Wilson in “ The 'I? % x *: aharoa, ’ i ho N gaet imngi could muster S.'sSBB lighting men, and possessed upwards of 1,000 oanoJSB In 1831 a mission station was established at To imu aft rrwarii*. a few Kuropea h located thet||B selves amongst the natives {or Trading purposes. t »‘ic natives got settled and their wars died but,” thiH \ !o work and grew great quantities of wheat, |fl have heard say that in one year' 30.000 bushels .wofiH exported. 'Still no regular, feu rope an settlement formed bayotid the mi a* ion station* r Xhp first Ouml th.it, brought Tauranga prominently forward, was UtH : native rebellion of 1803; Tiio*%aertrangljoined till rebels, and a large force, both naval and, military, sootf| al orw.irds came-to To Papa. 1.86-1, wasfcbo data |IB " ! he Gate Pti,” of which tho Cemetery,in T’anraalß onntair# eome sad ndifs, whilst an , almost tmniarkei I spot, some six miles away cm bo pointed out, asth ?l B cJtmrou grave oi the natives who perished, at TVB Har LK .' Shortly afterwards, whep 1 visited TaurangJlß it was strictly speaking a military station, containing! m addition to the soldiers’ hute, . tonte. und otheii •i nipomry buildings, only’four bouses besides thllß UUSI.SOU church ami schoolhouse. No ono could comKl or gu without the sanction of the officer coitimimdiuglfw tho place being under martial law. Besides th«l Imperial troops a great portion of. tho* Ist WaikatHl Militia Hcf*iu>out was a*ntinni*d bt who were iiestnied to become its future am tiers. ThdS| country having become pretty quiet, surveyors wefJsl employed to lay out tho lands, which to the extent oil , o0,(!0<) acres were confiscated. * The Imperial iroop?||| j tho exception ul ssouio 3SGO,. were retncjvod^l j liouscf, stores, and hotels were built in the tovvashiiffl j hrst surveyed aoj lining tho beach, and for a limsfl i luiugs appeared to go on smoothly and quietly, whft®l I ai: uuwv, consequent, 1 believe, on tho prog* ess oM] : the suritys, which'gave umbrage to gome of thJ| I 111 • ho vicinity, hostilities again commenced lan* I die latter cud of 1 Sfjfi, re mu ting in the loss of wveraM , va.caine hves and n temporary stagnation in llu$: pro-iiects of the inhabitants, fir though many of tuefi military settlers (even of tho let. Waikato Hogirnent.\B V»nrl huilf **t\i »•>.»>..* j-i.-:.. . TV . /.jgS ’ "r . *: — w :» wyu- (jtiuriuv-ucrD adjoining tne civil township, it was unsafe for them® to attempt io go on their C;() tmre form*. One unfor-8 lunate man having been shot by the natives whilsSrp i tmdeavouring to Uu so. .No sooner, howovor, wereK ; the lands e.U mirvcycd and allotted when Te Kooti*.# | escaping from the Chatham -islands, lauded on the* : Jiast Coast. Tho timss.mi’o at Poverty Bay took"« jilaee, nnd wars, end rumours of wars tigain, became the topic of the day. Tauranga hurl Its share of' alarms, and on one occasion tho women and wore many of Hum sent away for safety. A small ivdoubl was t uiit on the site of Onto' Pa; and a bio(;khon-e lit i'yo’s pr,, about eight'miles further inland ; ut »u Kooti never oame' nearer than! i’in.-nai.!-i ,t about. J 5 ml-lefc), where he was j u.et i ;ii,* Colonial Jorccs, ,tho Imperial troops! .id left tho country. i<inco, then (18G0) con- I fidei i .* imp grudualh been the number of J ■ housi s tins mcyoaeetl both in Tauranga acui-Gfoorthb q a nuhinr; . tilcmeul ooly three tnihe fgom the 1 nml liiuuii-f ds of ncres of ngriculfcnrtilland hare been ! I am. *> i u.t i lubugl t under tho ploughi . f TRAViUXEII.