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A PAGE FROM THE PAST TAURANGA FIFTY YEARS AGO - We take the following paragraphs from the Bay of Plenty Times of August 19, 1889: —
“By the s.s. Aorangi, which arrived last week at Wellington, there are two families for Tauranga. One of these families consists of nine persons. Unless these new settlers should be persuaded by our Aucklands friends to prefer the cold and dear clay lands of Auckand to our own warm, fertile, cheap loams, these new chums will have no reason to regret pitching their camps in New' Zealand.”
‘‘Owing to some of those entered for the race being unable to attend the rink on Saturday night, the event has been postponed till next Saturday night, and further entries can-be made up till next, Thursday evening. The following are the entries at present: —Messrs Haua, Rusden, Sunderland, Tapper, Irwin and Calloway. A polo match is being arranged' to be played in the Temperance Hall on September 7th between a Mercury Bay team and five of our local rinkists. The Tauranga rinking season will close on the 7th prox., so that lovers of the rink will have to get as much as they can in the remaining,,three weeks. A grand fancy dress carnival and ball is advertised to take place at the rink on the sth prox.”
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12826, 22 August 1939, Page 2
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221OUR Daily Features Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12826, 22 August 1939, Page 2
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