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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 7, Issue 458, 23 January 1864, Page 3

Expedition to Taubanga.— An expedition is shortly to start for Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty, and about 40 miles this side of the East Cape. Of the strength of the force to be sent there, or of the" means of conveyance we have aa yet no information that we can use as reliable, except that we know that certain drafts of men have arrived in Auckland within the last day or two for that service. We may state, however, that there is reason to believe that the ' Miranda' will be employed in the expedition. The ' Tawera ' has been chartered to convey a load of bullocks there for the use of the troops ; and she will probably leave here either to-morrow or the following day. There seems to have been some misapprehension as to the destination of the expedition, owing to the confusion of names ; Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty, and Turanga, in Poverty Bay being confounded with each other* After what we have said it is hardly necessary to say that it is to the former place the expedition is going ; at the same time, we may observe that we have no reason to doubt in the least that the information we gave to our readers in Friday issue as to the settlers desiring protection at tha last named place is not perfectly correct ; on the contrary, we have received assurance that it. is-— Southern Oross, Jan. 19. To the Editor of the Eatoke'a Bay Herald, Sib, — In your report of what I said in the* Provincial . Council (on the subjeot of the Ahuriri Plains) you have used the words "East ' Cape,", instead of Ahuriri. May I request you to notice , this in your nest issue. Youra truly, Jan, 21, 1864-, WM. Coxawwa. ,