Eastern Bay of Plenty Eastern Bay of Plenty Eastern Bay of Plenty is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, which existed for one parliamentary term from 1993 to 1996, and was held by National's Tony Ryall. Based on the 1991 New Zealand census, an electoral redistribution was carried out. This resulted in the abolition of nine electorates, and the creation of eleven new electorates. Through an amendment in the Electoral Act in 1965, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, so the new electorates increased the number of the North Island electorates by two. In the South Island, one
Steamboats of the Oregon Coast 1906, the propeller steamer "Juno" (32 tons) was built at Marshfield and placed on the Umpqua River service by the Umpqua River Steam Navigation Company. Siuslaw Bay is yet another large shallow bay on the Oregon coast, with its entrance about 24 miles north of the mouth of the Umpqua River. The Siuslaw River widens into the bay, which meets the ocean near the town of Florence. In 1890 or thereabouts, the "Moonlight" was placed in service on Siuslaw Bay and its various back channels. Yaquina Bay, like Coos Bay, is another shallow coastal bay on the Oregon Coast. The