RUMOURS OF TE KOOTI.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 483, 28 July 1871, Page 2

RUMOURS OF TE KOOTI.

You will be glad to learn of tho news just to hand anenfc Te Kootj. , A.'despatch *' arrived per special messenger, from Mr. Ormond to Captain Porter here, to tho effect that our sable enemy was in the ;neighbourhood of Waikaremoana (Te Wairoa), having been surprised in his lair by some half-dozen men of the Native Contingent. Five were inudc prisoners, and one effected his esca.pe, from the band of about twenty which adhere to Hie cause of the beast. \ Itappears that a lortnight has elapsed since this event, so that aljhoiigh expeditions by'»land and sea are about-to start, no hopes are entertained of uu immediate capture. We shall hear further by the steamer to-morrow, from Napier, when 1 will advise you.

-. ' ; July 21. The Napier has arrived; By her we hear that it was Te Kooti himself who surprised some of Makarini's natives, who wero 611----sconsed at Luke Wnikaremoana, but beyond the usual amount of bunkum, and the narration of a small anecdote with re'specb to To Kooti's having called on Mr. Drummoml to take tea, and that that gentleman entertained him as, indeed,, he would any other angel, unawares, there is not much to rejoice orer.—[Poveufcy Bay Correspondent.]