NEWS FROM THE NORTH.

Dunstan Times, Issue 355, 12 February 1869, Page 3

NEWS FROM THE NORTH.

(Abridged from the Daily Times telegrams. Wellington, Feb. 5. Later news bas been received from Wanganui. The name of the constable wounded at Nukumaru is Hassard. His wound is in the temple, and is a very severe one. The last occasion on which the enemy were seen was at midnight on Tuesday, when they fired a volley on Major Fraser’s men. When at daylight a rush was made by a storming party of the Arawas, the enemy were found to be ail gone, and the disappointment felt by our troops was terrible. The Wanganui Cavalry started at once on the trail of the fugitives, and were followed by the other troops, who took possession of Wereroa pah, andwenton to Perekamapah. While burning the latter, the rebel party appeared and fired several volleys at Kemp, who, with the Wanganui Cavallry, had volunteered to take part in the action without pay, He crossed the gully and drove the enemy for some distance, when they were reinforced, and Kemp with his thirty nien was forced to retreat with the loss of one man kielld. Kemp’s men behaved splen - didly. Five of them charged the enemy, of whom they killed two and wounded three. On Kemp’s force falling back* Colonel Lyon came up, but owing to the high fern, he could not see the enemy, so that after three of his men were wounded, he retired a short distance to get them conveyed off the field. The other divisions then came up, but our men were all so tired that they were unable to follow the enemy. Our forces are now all camped at Wereroa and the rebels are supposed to be camped in the vicinity. The following is a list of the casualties on our side:—Killed, Hori, one of Wirieana’s w men, whose body is in possession of the rebels, who shouted out that they would eat his heart. Wounded, Constables Roach, Murray, and Timms. The Wanganui papers-express fears that the campaign will be a protracted one; but they unite in praising Colonel Whitmore’s plans, and state that the escape of the enemy was due to no fault on his part. It is stated that Colonel Whitmorehas received a letter form the Governor directing him to arrange with Commodore Lambert for the landing of one hundred sailors. On Monday evening, Colonel M‘Donnell, while go’ng from wanganui to the Front, was fired at by some Hau-haua in ambush. One bullet grazed the calf of his leg, and he returned to Wancanui in consequence. The wound being slight, however, he rejoined his divisisn next day. A ease of suppose 1 small-pox has taken place at Eangitiki, The patient, a man of

color, was taken to Wanganui, but the doctors there refused to admit him into the Hospital, and kept him in a tent. Every precaution has been to prevent the spread of infection. The Auckland papers mention a rumour from the Uriwera country to the effect that To Kooti had died of his wounds, and also that the friendly natives at Turanga, having received a message from the Maori King, asking them to let Te Kooti’s hand pass unharmed to the Waikato, replied that they would lay down their lives rather than let one murderer pass. Kemp, in his official report of his late skirmish with the enemy, says that five rebels were killed. Letters which have been received by the Government, place the fact of Te Kooti’s death from his wounds beyond doubt. Captain Finnimore has been promoted to the rank of Major. Colonel Haultain is expected to arrive at Wanganui shortly in the Sturt from Auckland. Nelson, FeV 5. The Auckland papers announce that Mr. Kennedy, manager of the Bank of New Zea. land in that city, has become a bankrupt. The cause of hi- insolvency is the cost incurred in improving two thousand acres of poor land. The “Herald” says that his liabilities are mostly outside the Bank. My own private information is, that they amount to £76,000, of which £6,000 are due to the bank. The Thames goldfield s arelookingup again. Mr. J. Monroe has been elected member for Wanganui, in the room of Mr. Hull, resigned The race-horse Satellite, which was lately burnt in its stable at Epsom, was valued at 1,000 guineas -