LATEST INTERPROVINGIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 168, 9 February 1867, Page 3

LATEST INTERPROVINGIAL NEWS.

THE REpBNT OUTBREAK AT TAURAN.GA. A Mo^m;{rom Wellington dated the 2nd^^jgives the following account :— Qri:J^l3 one Hundred and forty of ihe';W|^tto Militia Regiment, stationed At TaVirayga,. advanced to Irehunga, on *he Waifoa-i'^On the road a few natives wero seen^but no notice was taken of them.j AVshot^vas fired, striking Sergeant Hajor Erinb;ifl.;ths chest, and passing out At Ms ftack^THe militia' retired. JEnnis is since de;^*/ On the night of Jan. 20 about one Jmndred vaud ■{' seventy militiamen and volunteer^ marched to Wairoa. Early on tlie.mpching?of 'Jan. 23 they attacked Te Irehungav R'liere there were twenty-five rebels, who made a .short stand, killed a militiaman and fied. The village and crops were destroyed. On the same morning two hundred and forty of the J.2thißegiment had left Taaranga to co-operate with the militia. At eight o'clock. -they came in sight of the burning and moved to intercept the, rebels/ iiv rear of a second village (Waiwliata),i towards which the militia svere;seeh to be. jn'oceeding. The rebels M once fledV and the village and crops were destroyed. * The men/ of the 12th and the militia iliyided, -to; return by different routes. Subsequently the militia had a skirmish with a jparty- of natives, one man being killed;". ./;/>. <-/V '' ■ ■ ' Not more than thirty natives were seen jrt any time A ; None were killed, but it is probable spmeVwere wounded. The DefenceiMinister accomimnied the expedition,; / ' '■■''' The rebels are reported to be jnustoring, and the;Stu3rt is under orders to bring two jiundi^^Arawas and other reinforcements,;.',;/.; A large'siipply of guns, small arms, and Aunivunition: lias been sont,.froni Auckland. The Soutlieru Oross says, that if the Arawas unita cordially to fight against the 'j'auranga- Hau-haus, the afliiir will soon be over;?tf, they hold back, it may prove i\ serious '%sin l ess. Gerierai Cliute .and staff called at Tauranya On their^ay here tliree days ago, iutd remained^g TheJ-follHiviug additional particulars are from the \i)aibi Southern Cross of February On the 12 tli instant there marched out of camp, Te Papa, to take^ up a position the Wairoa (Otnanawa Creek), 120 men f*tif the Ist Waikato Regiment, under Captain "Goldsmith ; also 20 nien of'tlib.'.,' same regiment, under Lieutenan Pitt ; to occupy a" position down the stream. . On the foUdwing day Captain, Goldsmith moved some; of his men (about forty) across the ; AYairoa river, and marched them on towards Te lrehaiiga, a native, village: Here some, natives were seen, who waved towards the military, at the same time ia /.native observed .- hiuch nearer, to. the /advanced guard. No notice being taken/of the natives, the advanced guard; -\ra^|&3d on,' and the sergeant major of the regiment hit— the ball struck Him. in the > cliest," passing out at the back. (Sergeant iiia]6r;Emus has since died from the effects' pf His wound.) Some firing ya& kept up for a short time, andone nativeis said to -Have been killed. The nien retired>i'o their ciimp at the Omauawa; creek^ The i v . first intimation brought into" cvmp of this imforturiate reconnoitring expedition was conveyed by the'amval of the. wounded man. It was said this marching^acrO3s ithe river was contrary to. orders. Oolonel- Harrington at once went off to, learn the particJars. On morning the steamer Sturt, 'Captani/.F.aircluld, arrived from Wellington^ bringing despatcHes for the Hon. the Defence Minister. He was sharing the dis^mforts ' of camp life at the Wairoa aV.tiie'j. time. On His Hearing of the arrival ptthe i Sturt, he at once came into camp, tjhfortunajtely- his, letters passed liini. It soon became the talk of • TefPapa that some move was contem : plated prove dangerous. Several natives were armed with rifles, &c.y and sent off- to the front. A party of natives (Ngaiteraugi), I forgot to say, had left Te Papa the night before (Monday): in canoes for the Wairoa — the canoes, to be iiseii in crossing the troops. The next nibrniiig ( Wednesday) about 3.45, there sounded a bugle in the 12th lines, conjectures were formed— and correct.'/;- -A; little after three, Clolonel Haulteiii (iOihmanding, some- two hundred •men of :tiie'l2th Regiment marclied froni j Te Papia' to assist the colonial troops in tKeiriplucky adventure— the bearding of tb^;:rebols'}in tlwir own camps. It was pairttjo^^pljvn of the Defence Minister thaij'iffil^tst Waikato Regiment, the volunteer^land part of the militia should •Barly^m'rfHe. morning cross the Wairoa,/ and ■Sti|§k the natives at Te Irihanga, whereS^irgeant-Major Emus was shot a few d^fi^reyiously. It was understood that/tiie /rebels who took the survey instnHttMts/i&c., of Mr Henry Graham's pai^Zonvifche 3lst /pecember last, were lodged aphis place; Th^meh early in the morning, under ColoherHarrington, Of ;.the Ist, Waikato " Regiment, moved across the Wairoa river j and proceeded on their- ; march to Te IriHanga. Thenatives,' said. tp be about 25, were ready ijrepared. for them, but they soon fled, A stand was made for a time, and many shots passed from the rebels. H^re private' Ward, of <the Ist Waikato Regiment, fell mprtally" ■founded. The . village, once in the liands pf pur men, was ;. soon in ashes, and /the i;(Ji?pps ainipletely (^estroyed. . ; '■ : ■''-/■ ■ :: // i: //^v/ . ' ■;] During the niarcli froiu the; Wairoa to ■,»

ithe village, the men of the 12th Bfegimcnt had crossed the river Wairoa V'atigut .8.30, and jnarched up to MindeinsSjleiglits, where they had a view of the : village of vTe Irihanga, witnessing the engagement, with the destroying of the place.. About fifteen whares were burned, and several acres of corn and potatoes destroyed. This village was the residence of Peuetaka, a native of much influence lor evil among his neighbors, and one often in trouble. He was a principal at Te Rauga, and one of the party who threatened to murder any European found surveying on confiscated land ; he was also the leading man in the taking of Graham's surveying instruments and stopping the survey at Oropi. . By the time the men of the 12 th reached Waiwhatawhata, the men tinder Colonel Harrington were in possession, the natives having fallen back on Whakamarama, an extensive cultivation about one mile distant. This village was des troyed, also the crops— several acres of ripe corn. The day getting spent, and all satisfied with one day's work, the. 12th Regiment returned homewards— they must have walked some twenty-five miles from home to home. The men under Colonel Harrington returned by another route— crossing the clearing of Whakamarama. Wbeix tlie advanced guard (Lieutenant Turner's party) reached the head of the clearing, at this place, a heavy fire was opened by this rebels from some growing corn. Private Stephenson, of the Ist Waikato Regiment, was here shot (since dead). ' The natives were driven back tln'bugh the bush ; several men were seen to fall, but the nature of the ground allowed them to be earned away. Tlie men under, fire behaved admirably. This engagement 'was the warmest of the day. The stand-' ! ing corn here was very , fine— about thirty i acres — some, of the finest seen this year; . it was fired several times, but was not sufficiently ripe to burn. Everything capable of demolition was destroyed, including the houses ; 'ami the men marched to their quarters at theOmanawa Creek. Daring the whole day, not more than thirty rebel natives were seen. It is said ■ that five were killed— two at Te Irihanga, 1 and three at Whakamaraiv.a. •' Other expeditions are onfoot which have i not yet developed themselves ; but from i the aspect of native affairs in this district, ■ it is evident thata fierce conflict is likely - to. ensue.