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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 627, 25 January 1870, Page 2

(From, the WesS.Obaat Times) Napier, January 23. Colonel M'DonnelTs force reached Wai-, tnahana, near P/atetere country on the , 20th irist. Topia and Kemp; with 370 men, reached thers onthe:saine day, and the whole advanced on the 21st. Colonel M'Donnell is, iv communication with Mr H'Lean at Tauranga. A body of Arawas, are advancing upon Patetere by Purakau,, Colonel Frazer. and force advances by Wakamataina. These movements are in concert with those of Colonel M'Donnell^ Te Kooti attacked a.Ngatirankau settle-* raent, called Kokako, near Tapapa, and captured all the people except two men, who escaped and carried the news to Rotorua. Neison, January 22. The Auckland news, to the 20th con-, tains conflicting statements about Te Kooti. It appears certain that he offered to surrender conditionally, and Govern-^ ment refused. Mr Firth had seen Te Kooti, who said he considered the time, for fighting hau ceased, and if the Pakeha would let him alone he would cease killing settlers, sett] ■ down quietly and cultivate the land ' Tapapa, with Hataraia. He wants by gones to be bygones, but if jumped upo on all sides he will fight it out. Te Koot ; wished to see "his friend M'Lean an talk." He followed this up by writir telegrams for Pollen, in. substance a above. In the telegram he alludes to hhri r being hemmed in. The SoutJtern Gross says :■ — " Te Koot' has been driven by oni: troops to his present position, and that the King is neutral, in order to keep the fighting off his land. The King in effect says, do not attack Te Kooti on my land. I want peace. And to Kooti he says, leave my district ; do no evil in it. The Thames Times says :— " That the Hau Haus have left the Upper Thames, and it ia supposed have gone to join To Kooti." Edapata, a friendly chief, has sent for Europeans, and a lot of diggers went to help in defending him against Te Kooti. Vague rumors are current about Te Kooti's intentions. He is still at Tapapa,, and some think he will enter Ohinemuri, in which case our troops will follow, and i the country there will be opened. j The Northern papers condemn the jj withdrawal of the troops. jJE