IMPORTANT FROM WANGANUI.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 116, 18 May 1863, Page 3

IMPORTANT FROM WANGANUI.

The Chronicle reports that last week about forty natives, armed to the teeth, passed the Brunswick Station on their road to Taranaki, and they reported that about 200 had gone by a route further inland. From a reliable source it is said, “ the natives are very confident in their own powers. They are preparing for a final struggle. From a private letter which has been "obligingly shown us, we gather that “ Big Joe,” of old notoriety, had arrived at Wanganui from New Plymouth on a powder-purchasing expedition ; and that 150 natives had crossed the river northwards, including a number from Ahuriri. In the face of intelligence like this, one of our contemporaries publishes an Extra without a word of Taranaki news in it, and the other still persists in asserting that the peace of the country will be preserved.— New Zealand Advertiser, May 2. A correspondent at this place (Wanganui) furnishes us with the following native intelligence:— * Wanganui,'ApriF22,’ll a.m. To-day two hundred (200) armed natives start from up the river for a large meeting to be held up the coast, the object of which was to discuss matters relative to Tataraimaka, and whether the tribes about this part shall assist the Taranakis and Ngatiruanuis in driving the soldiers off Tataraimaka. What I can gather from them is, that they are determined to oppose the Governor and will not give up Tataraimaka unless he gives Waitara to W. Kingi. These natives here will join the Kingites, it is unanimously agreed to by the runanga. This meeting is to be held on the 29th, 50 miles from here. — Wellington Independent, April 30.