The Native Rebellion.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 6, Issue 300, 24 August 1865, Page 3

The Native Rebellion.

THE BAST COAST. FURTHER OUTRAGES BY THE PAI MARIEES. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A SETTLER AND HIS WIFE. PREPARATIONS FOR FIGHTING AT WHAKATANE. DEPARTURE OF 900|NATIVES FROM MAKETU TO FIGHT THE HAU-HAUS. CONSTRUCTION OF AN ENORMOUS PAH AT WHAKATANE. [From the New Zealand Herald, August 16. J Bt the schooner Hope, which arrived yesterday morning from Tauranga, we have the following additional items from the East Coast:— At Wangamata the Pai Marires went to the house of a settler named Graham, and demanded money, and upon being refused, they knocked the man down, kicked him, and otherwise ill-treated him in a most brutal manner. Whilst lying senseless on the floor they ordered his wife to open the •chest containing the money, which she at each time refused, and to each of her refusals the poor fallow Graham received further ill-treatment. After taking the rings off Mrs Graham’s fingers, the wretches went outside the house to korero and to decide upon further atrocities, and iu the meantime Graham and his wife escaped from the whare into the bush, where they still were when we last heard, but surrounded by natives. The natives then took possession of the whare and its contents, and •the place soon became a complete wreck. Graham •is spoken of as being a very harmless aad inoffensive man, and well liked by the friendly natives. He is a ship-builder by trade, and was engaged •building a cutter for Captain Sellars when this oc-curred-at Wangamata. •A‘further report had reached Tauranga, just before -the Hope sailed, stating that the whole affair had occurred through a drunken spree, aud ■that -Graham and his wife had returned home, and had ail his -things restored to him by the friendly natives. This, however, required confirmation. • Three hundred friendly natives had left Maketu in canoes for the purpose of going to Whakatane, to assist Webster iu getting revenge for Fulloon’s murder. Another detachment of 400, under the •chief Hata, had also gone from Cape Runaway to Whakatane for the same purpose. 200 Ureweras 'were also on their way from places inland of Ruo•toko. Great preparations were being made at Whakatane for fighting ; an enormous pa, said to be the largest ever erected iu New Zealand, had •been thrown up at Otamauro, and the greatest -excitement prevailed in the surrounding districts. Fighting was expected to commence every day, -and the friendly natives were determined on revenge. We shall no doubt bo in receipt of further news ■ from this quarter during the course of the week.