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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 393, 12 July 1866, Page 4

Unsettled State of the Disaffected Natives, The accounts we Lave to hand of the proceedings of the rebels in the Auckland province are most unsatisfactory. 1 hey seem by no means agreed to abide by the decision arrived at at their late grand runanga, to await quietly the departure of the or anything else that may turn up in their favor ; but, on the contrary to be possessed with another delusion which will probably lead them to the commission of more excesses both on the European settlements and the friendly natives. That they will themselves be the chief sufferers, there can be no doubt; but in the meantime they may commit no small amount of damage, and inflict much suffering upon the community. We have given from the Auckland papers such details as have come to hand, and which will suffice to show that the snake* of rebellion, though scotched, is not yet killed, and may yet give further proofs of its vitality. General Government Gazettes. By the Lord Ashley we have received General Government Gazettes bearing date June 23, 28, and 29. These contain, amongst other matters of interest, a notification of the appointment of Mr Pearce’s woolshed principal polling-place for the Mohaka district of Hawke s Bay; Mr E. S. Curling’s woolshed, Kopanga, principal polling-place for the Waimarama district; Mr Mathews’s store Hampden, and Mr A’Deane’s woolshed’ Ashcot, polling-places for the Waipuknrau district j Mr A. McLean’s woolshed, Maraekakaho, and Eev. S, Williams’s woolshed Te Ante, polling-places for the Te-Ante district; the Schooihouse, Havelock, a poll-ing-place for the district of Clive; Colonel Whitmore’s woolshed, Pekapeka, pollingplace for the Napier country district; and Mr H. S. Tiflea’s woolshed, principal polling-place for the same. Also, the appointment cf John Lavin, Esq., Keturning Officer for the Mohaka district; and the following gentlemen Deputy Returning Officers for the districts named respectively: John Baldwin Redward, Esq., Porangahau • Alfred John Cooper, Esq., Mohaka; Joseph Witlierow, Esq., Waimarama; William Rathbone, Esq., Te Aute; George Willis, Esq., Waipukurau. There is also a proelamation offering a free pardon to any accomplice in the murder of the late George Dobson ; and a reward of £2OO for information leading to the conviction of the murderers of’the four men at Nelson.