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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIV, Issue 612, 14 September 1868, Page 2

The News rE»r the West Coast.— ■iho mail for England which left Wellington on Wednesday last, was just in time to be t ne bearer of the disastrous news from the W est Coast which was received in Napier on that day. "\V hat will they sav in England? The Wellington Independent, IGth September, appears in mourning for the death of Ton Teiupsky, Buck, Hastings, Ac.; its leading article will be found elsewhere, and will well repay perusal. Foot Co>"s tabu laky Fokce.— We understand that < ULrts arc now being made by Captain Tuke, A.C.F., (who lias been left behind for that purpose) to raise a foot constabulary force of 25 men. It will be remembered that the Government raised a small body c-f volunteers recently “ for a short trip to Poverty Bay,” whom they discharged immediately after their return to Napier. Had the services of those men been retained, there would have been no necessity now to raise a foot constabulary force. It would be difficult to say where Captain Tuke will find even so small a number as 25 to jo;n Tie proposed corps. A.ilE EVGIKH A: AIL Via S . 1 7 arrived St the Bluff on Thursday last, 10th inst,, per »,s, Otago.