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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 651, 28 January 1869, Page 2

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THE WEST COAST. HAUHAU ATTACK OH A R| CONNOITRING PARTY. TWO EUROPEANS KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED. [PiiOM OUB OWN COBEKSPONDENT.]

Wellington, Jan. 27, 10.26 a.m. I An extra published by the Wangi nui Times yesterday says - At half-past 5 this morning a rl connoitring party, while returnhJ to a redoubt situated on the mat road leading to where Moore’s houJ was burnt down, were fired on by I party of Titokowaru’s men. Til volley was a deadly one; Thoiuaj Cummings and Kelly, Armed Con stabulary, fell mortally wounded and Frank Williamson was shot through the thigh. The assailants then rushed for ward and tomahawked Cummings but the men from Lyon’s Redoubt were quickly upon them, and opened fire, which compelled them to rej treat.

Dr. Walker in a very daring manner carried off Kelly’s body before it could be tomahawked. The poot fellow had been shot through the breast, and death must have been instantaneous.

It is nob known whether any oil the enemy were killed; but they] must have suffered some loss from the volleys which compelled theirj retreat.

The Auckland Anniyersaey RegattJ is announced to take place on Friday (tomorrow,) 29th inst. Evening Independent.— The above i| to be the title of a journal which wiU I pear shortly in Dunedin. i

Resignation. —Mr Jas. O’Neill, mem*| ber for Auckland City West, in the IleusJ of Representatives, has resigned his seat. The Taeanaki (s.)~The wreck of the above vessel is advertised to he sold bj auction, at Wellington, early next month. The Late Capt. Shown.— The Nev Zealand Advertiser says: — The name oi Sub-Inspector Brown, killed at Ngatapa, was Duncan Michie Brown, not as stated in yesterday’s Evening Post.

Fijian Weekly News.— Mr T. Johnson, late of Westport, who was the pub* Usher of the Fijian Weekly News, hai stopped the publication, for a time at least, as being in advance of the requirements of the settlement. Struck by Lightning —We take the following from the Taranaki Herald of the 16th inst.: —Luring the heavy thunder-! storm which passed over this town last; Thursday, we believe two boys named Eo-; gers, while returning to their homes at Omata from haymaking, were struck by lightning. The lads were quite insensible when brought into town, but wo are happy to hear that they are gradually recovering from the shock.

New Zealand Inter-Colonial Mail Steam Service. —Tenders are invited by the New Zealand Government for the performance of a four-weekly steam service* according to time table* for the conveyance of Her Majesty’s mails, both ways, between Hobson’s Bay and Wellington, for a period of 12 months, commencing at Hobson’s Bay on the 19th March, 1869. Tenders will be received at the General Post Office, Wellngton, until Monday, the Bth day of February, 1869.

An Expensive Etjxuby. —A man re* cently ascended the column in the Place Yeudome, Paris, for the purpose of com* mitting suicide. As he was about taking the fatal step, a gentleman touched him on the shoulder and said—“ My friend, be care* ful what you do. There is a fine of one thousand francs for leaping from the top of this monument.”' The man walked down the spiral staircase, not haying the means.to indulge in such a luxury.

Discovert of Extensive Ruins is Arizona. —A party of surveyors in Arizona engaged in exploring the country for railway routes, lately came upon some very extensive ruins on the banks of the Little Colorado river. They extend along the river for many miles. Some of the walls of the buildings are yet in their places, and stand six or eight feet high. The old irrigating canals and ditches are yet in a fair state of preservation, and may bo traced for miles. The ground is strewed with broken crockery ware. The party fouud some nearly whole vessels of curious form. The ware seems to be. of a different quality and finer than that found at most of the ruins in Arizona Many of the walls of the buildings were built of hewn stone, and put up in a workmanlike manner. To all appearance,, here once stood a city of many thousands of inhabitants. Who they were or to what tribes they belonged, there is no record left to show. On the east bank are the ruins of a large structure or castle, covering several acres of land. Some of the walls are yet standing to the height of 2ft or SO foot,—Ciapatoh and Yan guard.