Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1869. ANOTHER MASSACRE.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 658, 22 February 1869, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1869. ANOTHER MASSACRE.

Again it is our painful duty to record the perpetration of ano bher massacre by the natives—one, we fear, which, when the sad details are known, will prove to have been accompanied with acts of treachery on the part of the murderers; for our telegram speaks of no resistance being made. Another minister of religion is numbered amonsrst the victims—one, too, who had, as was the case with the lamented Volkner, probably spent the prime of his life in striving to do them good. Of the equally sad news from Wanganui we are at a loss to speak. ; It does, indeed, seem strange that men in the midst of danger should venture as the foraging party did, and, as it would appear, unarmed. Taken together, these things give us an indication of the future policy of the rebels, which appears to be to spread in detached guerilla parties over extensive districts of difficult country, and by massacres and ambuscades on unsuspecting parties to inflict deadly damage upon the European settlers. We can only hope that a day of reckoning is at hand. Shocking as is the news from the West Coast, contained in our telegrams, the chapter is not complete without some reference to that brought in by the Ahuriri on Thursday last from the East Coast with reference to the movements of Te Kooti. No actual outbreak had, it seems, occurred, but affairs wore so threatening an aspect that the Resident Magistrate was induced to cull the settlers in into the military settlement. From the Upper Thames, too, strange news has come—being no less than that a certain cjisaffected organisation of Europeans has made treasonable overtures to the rebels, with the view of an alliance, offensive and defensive, against the!!

Queen's rule. Happily the suspicions of the Maoris proved too strong to allow of their falling into the scheme; but no punishment can be too great for the traitors that made such an attempt.

The West Coast. —We publish this morning a communication from a correspondent at the Front. Our own correspondent's " Narrative of Events " in unavoidably excluded. The General Assembly.— A General Government. Gazette dated Monday, 15th February, contains a Proclamation further proroguing Parliament until Wednesday, the 14th of April next. Sporting.—The match between Mr Maney's Count and Mr Baldwin's Fenian, for £2O a-side, distance one mile, took place on Saturday last, and was won by the former horse Count was ridden by his owner, and Fenian by Mr James Hague. Fire on the Spit.—This morning about two o'clock a fire broke out in an out-house on the premises of Mr A. Schon, and immediately contiguous to the Times premises. It was happily discovered in time to pre\ ent it spreading to other buildings, of which at first there seemed great danger; but by the timely aid of the neighbors who were quickly at hand, and plenty of water, it was speedily extinguished. Nothing is known as to its origin.