Interprovincial Items.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 760, 10 February 1870, Page 3

Interprovincial Items.

TAXI RANG A. [*PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, Saturday morning, Fob. 5, 1870. The p.s. ‘ Sturt,’ Captain Fairchild, has just arrived from Tauranga. She brings important news. On the evening of Thursday last, 3rd inst., Colonel Fraser, w T hile marching in search of Colonel M‘Donnell, was surprised at Pangaroa, about lb miles from Tauranga. Three men were killed on our side—one European named Whittle, and two friendly natives. Sub-Inspector Croop and 4 others were wounded. If there is any loss on the rebel side it is not known ; it is believed there was none. As soon as the enemy had fired a volley they bolted to Kakaroa, a settlement adjacent in the bush. This attack on our forces was not from Te Kooti. Treachery is at work. The natives of the outsettlements in this district have evidently broken out. Two sudden deaths are reported in the Southland papers ;—On the morning of the 13th Jan., M r James Dundas, surveyor, left his party camped in the Waimatuku Bush, and rode off to Invercargill. 'The previous night he had suffered much from toothache, and took several doses of chlorodyne to cure it. On the following morning his dead body was found lying on the roadside, not far distant from the camp. No marks of violence were visible, nor was there any evidence to show that deceased met his death by foul play On Saturday, 15th Jan., the body of a man known as “ Old Jack,” employed as cook at Morton Mains station, was found at Oteramika. The jury at the inquest returned this verdict: —The deceased died suddenly on the 15th January, in a paddock near Maloney’s Bush, Morton Mains Station, whilst in a state of delirium tremens, from excessive drinking.

The Auckland Evening News has heard a rumor, but can hardly credit it, that the Government is arming the natives at Ohinemuri. Chief Justice Arney recently visited Tatanaki, where a maiden session and a pair of white gloves awaited him. During the month of December 15,700 ounces of gold reached Dunediu from the different diggings. The county of Weslland is said to be in debt to the tune of £13,000. The body of the young girl named Mary Coultas, recently drowned in the Whangamaribo creek, Waikato, has been found. An inquest was held, and the verdict returned: —"That the deceased was drowned in the "Whangamarino Creek while bathing." More truthful words were never penned than the following, which appear in a letter from the Harapipi correspondent of the New Zealand Herald:—"lt is a great pity that Kooti and his gang cannot be put down, as all the while such panics as we are continually having, the Waikato cannot go a-head; but the root of all evil is the king party. While that is in existence there will be no peace in New Zealand."