TAURANGA.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 3, 21 January 1867, Page 15

TAURANGA.

PROBABILITY OF AN OUTBREAK. SURVEYORS DRIVEN Hi FROM EUROPE AND TE TAWHETI. (From theTaaraaga Argus, 6th January.) On Sunday last, Mr H. L. Skeet, District Surveyor, accompanied by Mr Graham, who came down here to complete Mr Gundry’s survey, were sitting down to dinner, when some friendly natives came and told them to go as soon as possible, as. the Hau-haus were close at hand and ntended to attack them if they did not leave at once, and begged them to go at once, to prevent bloodshed. They at once left, and arrived at Te Papa on Sunday evening, leaving all their instruments in the hands of the rebels.

On Tuesday morning, at six o’clock, Beere’s party, who are surveying at Te Tawhiti, .were also warned-to leave by some friendlies, but refused to do:so without reciving a written Warning. They stopped till noon, when the document was placed in their hands, telling them to leave directly, and also to warn Mr Wilkinson, who is surveying the Omanawa block,|to. go in also. Beere’s party when they arrived at the Omanawa, showed him the document, intimating that-he should leave, but he refused to do so. They arrived in Te Papa late on Tuesday evening, Ist inst. - [lt was our intention to have given a copy of the original, but on our asking for it it was refused by ,Mr Skeet, District Surveyor, he remarking that the document was official. —Ed. T.. A.] / '