LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 10, 9 April 1869, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(Condensed &om Dunedin 'Tsnies,') : !.;"*_ ~ s' WELLINGTON- - ---i - ; i:-A despatch received fromg Gplonoi2 states that Tito ELowarLt tried to lead Ms pursuers Tinder ]£emp. "*into an ambush, but was attacked so fiercely that Ms forces were scattered,, .and he was obliged to fly, leaving the •cainp whiqhie was prepared to rest *uir g & .during the nijht. ; Kemp killed one"' ' '** and severely wounded another, of the enemy. He praises the conduct of men very highly. Colonel not hesitate to pursue' -Tito = Edwar u farther, were he not doubtful that, by _ doing so, he might cause fresh tribes iv '3 take the; field against -hs}--Be expresses -the highest satisfaction with" the. present condition bFhisfot'ce, and: then* 1 J c adaptability to bush warfare.. He 1 came here to-day in the St: Ejlda to consult the G-overnment as ,tp., what steps ho v -,■ ~ should take. -He states he believes the u neutral natives will shelteivand fnriii?;}> r the enemy with supplies. ~ ""f"- " '•i The'-Advertiser' was published os the 31st ult. for the last. tune... -It .ascribes its cessation to .6s, quate support. i : 1 / " "^ T Colonel HaiilMn has purclia^dalid; ; '- jiresented to Kemp a patent repeatirta: Henry rifle, which :< tikx£ seel' hi ~ in a gunsmith's shop window-, and fancied;-* -• v . -- ■>},--■ •-. ■,■ <*'■. ;>. r>.<. r : The 'lndependent' contains a. seiniofficial allusion to a loan being asked for next session, and speaks of Mr. Tfttzherbert's efforts to obtain; the Jf niise of an Imperial guarantee. Jkjl .The provincial Council passed a resolution, by-IS to II votes, the Superintendent's salary from £IOOO to £BOO per annum. The Provincial Treasurer stated that Dr. Eeatherston: intended to stand again for thei office M of Superintendent 1 XAPJGEB. The public meeting which toofc place- £1 was the largest ever held'ini NapieK. Eesolutibns were passed- by an. overwhelming majority,, condemning the action of the Government in removing . v .h Mr. M'Lean, thanking that gentleman for his past services, and memorialising ithe Governor to call a meeting of the Assembly. _.,-.■•; ."■[.. . •;•■>' $",-:.■> > Te Hiva's warning to aUEurppeaiisto;; r leave the Upper Thames proves to llaye- *~; jbeen a mere ruse, and the alarm created! !? by it has subsided ■■'■-.'."'"'

Te KJqoti has escaped his. pursuers. - He left his camp at Tauaroa on the Baugiteker river, and went to Matamata, where under the pretence -of •• friendship, he iuduced eleven Arawas to come over to him. He then: seizecL them,' cut them to pieces, and cooked them in their own 'coppers. Only one : ] of them escaped, . : ?■*'" Mr. Hamlin, who arrived from Taupp - -. - on the 3rd inst., states that Te Kooii was at llaatahuna. io the north-west of Waikaremoaua, and was threatening , , Poverty Bay, Wairoa, or the friendly ~ Taupo natives on their way to comply with liewi's invitation to join him. ;* ~ Two prisoners in the of the- " Ahuriri Eriendlies report that Te Kooti is 1000 strong../:T'ae; Taupo ilia- &. tives expect fighting to begin any day.j - .*,■ LATEST AUSTEALIAN NEWS. •■-v: : ~ -•-•'• VICTOKIA... ; r: . ~ .... . : v ; :: -' Melbourne/March 125.' 1 <Elana,gan; ;who was convicted of Hull's murder, will be executed onHhe 31st.

The Eine Arts ExMbitipn will ibe . I opened on the 29fch by the Governor.. : A larger quantity of valuable. I exhibits, v have rljeen. sent in. , . :;c The] jury in; the case of Ah Coy, Chi- : nese-interpreter- at-- who '(;s£]. was accused of levying black mail from gambHng-house owners,-, have been ;dis^ ; .>:,: j charged,- hojb being able to agree on a v verdict after having been locked up.*fqr'*"l ninety-seven hours. v _ ,__-,... .5 X J Several new cases ' been reported.. , r .~ 7 - -.j ;... -.■ , f T v 4f>-': r -.The,Gralatea will sail from for< Zealand on the Ist April. 4 - - A conference of mining delegates i| .. .silting, discussing.thfe basis-of *a bill to f ~ Jeg-aZiste miujng on -. v '-.J..1.*t y : &rmmtf JCia r'-~ y -K* T &£AB3v the Duke of Edinburgh ,3frill : lay ■ the foundation stone of _ Cook's ," r statue:--q'—o.i;: '« ■ :••••- '- : '--■ '"- " = ~ ''" ■;v;aM!t. George Morton, editor: 6& i±]ffi»ri":'"' Sydney 'Punch,' died Q^^q£4ijk'--&V^ '«•■ "The 5 company ofthe %©tli /. has embarked; in the Himaaya for/ ;