LATEST FROM TAURANGA.
{From a Correspondent of the Herald!) March 5, 1870. I have but little news of interest to forward you by this opportunity! Since my last Ihe Challenger, Commodore Lambert, has sailed for Wellington; the Rosario remaining in harbor. On Tuesday last the rebels made their appearance at Kokohenau, a little village about nine miles from Matata. They burnt down a mill, the property of Mr. Simpson.
A fatal accident has occurred at Make.tu. On Thursday last a Wanganui native (one of Kemp's people) stationed at that place, was hauliug up a boat on the beach, and was shot in the breast by a boy uamed Christopher Faulkner, a son of Mr. Faulkner, of Tauranga. It appears that the boy took the gun from the redoubt, not knowing that it was loaded, aud, pointing it towards the deceased, pulled the trigger. Much to his astonishment, the man fell down senseless. The poor fellow expired next morning, and an inquest was to be held oa the body on Friday last.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 64, 17 March 1870, Page 3
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