FRESH NATIVE DISTURBANCES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 6, 7 January 1871, Page 2

FRESH NATIVE DISTURBANCES.

ALEXANDRA THREATENED. It is scarcely a week since a report, which eventually proved incorrect, reached us to the effect that a massacre of Eurqpeans had taken place in the Waikato, and now, we learn that an alarming disturbance has broken out which threatens once more to plunge us info open war with the natives. The Examiner of this morning contains the following telegrams : — Tauraogn, January 6. There is great excitement in Waikato. Waitera and party are close to Alexandra and threaten to burn the town. The Natives defy the Government. Tapehana is buiiding a pah at Mangamarai, ; six miles from Alexandra. Hettit'd: s£ore was robbed of all axes and tomahawks. The settlers and militia are under arms. Ugly rumors come from Aptea and Kawhia, and it is said that the Rev. Mr. Schmackenberg's life had been threatened if he should return to the mission station. The following appeared in Thursday's Southern Cross: — Alexandra, Wednesday,Nine, a.m. News has just been recived that a party of armedNatives is said to have been seen with Tapihana, ■within a few miles of this '■pinna Jgripnanpn ™y *W t- ftl< ! ' j. hpm tnev intend to light a fire at Alexandra. Great excitement prevails, and the settlers are mustering. . 10.15 a.m. The natives are now at Mangamairiri, .six miles from here, cooking, breakfast, , They have expressed determination never , to return to Kawhiai Some left for Kuiti for consent and reinforcements ; they are' erecting a pah. Only about sixty are' there at present. .! ; • ' '„ '• ■ , " , ' ' " 12 noon; ; : The natives who are. now atManganiai- , rid, are* believed to be the same: who came .over from Kawhia ten da"ys ; ago^to defend the, murderers of Mr. Todci. '?"' It was' expected that the murderers would be attacked by the -settlers. Colonel Lyou has received information that Tapihana is at Mflngamairiri,"ten miles from Alexandra, with forty, meo, and that Whitiora ,is:;at Houtufa with-twenty men. A messenger has been sent to Tapihana 'to inquire iwh&t h'is4ntentionsVbre. " ' \ •;.■,;■'.''' •■':*/ 1 '.' Waikato:- 1 • We T-eceived yesterday se^eral-telegramß from our 1 c.orresponden t, which sho wed % gthat jpeasiness 'prevailed f: at ,j Alexandra regacding-; .th^j ; tiatiyef.t^aov,enien^|jQ the :-'l^-;Was#e^ortod:. -tliat;' / : .^^||^l,,. with a number of imen, variously ' p|^je^sfpr.ty*fd^j^ ;'ri^|^d.^^ t W^tioroj''^ett#;' 'kiiowja"--; *tf-

Wiremu Rumeti, was at Hautura with another party of twenty men, and they intended jointly to attack Alexandra. Some days bidcc it was reported that Tapihana had come to Hautura with forty men to protect that place, in case of an expected attack from the Europeans, and as Maugarnairiri is-'-'c'loso to Hautura, both places ou the Kawh ia road, it seems probable thafra repititibn of this story has caused the 'uneasiness above mentioned. The necessary steps were taken hy Col. Lyon to obtain accurate information, but up to the time of going, to press we believe that nothing had .been heard to confirm the rumour of intended attack. Major Mair, who came down in the Sampson, informs me^that before leaving Auckland he tried, but could not find out that any official information had been received respecting the reports in the Southern Cross, and that he apes not believe them.