TE AWAMUTU.
REAPPEARANCE OF THE REBELS JS THE W A'KA'l O. (from our own correspondent.) March 90. I have just been put into possession of infermat ion which will startle some of your nodiii, and which is far from indicating a pacific Isadency on the part of the re beta It appears that a survey party under Mr. Moore had hem for some.time encamped near Taikanmaaoa the Kaniwhaniwba Creek ; and du ing the lap . few day* th»y hare been aware of thepreseaei of rebels in the vicinity. They have found tip-.; footprints of natives in the soft soil on till banks of the creek and the Wtipa Hirer | and yesterday while out survey ing they saw a native armed with a tomahawk bidinghimself in the flax bushes on the banks of the Keniwhaniwha Creek. Ihe survey party were in a outcast the time and were proceeding down the enak/' > pest the spot where the naive had concealed himself; but they immed ately turned, had, returning to comp, and thence making all faaete into Ngahinepouri, where the? are now staying. I forget to mention that the native who was; seen concealing himself, was observed beckoning to some other* who were no doubt conceaW in the vicinity. March 23th, 1865. I have received intelligence from Alexaadtt of the sadden death ot Mr. Mak-olmson, a are veyor, who has been residing in the vicinity «f that post for some time past. It appears the deceased left the quarters of Captain J W«, Lewis, the officer commanding that post, at I p.ra. yesterday afternoon, when he appeared ia his usual health. Be proceeded to hi* own at-' campment, situate some 900 yards further doers the river, and went into his tent and lay dowa. About 10.30 p.m. Mr. Long, his assistant, who bad also been on a visit to Captain Lewis, returned, and on entering Mr. Malcolmeon’e teat found him dead. It is supposed by some that the deceased died from a fit of apeplexy, bat from the appearance of the body, it seems vary ! unlikely that death resulted from that cause. , 1 am informed by a person who hud seen the body that there is no sign of discoloration about the face, which I believe is always the result of death from apoplexy. Deceased was discovered lying on bis beck, with one band extended by his side and the other aeroae kil stomach. He was a married man, hie wife being at present in Auckland. These are all i the facts I have obtained, bnt if any additional i particulars come to baud I will forward thesis | early as An inquest will hi beta to-morrow. ' I have been requested, to give the most untpi* lified contradiction to various contained in a snb leader of the Cross of the ; 24tb. In that article it. is stated that Colo«U , c’aultain had limited the militiaman’* dajjfv; rations to lib. of biscuit and lib. of eslt btefj when the truth is that the militia receive w*»--are called salt rations, i.e., biscuit and salt meet,., twice a week only ; bread and fresh meatbsisiJ issned to them on the remaining <i*y»- Agaja,ij in the article referred to, it is stated thsttfll. grocery rations are stopped, which is untrue, ■ they are still issued both to families and married men, the children receiving n*lw tions. The salt meat issued m the watts» ... good wholesome salt pork, and thoae who choose can get one pound of ® 5 change for the same quantity of wonder wTho told your contemporary ’ thatW • 3rd Waikato Regiment is at Hamilton fifij»|| Colonel yons, instead of at < laatbridfe, W regiment stationed at Hamilton being the Waikatos, under Major Cadell. These aw W | or three of the numerous mi«-»tatemea*S ey ; tained in the article of your coatenqwsty»»j* before he became the mouthpiece of mnew;v grievances, should have ascertained trtetaw those grievances were real or imaginary- ... I paid a visit to Alexandra this aftamean, and was requested be several offie n and ■** | to "correct your contemporaiy’s errors. | 2nd Waikatos stationed at Alexandra ww exception ot No. 7 Company are struck | this Company being required a* » : garrison. It is ezpectM that a company , regulars will be sent from Te Awamutu, company of militia being too weak to I the necessary guards ; in fact the meu Company are getting only one nl f ht *V, and sometimes not that. The total " nm men now at Alexandra is estimated most of the single men having lelt on tna s • continuance of pay. ... - The discovery of gold about j t mss has been created was a BWrB appears the gronnd opened by ”* party did not contain the predoos met**' J thing like parable nanties, and . left for the scene have since returned w * poorer me < than when they left- . . discovery was alleged to have been maoe_. where south of Turner’s farm Kopua and the range of bills • oa set lament. It appears that Serg«w n ■JP’ Nelly of the 2nd Waikato* went out direction on a gold-searching expedition, five men with him. About twelve m of Alexaora they sank a shaft and then returned exultant in the evening, hoisting that they haddiKo*«*® in considerable qnaotitiea and exht admiring eyes a few specimen* of th P**"” metal, which, however, 1 am informed, j.-, experienced Victo'ian diggers •- b>?ea at Coromandel persii'ed »a nixing as having a moat ? Dial# likeness to the gold obtained place. The great would he explorer, andjj di coverers further iutimated that | rous spot was situated in auch aJ* . almost iraccessibie locality aa to - possibility of discovery by any o°* . , themaelvea ; but nnfortnnately for th during their return to camp, under Sergeant Greenwood had
Tltoffthe direction taken by ihe enterprising sLnmimt- Major and bis party, whom they .rtrked right «P to the hole ab °ve referred to. Hf' ,hen proceeded to test the ground, but 2! not Und even “ th ■ colour,” and having ~T k the hole some feet deeper they sgain tried few nanfullsol the earth, with similar success, \L t which they returned to camp, tracking 5,e other party all the way back. So much for the cold discoveries.
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New Zealander, Volume XXII, Issue 2393, 3 April 1865, Page 2
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