IMPORTANT FROM WANGANUI.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 15, 5 July 1864, Page 3

IMPORTANT FROM WANGANUI.

on tke . friendly matiyes the River. On [Friday a .letter, :was _ receivecL-by. _.the...Putiki natives, the 'messenger delivering, which had been instructed: toAict^ a eross 1 - «n bis ;way down, summoning .the various pas to send, up assistance, in. coiaeguence, of an attack haying, been tlireatened 'by Tahana' Turoa. The letter .was.. written- seveiny'.miles up, ; thariYer^on the 24-th ' Jiin'e, :aiiu states' itliat a' '"pbrtibti of Peni's people are at the' head; «sf '.the attacking party, but by whom they 'arc supported is not known. Big -guns and, soldiers, ;as well as natives; "were written for ; to this, however, the Putiki natives demurred,' and they started, by fthemselves,. well supplied with arms and ammunition on Saturday morning. The attack: was. looked upon- aß;.,immiuent,--anclvthose"to : whom the. letter was addressed; were urged ynot to sleep i' At night while travelling up. ; ,:.Stirange to say, Pehi was himself living at a friendly pa, and' i-when; he heard the name rbf! the hapii who were heading the fight, lamented the degeneracy of j the" times in which such' an obscure party were allowed, to exercise so great an influence — his own influence 1 evidently being 'n^ow of .little height./, .;Te" ftja, jthe ' liigh v priest of the" Pai Mariri, (who now declares himself <a -< Jew ): had to resist 'the determination' to* attack, but finding them bentj on war. had bade -them take the consequences. ! The Storm Bird will probably return from > Wanganui on ; Wednesday, and by her we inayget important ,new 3. It .was, generally, understood thataV but some ten or twenty 'of the Taranaki&i and ; Ngatiruanuis had returned. to their own districts. — Wellington Independent, ' 2Sth June. !