NORTHERN NEWS.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 248, 30 April 1866, Page 3

NORTHERN NEWS.

WAIROA. The Mawlce's Bay Times of the 15tl instant, in a supplement, publishes th< following intelligence from the disturbec districts' : — IMPORTANT FROM THE « SEAG OF WAR." A correspondent, under date Friday 13th April, jias obligingly furnished us with the following important information We have no reason to doubt its truth .— There are some very strange report and rumors just now, and they may ii this case may be relied upon. The publi< say that there are a large body of Uriwerai cutting a bush track from Rua Tahmu to the Wairoa side of the Lake (Waikar< Moana). They muster, with Kereopa Patara, and their people, several hundrec strong (say 700) ; and their intention ii to make a descent upon Wairoa. Th< season is fast slipping away, and unlesi immediate steps are taken to stop these murderous disturbers »f the peace, the war, instead of being at an end, will be only just commencing, The time is passing away when an expedition will- be possible. Kereopa and a Patarahave escaped from Colonel Lyon at Opotiki, and have made Manga Piwhatu their head-quarters. " There are at least," says a private, person, to my knowledge, twenty fiapus (tribes)." The country is a most difficult one to cross. Manga Piwhatu is only thirty miles from here as the crow flies, but the actual distance to be travelled is sixty, and that over almost inaccessable hills, covered with scrub ; in addition to all this, there are several rivers to cross. The road lies between the forks of Te Puni and Ko Maua rivers ; and the headquarters of the enemy lay about N.N. W. from here. It will take at least four days to arrive at Manga Piwhatu.