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Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 June 1867, Page 2

It wili he f»een frnrn iinotjier p>i:T. J' this paper- th a a r outray > ius. been eommitted by The Ilniihans tipua foiir rtettlersq t OpAiki, t .»f wlwm are'stili mi.s-iuc* The' is distresVitjdrt -.an i or letiS a!;!!-;t;ircr to t'he resC Jeats of that pf«ee, but it ueeJ : cnuse no uiie.»SHie.-s ! i e r , > . It mu>t | belV n an!'*eivil th.t the perpetra- j t-»rs of this ourraye a>:e some of | ; h" ■ ipdiwciis- of the . Rr.y. Alr ; Volkeer, wim are outhiiveti for that j olTenee, aiui dpe .unteaauc oi by the I vhei- tii i)GS> Thev know ihafc the j eioiishiuenr, of deai. h wili ive visite.l - irjxm them if Ihe) , surien iei4, aa-l as their hinds have been takeii froai them they .are ien»l.ere l iiomelrsi and liesp -rate, and rea.dy for t'oe eouimission «f aivy erime. 1'he j liaulraus of Tauranga have no j .coaneet! >n with any of ihe mis- I ciVTuts at Opotiki. They dis.nyn them. i'hey are not crirninals, i'hey can surrender as pdsoneiy of ivar, the otiiers must meet. au icruo miaiousffate if they do, for thev liave eommitted an offence whieh the k-v cannot eompromise, and ; now driven to extreinity they do j not hesit .te'fo wreak their revenge | on uuoffendiag setUers. TnaKwe j tii 'iuuranga are at peace not likely | to be molested by any body " of oi- 1 o.-inised lauatics we have the very ! hesfcJ -proof in the follovving letter 1 only just plaeed in our liands j Matakana, May 28, 1867. | Dear , Your note by Rai- ! monn. cante duly to hand. but 1 ; \iid no chance of answering before now. In reference to your inquiriea asto whether there is any J i k ? 1 i - hoo t of there being any more fight here, I may tell you that I have seen Paratene last. Monday,- who arrived from Tokongamutu" two days before. Ile told me that there would be no more fighting, as the king (i e) Tawhio, tltsapprovod of it beitig carried on in this -listriit. Paratene told me that he w a number of tiatives from Taranaki who came for tlie phrpase of ascertainino- whether fiotring was to be carried on in the Taurang.i district. The king tojd the ni that mutters Were to rest qri:et for the presenl. Paratene wouhi h..-. (i come' to Te Papa with me or.lv for the reports that are. sproa.i about that the moment Mr — gets hold of any of them they_ wi 1 all be lodged in gao], He is gone to Mataura te stop thc Ngati

poroa s fro'Ti comjng tliro-igh the district. Ile wifl be i'ayk in a i iav or two 1 will let vou knowjj tiie result of his -j >n o^v as soon as he arrives. As for hnnself, he. says. that he has committed no criiue, that he is to renssin at thg Kereatntu Kuhai, and-.that jf Mr. — is determined ro hangthSmal' he nill find theru there .... Yours sincerr !•- fV The naijve messersger who. brooght the foreo-oing IcC- -i.ites that, the king I . .. « i sent fo» the ilniriuis, and told them to-reo.nin w-ith hirn for fourteen months. and tlmt they were all yone. Ile had also | commanded ihe Xgatiporous and Pirirakaus ti stay on h'« land for - eiglit yc r-i. So it. is evi lent that the maia jj b >dy oi tiio llauhaus have no |>art. s orsympithy with the small gangof j incendi.-vries who now hamit tlie j Meighborhood of the Gorge, a:id. ! are a.'ting wi.hout the authority i 1 of their great chief. On a fonn. i occasion the Arawa?, incited bc lh»* offcr of reward, captured the inurdererg of FuPioou. They are t-ager to do a sirnilar dnry mow, in apprnlie'ndirvg the remainJer of the gatig. and tlie' Goveyntnent voildifo wis 1 v ;it bnc • to avail themselvcg >f their proferi-ed sm--vices f • r tiie difficult natrire of the conntr.y in whieh' cri'mfnaj-s are at present c >n -ealed rcnder's iis inipr - btib'e fiiat they wiil ever be takou ' by K-i:-. We fiiv sure that the expmUtionnry parties out and p'lepanug to start. will ' lc.-tvc a» St-Mic un:u.i)!d in th- ir Torts to di.feowr the mis-ing mea, aud. if *."iey co.ue atTOS's their captors wili infiict -mmm iry teiTihlo punidirnent hp n h 'in. ij'ir . ..ig rcgrc't ' is, t'h'a t vvhi'si we »re iiving in prai e and trmqu ii ty her , oc-uncnccg like that du -cribed sh'iuhl'be taliing place ain uij-t mu- in igii bo; s.« liat.,.' eve:i ih >is. u >t an m-gan i-ed iir-ur-rgctiou, it i-', as we said l»e.foT-e, , the aet ofa f w u. ig.i.nis, a d oj.!. f litthj fiivor f.-rttli tho iv.-ii of- the-r I'eojde as ir. t>cs nrH ours.-i vgs. V' are 'asAti;e»j tmrt as a tribe, ihe lluriwvi ;s have eicc n,-d t., .-it still (noh'u m. nbo), they have c-ased fightifig, Adani t'i.irke, the chief ot the Ar o'us. h ,s l.0(.n to { e [^npii an-l le tfriiod ag.iin, aud af . r "MiiitQ) ing j.dans with his trd)a' has sent m^g-oiig'Ts to.mahe peace with the Hur. 'vcras