NORTHERN TELEGRAMS.
Napier, January 31.
A deputation has waited on Mr. M'Lean requesting him to open up the Ohinemuri country as a goldfield. Mr. M'Lean replied that the Government had offered Te Hira certain terms, which he expected would be accepted. On receiving a reply from Te Hira he would take action.
Mr. Firth was arrested at Hamilton as a deserter, but was subsequently released by an order from Colonel Moule.
Forty of the King natives under Maritona left Tokangamutu on the 24th, and joined our forces against Te Kooti.
A spy of Te Kooti's has been taken prisoner near the camp at Tapapa. v. Colonel Fraser has not yet joined Colonel M'Donnell.
News from Auckland states that the schooner Banshee arrived there from Dunedin on the 22nd. The s.s. Auckland arrived from Sydney on the 23rd, and returned on the following day. The City of Auckland has arrived from London, and the Thomas Daniels from Liverpool. Mr. John Williamson, late Superintendent of Auckland, has been offered the office of Commissioner of Crown Lands in that province, and will, it is believed, accept it.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 104, 5 February 1870, Page 6
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184NORTHERN TELEGRAMS. Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 104, 5 February 1870, Page 6
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