TO THE "WAIKATO TIMES." Cambridge, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 172, 14 June 1873, Page 2

TO THE "WAIKATO TIME S." Cambridge, Friday.

Mr Cashel arrived from Ohinemnri last night. Ho reports seeing a number of natives at Mata Mata, marching with pack-horses towards tbo King country— pack-horses laden with kegs hko ammunition kegs. Paria, [a young lad. Mackays messenger, coming in from Otiwa, near Oberepapa, was tied up by Purukutu't gang, who seized his horse and threatened to kill him. He wa« released by a friendly Maori, otherwise he would have been likely mur.leiod. Mr Mackay has gono to the Waotu to a meeting of Ngatiraukawas. We have receive I the following telegram from Mr Mackny :— " Alex, n Ira, Thursday, 1 p.m. —There is no news from tlio interior, except that a meeting is to be held on the 28th by the King party to consider affairs. lam instructed by Aieuwdw Thompson (nalf-oaste) to contradict the statement which Ujjpjara under the head of ' Cross in the Waikiito,' m ttio IFetMy News of May 21, that ' Thompson (liaU-cftslc), from Kopu, said that the Ngatimaniapoto are working a double game.' He says he never made any such statement to anyone, and that the Ngatiraaniapoto and their chief, llewi, are acting in a straightforward and honest manner ; also, that the report in question has caused him great inconvenience, and might endanger his personal safety. He requested me to ascertain the origin of the report, and prosecute for likd. I take exception to a statement made in an Aueklaud paper [the Southern Crost] that the Editor could ' not comprehend how Mr Mackay issued rations to rebels.' From the previous part of the article it may be inferred thnt I allowed riotous conduct at Cambridge on the part of some of Purukutu's relations from Aratitaua, which inlbrnuticn is said to ba derived from the ' accurate pen ' of some person, the same of whom does not appear. The pen may bo very accurate at far as writing is concerned, but the information is deliberately false. No natives from Aratitaua, to my knowledge, were at, Cambridge on the day in question, and nc rations are issued except to natives for whom I send on Government business, or who may bo detained by me for such business. In conclusion allow me to say that very great injury is done by sensational telegrams aud articles, and that there is more talk of war and danger in this district iv the Auckland Press than among the frontier settlers of Waikato. — Jamks Mackat, jtin."