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MURDERS BY THE HATIVES.
Sovihtrn . Crm OfSse, Saturday, tbree p.m. -
'Ihrer settler! bare arrived In Auckland, repoit'og tbai
two ohtldron of Mr. Trait, et K D ejj's Farm, havt
been tomahawked by tbe xTaorlee, and one ebot through
tba beert. One hundred - nativa» wore el
Kennedy's Farm. Majar Peiooake bad jost started,
witta a force, for tbe soene of tbe murders. Tb« men
who bring tte information wera Bred on by Maoris
between Charon's ead Kennedy's farms; and ooo of
them. Courtenay, was shot thrrogb the leg. Tba Miranda
i6 jost «tarting with. 9.0 volunteers to endeavour to
intereept the. natives if they retreat. Tb» Pioneer and
Eclipse have got into the Waika'.o. Tbe_Eellpse
remained inside the Heads, and the Pioneer was pro
ceding on to the' Bluff; where ebe was expected to
errive at four r/oloofc p.m. to.day.
[ Dnunv.-Intelligence bas reaohed Drnry tbst at
feait twelve Mvorie were shot in tbe engagement yes.
terday. -lhere ie one offiier end ibre i men still missing.
M*jirByan had reaobed|Mavk t with 100-of thc 70th and
100 of the 18ti. A portion ot the defence force was also
there nndir- Colonel Nixon. These ; reinforcements
look place at; an early hour Ihre morning. Startling]
reports are hourly reaching Drury, and oar foraes ere
eager to be engaged, ,
QciKN'i BEDOBBT, 98od Catcher.-A baie cf sadden
detain auaarred daring tbe performsnee of eveoiig
serviaa bj Bishop Selwyn, in tbe reading-room.
Tbe first hymn bas jail ' been sang when
Gnnner Edward OabblUe, of the C Field Battery, B.A.,
was observed tr drop- bia bead suddenly ea bia breast.
Ha was at Once (alten oat into the sir, bat, after sighing
heavily twice, expired,. Without a word. He had been
about fi se years in tbs service,'and bad never shown any
previous symptoms of disease. The steamer Avon took
a trip to Waogamarino this morning, aid after waiting
there about on hour returned to ber anchorage off tb»
Bluff... The late hoary raina have swelled tbs river to
some extent, and Ibe current - ron« ? down
with " some strength, bat navigation ; ie
ef coarse mash essler. - The enemy
eoald be seen "at Meremere; basiling stoat from ¡eoe
range of fifis pits to another, probably in anticipation bf
the steamer prying them a o'oser visit. The ranges of
rifle pita are ali rooted ie, as if us»d as places of babita,
lion, er perhaps merely to keep them from being filled
with water. The approach to the landing-plaoe, - where
their gan is believed to be pissed, ia also eovored in,
apparently with raupo or some ether light material of
Maori roofing. 'Two canoes being seen lying ia the river
off tbe . las ding, place, a Bbell was fired from the Arm
arong, which bar>t,in tbe bath j net to lbs left. ; On
tbe paff of toe gun the Maories la the open satmpered
off to oover fn different direations, having, no doubt
frets experience, a very proper rtapeet1 for alive Arm-
strong shell.. The bush.ouiting pa ty ls oat everyday,
.oleario* the hash along the banks of the Maangatawbiri
Creek, commencing from ila jonstion with
the . Waikato.. ? They bava brea oat
now three days, and have e'eared a considerable
diatanoe- .elong . the left : bank; ' This part of
the ereek is particularly ploturerqie, espBolsHy.nsw
when it ls swollen with rain, and the trees and bashes
droop aver into water; bat the facilities of an ambush
necessitates the otearlng away of all cover ; and tba
b-aoty of natara, therefore, must, gira way lo the force
of circumstances. The remsinder of the Fiyiog Column,
oansisting of the Forest Bangere, and . detachmenta ol
the 40tb, 05lb, and 70.b Beglmenfp, still reroalo In camp
at Selby's farm. Tbtrj.be» been u decided improve,
ment io tbe wosther to-lay. It has been fi ie with
a good drying wind, and tberosde ere now in a passable
state. Another snob ari' onb and' Ibe effeot'of the' late
heavy rain, will, hardly discernible, ,
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