IMPORTANT FROM NAPIER.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 137, 17 June 1870, Page 2

IMPORTANT FROM NAPIER.

SURRENDER OF HAUHAUS

Thb following telegram has been received by the Government from Mr. Ormond :—

NAPIEU', June 11

Despatches just received from Waikaremoana. Our natives have gone round the Lake, and taken the pa at Matuahu. Several skirmishes have taken place, but our people drove the. enemy before tliem on every occasion. ; Mr. Hamlin reports very large supplies of food at the Lake, and estimates the potatoes already taken possession of at two hundred tons. Large and extensive cultivations exist in every direction, and all denotes the intention of the enemy to have made Waikare Moana head-quarters. The weather was so bid on the Bth that it was impossible T to cross from Matuahu to Titi. Titi and Pukehuhia,; where the enemy is seen almost within rifle shot of our forces 5 but the weather was clearing, and our people meant to cross to these places and follow the enemy up. A-:' ■ ! :■■■'■ •' '-■ ■' * f Mri .Hamlin says they are determined to follow up until the enemy surrender, and will go to Rautahuna, if necessary. It is evident our natives are in capital spirits and mean business, and we have at length overcome the Waikaremoana bugbeaiv A reference to the sketch of the Lake sent in by a late despatch will explain the position of the natives and the enemy. Mr. HnmHn estimates enemy's force at about 100 men. The enemy lost one man killed in Lake' skirmishes. My expectation is that the enemy will surrender. Possibly, he may bolt to Kuatahuna. June 12. The Wairoa natives, under Mr. Hamlin, and Ensign Witty, have succeeded in skirting the ■""- Waikaremoana Lake.' They attacked Matuaha pa, killing one Hauhau ; the remain-

1 der " skedalled" to an old strong fortification called Tikitiki. Our people came across a large potatoe plantation, which was very ac ceptable, as they were short of provisions. The St. Kilda has arrived from Opotiki and Poverty L'ny with the native witnesses against the pr'isonui-3 lately sent to Wellington for trial. The Provincial Council was prorogued on Fridny, having sat 24 days, during which nine Acts wei c passed. /\ June 13. Captain Preece reports the surrender of a Uriwera hapn, called Pateunewheu, nuinberiog ;fifty.. They came oufc themselves, and were senthtb, Makctu. They-'doscribc the remainder of-fche^tTiweras as desirous of surrendering, but .are afraid of the consequences, also, that the't-Triwera refuse to l'eceive Te Kooti, into their'country. Te Kooti is still at Waioeka with few foliowers. Hamlin took 200 tons of potatoes from the Waikaremoana Hauhaus,. and intended to attack the 'liki Tiki pa, weather permitting, on the 9th. A young man named Potter accidentally shot himself last evening, lodging the contents . of a fowling piece in his abdomen. He died three hours afterwaz'ds. ,