AUCKLAND.
r.ATEST FROM TAUBAN'GA. Thoro is no further news of import. Taurauga. The "New Sand Herald," of the 15th instant, Y es the following as the latest par8_ . yesterday of the p.s. qtnrt Captain Fairehild, we are in re- • f nf information from Tauranga up rlednesdV night last. No further Elements had taken place, bub a •"SfStackbytheArawae and Waif,nMHtiaon the Piriahaka settleSntftt Hau-hau nest) was to be m ade to-day. The Sturt brought fifty Arawas from Maketu on Wednesday last, and they Since marched out to join their comJades at the front, about twelve miles fromTe PapaThe heavy rams of Saturday and Sunday last caused great freshes and floods in the various creeks, cutting off nearly every communication, it being dangerous for the Natives to cross jK The Natives there say that they never knew of euch heavy floods before. A passenger informs us that just before he left Tauranga, a Native came in and delivered to the Defence Mini«ter a letter containing the account of the capture, by the Hau-haus, of one of our Engineer Corps, and that he was still in their hands. As for the truth of it, he further states that the editor of the " Tauranga Argus " informed him also that he received a copy of the original document for publication in their next issue. The Sturt has come up for coals and ammunition, and will leave again for Tauranga to-morrow morning.
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Press, Volume XI, Issue 1345, 28 February 1867, Page 3
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AUCKLAND.
Press, Volume XI, Issue 1345, 28 February 1867, Page 3
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