WAIKATO. THE MAORI PRISONERS REMANDED TO AUCKLAND.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3752, 28 July 1869, Page 4

WAIKATO. THE MAORI PRISONERS REMANDED TO AUCKLAND.

DEPARTURE OF TE KOOTI. * Thb natives arrested at JSfgaruawahia on Sunday turn out to be King natives, who came down from Tokanganmtu and procured the arms and ammunition from various parties in Auckland and the suburbs. The following telegram is marked by the telegraphist as having been presented (place not stated) for transmission to Auckland at 3.15 p.m., and finished at 6.10 p.m. In other words, it was two hours and fifty-five minutes lying at the telegraph offices. No clue is given as to the place where the telegram wag presented, and the telegram bears other marks of carelessness in the transcription :—: — 3.15 p.m. The Maori prisoners have been remanded to Auckland until the 3rd. We believe it has been found necessary to remand the prisoners, inasmuch as no person is authorised to examine them except an officer appointed by the Government for that purpose. The natives will we presume be publicly examined in Auckland. With reference to Te Kooti we received the following telegram yesterday from our own correspondent at Alexandra :—

Hamilton, July 27, 9 a.m. Te Kooti left To Kuiti on Sunday. He will recruit at Kareo, Mangawanga, and Mokau, in order to endearour to raise a force of 600 men. If auccegaful, he will return, depose the King, enforce his religion, and attack Waikato. When To Kooti left, the King's forces fired a derisive volley. Te Kooti burned the King's house. Rewi accompanied him. One hundred Ngatimaniapoto* followed yesterday to bring Rewi back. Rewi is supposed to be mad. It has been suggested to us that Rowi has merely accompanied Te Kooti in order to see him safe out of the Waikato, but we confess we attach little importance to such a view of the matter. It would seem from Kewi's conduct throughout that he is desirous of stirring up stiife between Te Kooti and the Waikato King party.