ANOTHER ALARM AT ALEXANDRA. A PA BEING BUILT. MESSENGERS SENT TO TAPIHANA.
Alexandra, January 4, 9 a. m. News has just boen reoeived that a largo party of armed natives is said to have been seen with Tapihana, within a few miles of this place. Friendly natives say they told them they intended to light a fire at Alexandra. Great excitement prevails, and the settlers are mustering.
10.15 a.m. The natives are now at Manganiairia, six mile 3 from here, cooking breakfast. They have expressed a determination never to return to Kawhia. Some left for Kuiti for consent and reinforcements. They are erecting a pa. Only about 60 are there at present.
Noon. The nativeajwho ai*e now afc Mangamairia are believed to be the same who came over from Rawhia ten day 3 ago to defend the mur* dsrera of Todd. It was expected that the murderers would be attacked b> the settlers. Colonel Lyon has received information that Tapihana ia at; Mangamairia, ten miles from Alexandra, with forty men, and that Whitiora ia at Hauturu, with twenty men. A messenger has been sent to Tapihana to inquire what hia intentions are.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4180, 6 January 1871, Page 7
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192ANOTHER ALARM AT ALEXANDRA. A PA BEING BUILT. MESSENGERS SENT TO TAPIHANA. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4180, 6 January 1871, Page 7
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