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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1048, 14 May 1869, Page 3

DivfATvrmiE o» Native CniErs i?os Auckland. — Major &emp and some of tlie chiefs of ' Vv anganui Lave gone to Auckland as passengers in. the Lord Ashley, foi> the purpose of joining in the public ceremonies attending on the reception of the Duke of Edinburgh. They were at the front,- engaged in the pursuit of Tifcokovearu, yfhon his Iloya.l Highness visited Wellington, and were thus proven ted from raeefciug him Lore. The Government hays therefore furnished them with passages. They have taken frith them the flag which was worked by the ladies of Wauganui and presented to them in commemoration of the battle of Moutoa. Their intention is to present the flag to tlie Prince, in the hope that his Itoyal- Highness may accept it in token of their devotion, and fch'on return it to them, to be handed- down to their posterity as hating been passed through the hands of the Queen's son.—-Indepen-dent, May 6". The Phihce's Visit to the North. — We understand that it is the intention of I-jLB.II. the Duke of Edinburgh, if possible, to visit the JYgapubi tribes, at the Bay of Islands.-rlwt&jpemfoni, May 6.