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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1107, 7 December 1869, Page 3

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t ■ ■ . Monday, December 6. i Mr. Knowles left on Thursday for Mel--3 bourne, en route for England. An address t is being signed, and subscriptions collected for a testimonial, to be sent) after him. \. Mr. Fox's meeting with ihe Upper Wait nganui natives was completely satisfactory. He gave them 40 stand of arms, and they undertook to set out immediately for the ' purpose of capturing Te I£poti, dead or r alive. Mr. Fox expresses full confidence . in them. t On Saturday, Mr. Buller, with constal bles and 20 Ngatiapa, went to Manawatu to arrest Wirihana, the man who destroyed i the first trig-station. About 35 Ngatiraukawa resisted his capture, but, after a I scuffle in which hard blows were exchanged I but no damage done, the prisoner was r taken, handcuffed, and brought to Wangal nui. Mr. Fox, who was in the district, en--3 tirely approved of Mr. Buller's proceedings. The leading non-sellers took Buller's side. b The survey is how going on satisfactorily. There was an extensive fire at West port ) on Saturday night, caused by . the bursting j of a kerosene lamp in Onslow's hotel. A 1 number of buildings were destroyed, and the loss is estimated at upwards of £15,000. Commodore Lambert has been superseded. I He will be succeeded by Capt. E. W. Vansittart, C.B. The inter-provincial cricket match between Canterbury and Otago was won by Otago, by three runs and four wickets.