TARANAKI.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 676, 26 April 1869, Page 3

TARANAKI.

EXPEDITION IN SEAKCJI OF TITOKOWAIId. (From tho Correspondent of the Southern Cross.) Taranaki, April 15. The colonial force?, who during tiic past •week been stationed at the Waitara, and who it eu p)s d would shortly have moved forward to attack the rebels in the Mokau country, have to be removed to the East Coast. The reason assigned for this sudden change in the arrangements is the difficulties to be encountered in that counh'v. Colonel Whitmore went in the iSt. Kilda on Friday last to reconnoitre the const between the Whito Cliff's and the Mokau, and fired four shells. The steamer then returned to the Waitara, where a consultation was held, after which tho Native Minister proceeded to Auckland in the same vc?sel. The Am was have declared off from our forces and have returned to Auckland to join again their tribe. They object to fighting out of their own district. When the arrived at Waitara, the Hon. J. C. Richmond went off to thern to ascertain their grievance, but to all questions they gave eva?ive answers, and wanted to know where the Queen's troops were going to fight. The Native Minister told them that he would not answer their question until he knew whether they were the soldiers of the Q.ueen or not. After a korero amongst themselves they at length gave an answer in the negative. The Hon. Native Minister then replied that he was very dark at their proceedings, and what they had done would cause him to be "dark " for some time to come with them. However, they had given him a direct answer as to what they intended doing, and as they were now no longer soldiers he would tell them what they were going to do. Mr Richmond told them that ho had his brother his family and all ins relations hero, and all his property in this place: these he was going to leave to the mercy of Te Wetere and his tribe, and to take the forces to fight To Ilooti on the East Coa6t. They of course were not soldiers, so it did not matter to them where tho forces went ; still he should remain dark with them for a long time. The Arawas after this were for becoming Queen's soldiers again, but the Native Minister was very firm, and said that, as they had decided just previously that they were not soldiers, he could not take them on again. The following paragraph appears in tho Wellington Evening Tost, April 20 :-—" A private communication from Taranaki says that an orderly arrived at New Plymouth yesterday, who states that the friendly chief Wiremu Kingi was harboring and feeding Titokowaru, who, with his men, was at Mokau.