THE MURDER OF THE NATIVE CARRYING THE PEACE PROCLAMATION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1504, 7 October 1865, Page 2

THE MURDER OF THE NATI VE CARRYING THE PEACE PROCLAMATION.

The Wanganui Chronicle o( the 2V, gives the following particulars r#-U-i T I •' murder of Kereti, while carrying »• u ! peace proclamation to the nati'»ei aUYt&ra:— The first-fruits of this ridiculous pv fs statecraft hare been reaped litre i day, Brigadier-General Waddy diip*r.;>' ; the Wereroapah, Kereti, one of Mr H ; native policemen, who h«d been ; T Mr. Buller at the Brigadier's dijp.. guide and messenger, on account of hi» ligence and acquaintance with the A'al country, to which he belongs, fin wa« to distribute amon/ the people of hi* tnt« the copies of the proclamation. » a accompanied by Tariu, lately sent % Wellington a* a prisoner, but ji;c t liberated at the recommendation of Mr. Parris. They arrived on Wedn-mv. i;i remained io the pah all ni*h:.' <;>: Thursday morning, Kereti went up to Areahi pah, which, with the surr bush, is now in the hands of the rer,-i«. A meeting there of his countrymen, t ,i i :h;a what be had come for. and asked i they would receive the proclainati -n. T:»j replied that they had no objection. an: :« promised to return next day with e■;:* Accordingly on the Friday mornirg he'iin the Wereroa pah with a pile of the "-•r-cii'a documents, and was watched on hu rid from the pah by Lieut.-C'ol. Trevor, uh:lj turn in the road hid him from sight. Immediately a discharge of firearms was heard, cd on Colonel Trevor sending out a party y ascertain what had taken pUce, Kcr?:i *u found lying in the path, stripped nakrJ. id wounded in six places by bullets, one ■ i which bad passed through his body. He brought into the pah. and by the account which has been received is not likely : T ; In that account there is no mention of Ir::. but it is believed that he did not accompany Kereti on Friday. Thus one of their *n tribe—a relative—was deliberately sho: oc*s to show the Governor what these Ma rii think of his proclamation. The rntn:y Maoris here look on the proclamation wuh the utmost contempt, and as ceru:n t ■ interpreted by the rebels into a ness.

The Mine journal of the 27th savs : - " Tariu, the released prisoner, who hoc -jepanied poor Kereti to Weraroa, r*?t iirtie'i -- Monday. It appears that while Kerer. to see the native* at Wtitotaro.Tar.u to Whenuakura with a parcel of clamationa. On his stating his debate ensued as to what should him for coming for such a purpose H J were for killing him and burning the [v-- 1 mation ; others wished to take him naki as a prisoner; but ultimate!? fluence of some Waitotara chiefs ;> J - whom Hona Hare Tipene, and i 1 were foremost) prevailed, aud it wh* - mined to send him back—prods"* 11 - * all. He accordingly returned, but r ' to leave the proclamation be hint •• says that the women and chi.'iire.'i coast tribes hare been sentalontf v»* v * * the bush for security, and that the mc - toldofl into small bands to roam - kill e*ery white man and tnenJi* - ■ they can lay hands on. l'ri»it^ from Waingongoro state that m l hourhood the proclamation in recent Maori* with the utmost contempt *»' r Tariu says that the men who n. • Kereti (who dial on Sunday) of Nukumaru, Haiui of Kxipo, a" 1 whose name he does not know. It will be seen by the whieh appears in the Oener<x Gazette, issued on Monday, tlw. • f r ,. { ment have offered a reward o apprehension of the natm* » >' iTi , the unfortunate Kereti recent > The proclamation is as follows: " Whereas.u|>on the 21st d*> » t > ~r . a native policeman, named 1 j'j[ i;l h.v: barously murdered bv a !'an-V----fanatics, when he was eni:«g** v , * the Governor's proclamation i i (^ natives in arms, and stter nV j*.:ia* invited by them to bri"£ w | !t 11 ti»n for their perusal. Ami , t appears, by the dying deceased, th-it the undo^"' 1 |IHll iiti<i ::;0 were amongst those who ..Kast-'' !l1 murder, the Governor has l« i^ direct that a reward ot one_ « ; { „ rll , g . shall be given for the appivh »* , (lU | ~.0 ing to justice of anv om n t !tf hundred pounds in * Wl ' w " . in she other persons who took {' crime. . i, int jiinl l' v lv,r "' « The natives who wen. uhn were * t i u > N.c« rsurU " Himiona te Whawati. .. || s|)1 i. tribe, Waitotara, Haw l 'I* ™ ;. l>llllrt * ith " Kawiri, a I'aranaki n*«> the Ngatipourua Ilapu.W. . rtlir ,i c' b " " Hami Tukihata, of tin To Iwipirau's Ilapu.

, , Mi.TflN l '- AUCKLAND Sl'lUM' • { tin' *'" ilh ' rn Tho following is t' ll ' rt 'l Hirt nll .vtinfc Cross, tin the principal event o on Sept. 27 The Skptkmbkk lv tin' fnn ' r :i . declared vvithins.-ven'..' #llV *. »'■ tio» of the ,vuh Highest weight- If. wi „,ui* I,l bd save his slake. and <> ie \ SttV * d' l ' ,J govs, towards oxpe»» • [1)ll( ,,. paid at time ot with 12 entries. 1 1 " [ Mr. Toulmin's br. h. D<>' nt . v " 71b (Untf) G u , en OI>""i' ,; vP Mr. Farmers ch. (,• " ( K. , 71b. (G. Cuttf) t!vr s, iw- ■- Mr. Foley s g. g- v,,ns ' , Pollock) . jjorcili*. V'' Captain ltcevcss br.ui. (Taylor)

b. g. Koheroa, 6 yw, 9at. 61b. Anniaton, aged, 7at. 101b. ' K/iit * * . _5 to 4 agst Golden Cloud, 6to pe !!"Srv Ariel, 2to 1 ag«t Borealia, sto •g' l '1' oa, 8 to 1 Rgst Vanston, 8 to laga 20 tolagst Numa. Ann " ' t he great event of the meeting T'" B . forward to with conaiderabli bv the patrons of the races. Fo: i° tf «,k9 previous this race had been mucl l aiul there was great apeculatioi c* 1 ™' 5 ) 1 , ' woU |,l be the winner. The Nelsoi i* 10 * from Mr. Kedwood'a well - knowr hor' e 1 generally allowed to divide th< «f favourite in pnblic estimation witli Ijononr j,orse Dainty Ariel. Then the ,r J|'" however, who had implicit con- * >j n o<|>tain Reeves's young mare, ! Jde nt 'J! possessing as she did the advantage B or rLr four stone less weighted than the of f .ourites— a consideration which wai t*° ffor tliv of being entertained. The tf r,al • 0 f Golden Cloud was anxiously t ppf«ra t!ie course, many of those who lo °a her d«>w» as a ccrtainty for the k ,l .«>r having ««>n her. She looked "1,1 ,if a well-bred racer, and what was "'«*< iii the best hands. George Cutta'a i'H-k were held in the higheat * Vion and Golden Cloud's appearance, fS |f "f„us, had the effect of raising the ..iii.ns of those who had invested their «*T ( tlpou ber. Dainty Ariel w*s the next interest, and he stripped in excellent making his preliminary canter to ,lis numeroui admirers, " aiinsr some doubts in the minds of "hm riou-i's friends as to the result of the v Borealis did not look so well as was C ° n -' was not in the best ' ian(^B- - Kxikcti able to stand his ground, and . . ii>,Mik'ht that the heaviness of the course tf tr.il «« 11 . 1.:

" nn-ve advantageous to him. Vansto not Vith«)«t his admirers, and showed tha had been taken to bnng him to th ,onl ; ! h in ex«-lle;jt condition. Anniston wa Sud to be scarcely equal to the tas] the heavy course militatini his chance of success. TV pnlinu'narv canter over, the horse ' ;, t 'i st the starting post, and were wel !,v the Starter, getting off togethe ih mt sny trouble. Anniston took the leai * start \ followed by Vanston and Daint] iJ -i ""\nriston*B fleetness enabled him ti v ' fir't place for some distance, until thi of the course began to tell upor vfm Vanston was the first to pass him n ]"st the first mile distance Vanston tool Si.ail followed bv Dainty Ariel. Golder rbnincxt pulled up, and took third place r o ., croa was in the rear all this time. Tht roW maw. Borealis. then took up fourth •';,i„n. Dainty Ariel's superior racing nasi « wre soon exemplified by his apL«mv at the head of the ruck, on passing tht m i! e . and apparently outstripping hia ccapriiiors with perfect ease to himself, held second place at the second B ile and ran admirably. Dainty Ariel and Tinstone made the running about a length 4 half apart for nearly half a mile, fol]Wt.] bv (i lden Cloud and Borealis. As jjVjsi. sh'Ttlv before reaching the straight nn iri. I lainty Ariel ran clear away from his ini*Miists. and Vanstone submitted to be ifaied bv the novr candidate for distinction— Go! vn Cloud. The horses consequently came ia as fiiHows. amidst the acclamations of the rs:— IW.ntT Ariel .. ... ... 1 Golden Cloud ... ... 2 V&sston ... ••• ••• 3 B.'-realis ... ••• ••• Koheroa ... ... 6 Time: 6 minutes 49 seconds.