The D; S. Cross of the 18th instant, says that Mr. H. T. Clarke, Civil Commissioner at Tauranga, had received a letter from Thompson, stating that he knew nothing whatever of the interference with the surveyors till after the event, and that as soon as it came to his knowledge he gave most positive orders that the instruments should be returned without loss of time. Besides giving these orders, Thompson declared to the natives that no blood should be shed in Tauranga. Confirmatory of the letter, news was received that tlie Pirirakau, who had seized the instruments, had offered the whole of them, quite uninjured, to a settler, being afraid to venture to Te Papa with them. It is inferred from th& above that Thompson is inclined to be friendly and faithful to the Europeans., The Ist and sth companies of the Ist Waikato Regiment are to be settled immediately 0£ the lands.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 197, 22 October 1866, Page 2
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