LATEST NATIVE NEWS.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 38, 12 May 1869, Page 5

LATEST NATIVE NEWS.

[By Electric Telegeaph.J "Wellington, Monday, May 10. "Wanganui news is that Colonel Lyons has returned from the up river expedition. He encountered forty Hau-haus near Little Taranaki, killing three men and a woman ; the rest fled into the bush. The Ngatiporous shot the woman, saying she was too old to bother with. Colonel Whitinore was about proceeding into the interior ; the greater portion of the troops go before. No certainty prevails as to movements and localities. The rebels, who are said to be well supplied with necessaries, are kept informed of our arrangements. The first sod for the new Government House was turned to-day. No special ceremony. The Government cottage remains till the return of Governor Bowen. Dr. Eeatherston has issued an address to i .the electors in this evening's Post, offering himself for re-election. He has been Super- j intendent sixteen years, and has been five times previously elected without opposition. The directors of the Steam Company decline Mr. Martin's offer of £3 ss. per share, but a meeting is to take place three weeks hence to consider the matter. The Maori King expressed a desire to meet the Prince on the Ist instant ; nothing, however, was settled. Some little difficulty has arisen for completing the legal transfer of the ships and hulks lately sold for the Panama Company. The buyers are advised not to pay their balances just yet. Tuesday, May 11. Government telegrams received this day state that Colonel Whitmore took Apikere Bupa, killiug seven men, and taking all the women prisoners. The chief prophet of the Uriweras was killed. Otiraia station, "Wairarapa, was sold this day: 5,000 acres for £5,000, with 1,700 sheep at 4d. a head; 250 mixed cattle at twenty -four shillings ; and twenty horses at forty shillings each.