The New-Zealander. PUBLISHED DAILY. AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1863 TARANAKI.

New Zealander, Volume XIX, Issue 1888, 6 June 1863, Page 4

The New-Zealander. PUBLISHED DAILY.

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1863 TARANAKI.

Be just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st at, be thy Country's Thy God's, and Truth's.

We published yesterday in a second edition the following notification issued from the office of the Colonial Secretary immediately upon the arrival of H.M.S. Eclipse from Taranald : Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, sth June, 1863. His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that Lieutenant-General Cameron, C. 8., left the Town of New Plymouth at 9 p. m. on the 3rd instant, accompanied by a Military Force, and arrived at Tataraimaka at 4 a. m. yesterday morning, (the 4th instant). The force under his command at that point being made up of the Head-Quarter Companies of the 57th and 70th Regiments, of a detachment of the 65th Regiment, of three Armstrong Guns and the greater part of Capt. Mercer's Battery, and a small Detachment of the Royal Engineers. The Force being in all about 650 strong. The attack commenced at 62 a. m. yesterday morning. The Force crossed the Katikara river and attacked the enemy's position on the left bank of that stream, which it carried, totally routing the. enemy which fled in confusion, leaving twenty-two of his dead on one part of the field.

The Lieut.-General states that Colonel Warre, C. 8., and the 57th regiment under his command, availed themselves of an opportunity afforded them by carrying with the greatest gallantry a redoubt of the enemy, where the principal fighting took place. The loss on our side was one private killed, and two mortally and two severely wounded, of the 57th regiment, and one private severely wounded of the 70 th regiment. PI. M. S. Eclipse, under the command of Captain Mayne, R. N., sailed from New Plymouth at 4 a.m. yesterday morning, and arrived off the Katikara river at the hour arranged with the Lieut.-General, so as to co-operate most usefully with the military Force from the commencement of the attack by shelling the enemy's works. The Lieut.-General and part of the Force returned in H. M. S. Eclipse to New Plymouth the same morning, reaching that place at 1 p.m. The remainder of the Force marching back to town. By His Excellency's command, Alfbeo Domett.

The letter of our own correspondent will help to fill in the picture of which the above is an outline. The military project appears to have been most skilfully conceived and executed by General Camerox, and to have fallen short of the complete success which otherwise must have attended it, only from the fact that the troops engaged were too few in number completely to hem in the murderers and marauders who have drawn down upon themselves such punishment. The opening of the fire from Captain Mercer's battery, in the dawn of the morning, and the advance of the troops, seemed terror into the braggarts who are brave only in ambush and against defenceless men and children, and of the main body as many as could escape fled incontinently to the hills. Their redoubt and rifle pits were gallantly " rushed" and taken in a few minutes, and, as we learn, no less than forty of the insurgent Maories have paid the penalty of their lives for the crimes which have disgraced them. It is well that it shall be clearly understood that swift retribution | can now be made to follow, and will most certainly follow such murders as that committed at the ! "VVairoa river the other day. If these Natives, or any Natives, believe that their brutal customs, I their uru maranga, or any other uru, can be pleaded in justification of cowardly arid barbarous '

murders, it is well that they shall understand that

the Governor will bar that plea, and insist that this custom shall be abolished, that it shall, if need be, be washed out in streams of blood. There is happily "no more any real quarrel about Waitara," or about land in any ether quarter of this island. If the turbulence of disaffected and ill-disposed Natives compels the Governor to resort to force, it will not be for the purpose of abolishing tribal right or acquiring territory " by any means," but for the purpose of establishing order, the supremacy of the law, and security for life and property, Native as well as European, throughout the length and breadth of the land. In this cause—a broad and noble cause —there can and will be general accord, and the most conscientious men will now be able to range themselves in the ranks of " vigorous prosecution." The Natives will learn from the recent event that their riile pits, which heretofore have sheltered them, are no longer secure shelter, and that nothing in the the way of defences that they can oppose to European troops efficiently commanded and led, will long avail to save them from any punishment their crimes may deserve. The effect which the intelligence just received may have upon Waikato will be watched with deep anxiety. The party of order is still strong and active there, and it may chance that the recent event may serve as a warning which will operate in their favour. It may not be denied, however, that the conjuncture is critical and full of danger, and it is matter tor congratulation that Sir George Grey is once more in Auckland. His action in respect to Waitara and his general policy in Native affairs have satisfied the sense of justice and secured the confidence of those who were compelled to set themselves in opposition to the policy of his predecessor, whilst the recent display of " vigour " may re-assure those whose creed is force, and show that there is another element than rose-water in the system which His Excellency intends to pursue. The Governor has therefore the right to expect cordial co-operation from all. There is still some hope that the turbulent section of Waikato may be restrained from acts of violence, and, if they submit to that restraint, the freedom of British subjects to growl and to complain will not be denied them. They never have had the shadow of a pretence fur violence or outrage. If they now, unprovoked, enter upon a career of violence, their blood will be upon their own heads and they must be left to meet the fate upon which they are rushing so blindly.

(FROM OUR OWN COEIIESFOXDENT.) Thursday, June 4, 1563. In my last letter I intimated that an expedition Southward might soon be expected; last night my expectations were realized ; about 10 p.m. a large force of troops, with three days' provisions, started en route for Tataraimaka, the object of the movement, though kept secret, was pretty accurately conjectured. The enemy were in force beyond Tataraimaka redoubt about 1-| miles rather inland, and were fortifying their position there and surrounding it with rifle pits. It was also reported that they had accumulated a large quantity of provisions, and otherwise gave indications of their intention of making a. stand, and trying tile question of the physical superiority of the races whenever the General felt inclined to put it to the test. They had the utmost confidence in their own capabilities and estimated the prowess of our gallant troops by former encounters with them when they were unfortunately weilded by the trembling hand of an incompetent commander. In General Cameron they have met with a true .-.oldier, whose system of warfare they cannot comprehend, so xitterly different is it to the languid indecisive movements of his predecessors, who were only energetic in extolling the prowess of the Maori, and denouncing the civilians for their impertinence in daring to laugli at their twaddle about the impossibility of surprising them. The action which took place this morning is a practical illustration of the beneficial effects of prompt and bold action, and shows that the enemy's position can be carried in a couple of hours with infinitely less loss, by a sudden rush, than by months of sapping, and all the farce of a regular seige, to approach a few potatoe holes and a dilapidated pa, that would scarce stand the rush of a bullock, as at " Te Arei."

At dawn this morning the firing of heavy guns, beard in the direction of Tataraimaka was the first intimation we had of some fighting goino- on in that direction, but no news had arrived in town of the result of the action, which we felt certain had taken place, until 10 a.m., when the followingtelegram arrived by orderly from Poutoko :—• Tataraimaka, 8-J- a.m. "The rifle pits destroyed, and no end ofMaories killed." 9 a.m. " The enemy completely routed, with heavy loss, and position carried. We lost only one man killed, and four wounded." From later information it seems that the enemy were taken by surprise. They occupied a position on the Ritaka stream. It was an imitation of our redoubts—a breastwork built of earth and fern, and flanked by rifle pits—the place was not finished, and our men had no difficulty in effecting an entrance. About 500 men of the different regiments accompanied by the General and Colonel Warre, marched to attack the enemy at daybreak. A rush was made, and the enemy were completely taken by surprise. Those who were caught on the earthwork fought well, and as our informant observed, " took the bayonet like men, and did not squeak a bit." A great number made their escape in consequence of some gullies not being commanded. Twenty seven of the enemy's dead have been gathered all of them having bayonet wounds, and not a single prisoner taken. Our men took the position and did the business in about ten minutes. One of our men is killed; one mortally, and three slightly wounded by tomahawks.

The first Maori was killed by Athy Bayly, who acted as guide on former occasions. There was only a small amount of provisions in the position the natives occupied. Their numbers were about 200 ; they were pursued up in the direction of the range?, with what success I have not heard.

The Eclipse went down the coast to co-operate with the troops, and returned at noon this day, bringing the General and staff, who was loudly cheered on landing. The militia and volunteers were in charge of the town last night, and a great number ofmen who were on duty last night were on the night before; but while the service is carried on with such vigour the heavy duties are done cheerfully.

3 o'clock, p.m. The latest news is that two of our men are dead, and two mortally wounded, and eight slightly wounded. The Maori position was first shelled before the rush was made, and at the time of the rush only about thirty natives were in the works, or rifle pits, the rest having left in consequence of the shelling. They were shot and bayonetted in the holes, the wharies burnt and some of the inmates were burned with them. The enemy retreated to the Ruatake pa on the ranges. At the commencement of the shelling about 300 or 400 natives were in the redoubt. '

SIR GEORGE GREY'S POLICY. A Maori War, which Sir Gi-.orgi: Grey ha* employed so much patient forbearance to avert and for which he has incurred so much insensate obloquy, has at length overtaken us. Taramiki r once again a battle-field. Happily the initiative has not, this time, been taken by a feeble Govern, ment, eager, yet terrified to strike ; ignorant how when, and where to act; alarmed at the shadow' of their own conjuring ; anxious to grant a truce upon the most frivolous and contemptible p re . texts; possessed of so little confidence in their own prowess, and indulging in such exaggerated notions of that of their exultant foe, as to east a gloom, bordering upon despair, over the before unsullied prestige of the arms of England. The war into which we have just entered, i s * legacy bequeathed to New Zealand by the administration that plunged the country into previous ignoble strife—a strife abandoned in the moment of victory, to make way for a timid trembling, hollow, evanescent truce. This was the work of the rulers that set the Northern Island in a blaze, and who looked on in abject consternation of the arson of which they had been guilty. It has been jeeringly and insolently demanded what is Sir George Grey's policy, and what its aim ? That policy, in our humble opinion, has been conclusively and consistently indicated from the hour of his resumption of' the Government to the present moment, That policy was, if possible to convert the ill-timed, ill-judged, and hollow truce which his predecessor sanctioned—when he should have pursued the war with unrelaxing energy —into a secure, permanent, and prosperous peace, conducive alike to the interests of the two conflicting peoples the inhabitants of the land. To achieve such an object was not only in consonance with the principles upon which Great Britain acquired the sovereignty of New Zealand, but it was an end to be desired as well by the philanthropist as the diplomatist. Is it the fault of Sir George Grey that his influence over a moribund race has been weakened by years of absence, aggravated by the contumelious treatment of the tribes, the want of consideration to their desires, the suspicions of the integrity which our rulers engendered and by the lunatic relaxation of the Arms Ordinance which enabled the disgusted and discontented to arm themselves to the teeth—is it surprising with all these obstacles to encounter, and with the ceaseless buzzings of hostile critics, domestic and foreign, to stigmatise and miseontrue him —is it, —can it be surprising that his ceaseless, his patient, and indefatigable efforts to secure the peace, as surely as he has restored the prosperity of the country, should have partially failed ? We think not. We feel confident that long after the generation of ignoble and small minded snarlers shall have passed away the name of Sir G;-:or.GE Grey, " Beacon "-like, will shed an illustrious halo on the chronicles of New Zealand.

But, whilst Sir George Grey has been clearing away the rubbish thrown in his path—whilst he has been straining and striving for the preservation of peace and its attendant—prosperity, has he used no precautions to be prepared for the war into which he has been unwillingly drawn? Are our frontiers confined within nine miles of Auckland, or Lave they been pushed forward some thirty or forty miles to the commanding point of the Waikato ? lias Auckland been thrown into utter affright by recurring instances of unmanly panic? Have the sentries in high quarters been nightly doubled ? And has intelliger.ee from Taranaki been looked for with mortal lorbodings of disaster and disgrace ? As yet Sir Geoege Gees: andhis admirable coadjutor General Cameron have changed all that. The city is in repose. The citizens rest in tranquility ;" and war, whilst looked upon as an evil from which we should rejoice to escape, under the conduct of such intrepid and intelligent leaders, becomes shorn of more than half its terrors.

It is more than satisfactory to think that this war has been forced upon lis —that no efforts have been spared to avert it —that every endeavour has been made to warn the natives against provoking the consequences which they have blindly defied. Will Sir Gjeoijge Grky's government, — will the interests of Northern New Zealand be paralyzed or profit ted by this noble forbearance ? Will not the friends of New Zealand rejoice, and will not her enemies be silenced, when they are made aware that we have entered unwillingly into Avar upon native compulsion ?

In the "tall-talking" strife of 18G0-61, our soldiers were pushed forward only to be pulled the further and more ingloriously backward. Almost every expedition proved to be a practical illustration of that pithy couplet respecting the King of France and his twenty thousand men Bletherum-skyte shone predominant. Sap on our side, and rifle pits (potato holes your Taranaki correspondent more becomingly calls them) on that of the enemy, was the slow but by no means safe mode of carrying on the war. Redoubts were thrown up at every few hundred yards, and, during their process of construction, every redoubt became a battle field. Upon the present occasion, the war has been forced upon us by the cold-blooded massacre of two gallant officers and half-a-dozen soldiers of the 57th regiment. Whether that massacre was an act of tribal atrocity, or whether it was a prearranged provocative to arms, it has been the means of renewing the war —and how ? With as much decision and success, as the former wanton contest was conspicuous for pusillanimity and disaster.

Saps have been discarded from the present military vocabulary. Rifle pits carry no apprehension to the hearts of those most eager to storin them. Our General and his staff are the leaders and encouragers, not the intimidafcors of the brave fellows under their orders. Intelligent subordinates have a carte blanche for the development of their conduct and courage. Of that privilege Lieutenant Bkuton and his men nobly availed themselves. That permission Lieutenant Waller has likewise turned to excellent account. And of. that privilege the Taranaki Militia and Volunteers have manifested an eager desire to avail themselves. Strategy against strategy, and the savage will quail before the civilized. The Maori rifle pit is not impregnable to British bayonets led with ordinary British spirit. The attack and rout of the enemy on the 4th inst.' are demonstrative proofs that fearless measures are invariably les3 sanguinary than feeble, faltering and failing attempts. Our soldiers feel that now they are becomingly handled—the foe, —that they h&ve to deal with those who can confront and conquer them. These are facts which are already beginning to tell. We congratulate Sir Geoege Obey and General Caheeon on the auspicious commencement of the campaign. We trust it will be a short and sure one; and that the natives in learning that we fight neither for conquest nor revenge, but for their and our peace and prosperity, will hasten to end the strife by timely and unconditional submission to the laws that afford equal protection to all classes of HeJt Majesty's subjects. NoETHEENEB.

Cm Boakd Election*. —The seat vacated by the -ointment of Mr. Beveridge to the Chairmanship will ? Messrs. S. Hague Smith and Wm. Swanson 1 a viu"- offered themselves for election, lhe nomination . « f or next Thursday, and the polling for the following day. A New Zealand Goveexsiest Gazette was nblisbed cm Thursday, and contains amongst other matter a proclamation appointing a Circuit Court to lie held at Taranaki on the for the trial of Criminal, and the. 30th of civil cases. A despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general infomation enclosing an extract from the London Gazette, of 9th December. 18C2, respecting " Declarations exchanged between the Governments of Bavaria and Great Britain relative to the duties payable on the withdrawal of propcitv of subjects of the one country from the territories of the other." Also a circular from the Secretary of State *t respecting the management of Hospital and Lunatic asylums." A second circular from the same quarter also appears, as to the collection of aerolites for the British Muesum. The Gazette contains a long li.-t of Acts passed by the General Assembly which have either been left to their operation by her Majesty or to which Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance. A notice is afforded to mariners of a rock in Bass' Straits, also of the placing of a red buoy on the North end of Semaphore spit, St. Vincent Gulf, together •with "Sailing directions for MacDonnel Bay near Cape Northumberland." In the Postal department, there appears a notification of the appointment of Ebcnezcr Hamilton Esq.j to be an Engineer Survcryor under the " Steam Navigation ActlSG2." Mr. C. A. Harris, of this city, lias been licensed to act as a Lighterman for the year ending 31st Dec., lciij;!, and Messrs. Alfred Barnes, and Edward Levlaud have been licensed to act as Custom House agents, at "the port of Auckland. At the close of the Gazette is a table of the return of the quantity and value of gold exported from New Zealand from the Ist April, 1857, to 31st March, 18G3, and during the quarter ending 81st March, ISC.'?. During the latter short period Auckland has exported 025 ozs., valued at £2,835; Nelson, 2,789 ozs., valued ae £10,80G; Dunedin and Invercargill 183,965 ozs., valued at £712,853. The total value of all the gold exported from these three places in New Zealand to 31st March, 1803, haj been £*,ooo ; £213,209 ; and £2,987,078 respectively. We learn from the New Zealand Gazette published on Thursday that, enquires having been made respecting a man named George Davies, who is supposed to have died at Otago, any one who can give any information concernin"' such a person, is requested to communicate the same to the Colonial Secretary. The person concerning whom information is sought was a single man, known by the naino of George Davies or Davis, was a mariner by occupation, of a fair complexion and of the age of forty nine ; was a native of Saundiesfoot, Pembrokeshire, and sailed from Milford Haven about 1830 or 1832, and when last heard of was living at Wai-Kouiti, Otago, on the 9th Sept. 1858.

L.vxu Association 1.0.F.M.U. —The committoo of this association will attend in the side room of the Odd Fellows' Hall, this evening, between the hours of six and eight, for the purpose of enrolling the names of intending members whether brethern of the order or otherwise, as well as to receive the weekly subscriptions. As the rules have now been ;egistered members will bo able on this occasion to obtain copies anil to receive their certificates of membership.

Savings Bask. —A .special meeting of the trustees of this Institution will be held on Monday next, at -1 p.m., to arrange for the alteration of business hours, the establishment of branch offices in country Districts, and other general matters connected with the management of the Institution.

Tub meeting of the brethren of the Ancient Order of Foresters, will take plaee at the It yal Hotel, on Monday evening next, at 8 o'clock. "Auckland Immigration Certificate Act."— The claims of the undermentioned persons will be investigated on Wednesday, the 18th inst., at the the Sheriffs cilice, Auckland, at 1L o'clock in the forenoon. Mary R. Otkus; Thomas Williams; Friend Day; Timothy Koonin ; Daniel Sinclair ; and John Lethani.

Sutrkme Court.—The whole of yesterday was occupied by the trial of Jeremiah Regan and James Lane for robbery from the person. Being found guity, sentence was passed upon thorn of four years penal servitude. The only case now remaining is that of Maurice Quick, charged with arson at Albert Barracks, which will be tried this day Crrs: Improvements.—" Sixteen drinking fountains," we learn from our contemporary the Dunedin Daily Times, " have been established in Hobart Town by the Corporation of that city. The}' arc constructed with extra trough for the use of horses and dogs." We take the following from the Lyttleton Times, but though the exclamation afforded is ingenious, we can scarcely accept it. The same alleged cause lias existed hear and elsewhere without, as far as can be known, having produced similar effects. We recommend the perusal of the folowing to the attention of the stocko raers of New Zealand generally :—" Great consternation," says the Lyttelloh Times, " has taken place among the various owners of cattle at Akaroa from the fact that Mr. Inraan, of German Bay, had lost 10 head, and Mr. Le Lievre about ten head of valuable cattle, and no conclusion could bo arrived at as to the cause of death. An opinion prevailed that owing to tiie numerous extensive bush fires the ground had become covered with wood ash; that heavy rains succeeding, had dissolved the alkali from the ashes, which had strongly impregnated the waters of the creeks, from which the cattle had drunk, and thus.proved fatal." A Scientific Ghost. —The London Daily News mentions a curious discovery which has been made by an Excivil Engineer named Dicks, and which was first broached by him at a meeting of the British Association in 1838: —The Polytechnic Institution, London, has a great attraction in a real ghost—he rises out of thesolid floor, and you may walk right through him, and cut him in two with a sword. For the right to use the ghost in a new piece the manager of one of our theatres has offered £SOO. A Word to the Ladies on Crinoline. —In a late number of Once A Week, edited, as is well known, by Charles Dickens, we And the following pathetic appeal to the common sense and good feelings of the women of the middle classes of society:—There is something pitieons, I can assure the ladies who ' go sailing about' in comfortable complacency about their dress, in hearing the accounts given by their fathers, husbands, and brothers of the defensive measures they take against the mischiefs of the prevalent fashion. Though they suppress more than they tell, they relate enough to excite an old man's wonder at what the heads of English households will submit to in these days. They say nothing of the difficulty of finding money for the increased cost of female dress ; nor, perhaps, of the grief of being subjected to hourly annoyance and inconvenience by wife, daughter, or sister, who is supposed to bo bound to consider the comfort of the head of the family; bet they speak out about the dangers to life and property. They have bought high fenders aud fireguards for every room in the house; and they put forth their full authority on the subject of keeping the fireguards locked. As for the property endangered by skirts too large for the dwelling,—the china, the dower-stands, light tables, aud whatever stands upon them, —some gentlemen are vexed, and others take it easily, when these things are smashed; but all regret the days when such property was sate from one generation to another, and when we could all walk about (nvo ra hones without thought or care. Cynics may find : mu cm nt in the helplessness or' husbands and fathers w 10 -* oul 1 lose more than they could gain by opposition to the fashion ; but men of heart, —men who have been accustomed to respect the domestic se:c, cannot but regret the levity or perverseness, or mere weakness, by which the respect, and the inutal confidence and affection of home, are put to too severe a proof. To the 1 ditor of the New-Zkalandeh. Sin,—Your corres.w dent ''Truth an 1 Fact" in affecting to consul.* tht.t it is the case of Mr. James Williamson that 1 have cite-, in support of my statement api ears to be intentionally muddying the s'rearn. He chase, Which I cited, is a different mat er, and at a distinct place from Mr. James Williamson F, viz. Potter's 15am; and it is only from the fact that Wiiiiamscn and (hummer were Hart's repr*,n atives wl en buying the land back that he is enabled to confound vhj names, 'lhc land Mr. James tt Lumton recently bought at the •* Juiicti. n" was never m the sainr cate<*orv, and the c ise bad never any pomts in eonatun. nor was i-var cited I y ue. I repeat that in the same way as the execs- ui Hart's and Newmans pnt bases from hj • N.-.tiv. s were by the Government in 1848 sold ba k to the original clnimcnts after having been marked as reserves so Wi re the 4 acres of the e>ces of Mr. Graham's land sold back to Mr. Graham. " Truth and Fact" snvs that this land was specially resen-i d This is neither "truth nor fact;" it was "crown land,'' no more special.';/ reserved than n any other pieces of sandy wastes that have, under other Superintendents, been sold to the own ri of contiguous fi>rms. Chas HEAriiY. 4th Jam; r , 1863.

WHAT OUR RAILWAY WOULD EFFECT. To the Editor of the Ni;w-Zi:alaxder. Sir,—lt is my determination not to allow the slumbers of our Railway project to continue undisturbed, but that I intend upon all fitting opportunities to place its strong and unquestionable claims tor public sympathy and support before the attention of your readc 's. In order to carry my intention into immediate effect, I beg to quote a i'aw facts which have been handed to me by a tradesman of this city. They are culled from a letter that he has just r ceived f:o:n a settler in the Dairy district. He states, " In reply ;o your letier, I beg to inform you that I can supply you with the bes; potatoes at L" per ton, prime bacon at 7d. per lb., and fiesh pork at -Id. per lb. ; but yon must pay the carriage of them into Auckland. Were the railway flora this place into your city completed, the cost of transit would then be but trifling in comparison to what it is at present." On enquiry, I find that potatoes are now seeing in Auckland at £l3 per ton, prime bacon at is. 3d. per lb , and fresh pork at Bd. per lb , by which prices the public are, under the existing state of things, compelled to pay on the above-named articl-s of necessity, upwards of 100 per cent, beyond the present cost price. Now, the Railway would alicr all this, and bring these and other farm produce out of the category of famine prices, for a ton of goods from Dairy by railway could be brought into Auckland for 55., instead of the present charge of 355. per ton, The rate of charge for goods by railway in England is about one penny per ton per mile. The correspondent above referred to further states, " That if I could send freely and cheaply my farm produce into Auckland market, I, and some of my neighbours, would be able to forward there a much larger supply of it, than we are able to do at present." It is apparent that the inhabitants of Auckland are living in a city—the capital ol a Province -which may be truly said to be almost isolated from its agricultural districts, solely for the want of an expeditious and cheap mode of commuuicaiion with them; and hence the greater portion of the common necessaries of life that are consumed here, have to be imported from other countries. Let the public, therefore, clearly know that the immediate effect of the opening of the Dany railway, would be to reduce the prices of all farm produce brought into Auckland from that district, upwards of 80 per cent. I am, &c, Osmund Lewis. Queen-street, June 3rd, 1863. Kite Kai-tuhituhi o te Niu-Tireni. Orakei, Hune 1, 1863. E hoa c te kai ta o te Niu-Tireni, tena koe. Taia e koe ta niatou reti kite Niu-Tireni, kia rongo nga ivvi katoa i ta matou korero whakahoki mo nga korero hangahanga noa iho a Hetaraka Takapuna ratou ko Ngatipaoa, i taia ki nga nupepa o te Ripeka o te Tonga, i te 23, i te 2 7 , i te 29 o Mc-i, i te tau nei ano. E mea ana, kei te hiahia matou kite hoko i to matou whenua i U"-alni, i Whakatakataka, i Purewa; engari ia kua rongo; kua rongo ranei, lie wavvata ranei nana kite tango, kite hoko i to matou whenua? Kia rongo mat koutou, lie hiahia to Hetaraka kite hoko tahae i to matou wlienua. ina hoki tana kupu e ki nei, " Ka~ ho;e ano i takoto noa tana tikanga kite hoko i tona whenua." Ko hca ra tenei wlienua meakc nei hokona e Hetaraka? Kite mea ko Okahu, ko Whakatakatakn, k) Purewa e he ana, kahore ona kainga i konei. Me puta tana kupu hoko, me tana panuitanga ki runga i nga e.ahi i a ia (e mau na te maka i runga i a ia) ki Takapuna, Id Rangitoto, ki Aotea, kite kainga o tona tupuna o Taihud. Kei whaki.rongo koutou ki nga korero a Hetaraka Takapuna, he hanga noa iho, he mea kia rangona tona .ingoa e te tini o te tangata ; tkiro koutou ki ana korero i taia kite Ripeka o te Tonga i te 27 i te 29 o nga ra o Mei, ivre ke ana tana kupu ki Rarotonga, mete mea nona ttra whenua. Katahi ano te ivvi pokanoa ko Ngatipaoa, e hae ana hoki, no tetahi ka kake, nona ka iti; porangi te korero a tenei tangata a Hetaraka, a tenei ivvi hoki a Ngatipaoa, he hiakai kite panana, !:i te orene, kite pinvreporutu, kite aroru-'U, kite kokonata, i pt.ta huhua kore ai ta ra:ou kupu whakatutua mo tetahi tangata, me ta ratou amuamu kite kai. Kia rongo mai koutou e nga iwi katoa, kia rongo mai ano hoki koutou e te iwi puhaehae nd e Ngatipaoa, ehara a Paora i te mea liaere noa ki Rarotonga, e noho noa iho ana a Paora Tuhaere i tona kainga i Whakutaka'.aka, e mauria haeretia rate ingoa e nga Rnr. tonga, na te ingoa kau ano, tere moe noa mai nga taonga o tera motu mo Paora, roa rawa iho, kitea rawatia ake, noho ana ko Kaii.uku pu ake ano i runga o Whakatakataka, he tiki mai i a Paora kia h.iere ki Rarotonga. VVhakahau tonu iho a Kainuku kia hokoua e Paora he kaipuke liei rererere ki Rarotonga, ka hokona e Paora ko " Wikitoria." Hoki atu a Kainuku ki It a'otonga, waihotia iho e Kainuku he kapene mo te kaipuke o Paora, me nga beram tna Rarotonga tokowha. Rcre atu a Paora i Akarana nei, u atu ki Rarotonga, ka tukua mai ki a Paora e nga Matahiapo i runga i te whakaaetanga a Kainuku, e toru nga pihi whenua, tuku whenua, tuka mana, tuku tangata. I lite ranei tenei ki ta Ngatipaoa e ki nei, " he haha kai, he tango whenua"? Nana na hoki i kiiui mai ki tetahi nui moua? Kia rot)£o rnai koutou e nga Pakeha e nga tangata Maori. E tae koia te rongo o te tutua ki nga whenua tawhiti ? Heoi ano ra ta te pononga mahi, he liaki kauta, he tahu hangi. Kia rongo mai ano koutou, katahi tu iwi hohoro ko Ngatipaoa kite whakahe tangata ; e rererere noa ana tana korero kei runga kau 0 te arero, kahore e mobio iho he aha ranei tana i korero ai, ina hoki ra, he whakahe noa atu ano i nga minitd, i n°a r. o.iita, i nga kai-whakaako, i nga tangata liaere noa, noho noa i runga i tona ake kainga. He penei ano te tikanga a Ngatipaoa ratou ko Hetaraka, e tohe nei ki to matou wlienua, ki Okahu, ki Whakatakataka, ki Purewa, he tohe kau noa iho, kahore he tikanga. Kia mohio koutou, e taia tonutia ana nga ingoa°o o matou tupuna kite Niu-Tireni, heoi, kabore kau he kupu whakahe a te Ripeka o to Tonga, kahore lie aba, ekore ano hoki e taca e ratou te whakahe, no te mea ko nga putake pu tena o tenei whenua o Tarn ;ki, ko matou hoki nga uri. Kia rongo mai koutou. he nui kupu kau nga mahi a Hetaraka, (kia kiia ko ia ko papa), ekore ia e tuku kia winkiWi.kiß, kia kitea tona lie, ki runga ki to maton whenua e noho nei matou; heoi na ano te mea e whara i a ia, he whakahe huhua kore i te tangata. Kia rongo mai koutou, ekore matou e neke i to matou vvhenu.i°i runga i te mahi a Hetaraka, no te ma e karanga ake ana te whenua ki a matou, " He tainaiti koe naku no tua iho" : me matou hoki, "He whaea koe no matou, a, ake tonu atu." Heoi ano, ka mulu. Na Te Taolj Te Aotawiijbangi, Na Ngaoho Te Parakuka, Na Te Uiuxouru Te Waiohua Ngaiwi. [translation.] To the Editor of the Niw Zealander. Friend, the Editor of the Nlw Zealaxdkr, greeting —Do •• ou print our letter in the New -Zealander, to let all "the tribes know our reply to the unimportant, or unfounded, words of Hetaraka, Takapuna, and Ngatipaca v>kich were printed in the Southern Cross newspapers of the 23rd, 27th and 29th May in th s year. They s y that we are wishful to sell our land, Okaiui, W tiakatakotaka, and Purewa. He is the (only) per,on who has heard of it. Has he heard? or does he d.-ire to take and sell our land? Do you hearken, Hetaraka wishes to stealthily sell our land: wit:.ess his word which says, "he has not completed his arrangements for the sale of his land." Where is this land° which Hetaraka intends to sell? If it is Okahu, Whakitakataka, and Purewa, he is wrong, lie has no p'ace here. Let him send forth his word about selling, ami proclamations for his own land (whose mark is upon him) Takapuna, Rangitoto, Aotea, the land of his ancestor Tuihua. Do not hearken to the words of Hetaraka Takapuna, they are unfounded, and are to cause his name to be known bv men. Look at his statements printed in the Southern Cross of the 27th and 20th May, where his words ramble off to Raratonga, as if that were his land. What an interfering tribe the Ngatipaoas are! They are jealous because another (tribe) is great and they are small. The words of this man Hetaraka, and this tribe Ngatipaoa, are like those of mad men—they are hungering for bannanas, oranges, bread fruit, arrowroot and cocoa nuts, that is why they—without cause—sent forth words to degrade a man, and their reason for whining after food. Do you hearken all tribes, and you also, the j.-alous tribe, Ngatipaoa. Paora did not go without cause to Rarotonga. While Paora Tuhaere was living quietly at his place Whakatakataka. his name was carried abroad by the Raratongans. When his name only was heard, then the goods of that island were given without scruple to Paora. After s ime considerable time, the first thing that was seen was Kainuku himself at Whakatakaka; he had come to -ret Paora to go to Rarotonga. Kainuku strongly i rged Paora to buy a vessel, to trade with Rarotonga. Ra >ra bought the Virtoria, and Kanuku returned to Taro onga, leaving behind him a c .ptain for Paora's vessel, aid Rarotongan sailors, four in number. Paora s.iikd rjm Auckland and arrived at Rarotonga. The superior chief gave Paora —with the consent of Katnak'i—time pieces of land. Land, mana, and men were i.ive.i to Paora. Does ibis agree with the statenvunf N>'-;tip«oa w' e . -hey say, l.e was 10. king for 1 cd a d -Z ng land? He was looking for greatness U ... as, It. 5o you hearken, O Pnkchas and Maoris. W«.utd the fame of a low person reach distant lana*. hj: work of a slave is to look after the kitchen, ami prepare the ovens (hangi). Do yo« hearke-, the

Ngatipaoas are a tribe very ready fb condemn men. It is the mere flinging of words uttered by the tongue, [e.g. no proof given J and they do not know what they talk about, because they condemn the ministers, the monitors, the teachers, and other persons living on their own land; their aim being, a desire to get at our land, Okahu, Whakatakataka, and Purewa; they are merely urging, having neither right nor title. Do you understand fully, the names of our ancestors have been published continually in the New-Zea lander, and the Southern Cross lias never challenged the correctness of cur statements in regard to this matter, nor is it able to contradict them, because they—our ancestors—were the real owners of this laud Tamaki, aud we are their descendants. Do von hearken, the work of Hetaraka is to give vent to" big words, that it may be said "he is a person of consequence." He will not permit an investigation, lest his artifices should be discovered which he has practised concerning our land upon which we reside. The only thing that he can do is to condemn men wrongly." Do you hearken, we will not be moved from our land by the work of Hetaraka, because the land is crying unto us—you are my children from time immemorial; and we say you are and ever shall be our mother. Sufficient, it is ended, From Te Taoo Te Aotawiiiraxgi. From Ngaoho Te Parakuka. From Te Wringutu te Waioiiu Ngariolv Orakei, June Ist, 1563. THE BUILDING ACT. To the Editor of the New-Zealaxder. Sir,—-Permit me to ask, Is Custom House-street within the limits of the Auckland Building Act, aud if so, how is it that the shanty now stuck up on a few sticks is allowed to be built in the above-named street, when only a few weeks since in another part of the city the Inspector condemned a much superior building, and that, too, upon a scoria foundation? The place mentioned is going up on land belonging to the immaculate captain of the yellow flag. There must be some underhand winking at such doings; the proper officer is not looking after his business. 0 But it appears that men holding office, either in church or state, manage nicely to make fish of one and flesh of another. Your answer, and the calling attention of the proper authorities to this will mnch oblige Yours, &c., Scoria. Auckland, May sth, 1863. P.S. Please call attention of the Town Board to the state of Custom House-street, and insist upon its being cleared of all timber; it is the greatest harbour of filth and nuisance in the city; the smell and disgusting sights are truly intolerable, and sufficient to bring disease and sickness upon those whose business requires them to be in that locality. Let those carrying on business take land for thenoperations, and not occupy the public streets.