RAGLAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 111, 22 March 1864, Page 4

RAGLAN.

! ["l'liO.M Of". OU'.N" f(>IUlK3>.-ONl>y:>T.' 1 ; March 10. J The 'Storm liinl' came to anchor about 2 p.m. ■ 1 to-day, and left for the South in the evenim;. \\V j shall Jiave anv number of horses here for sale shortly, I 1 uiidei>tand'. as ihe Maoris seem u> think I that the example Te One has >et them is a "ood one and one likely lo pay in the en.l. March IC. ' ! The schooner 'Abcona' frtelicd her aueln.ra-e at ; 3 p.m.. on her vomijc to Taninaki ami Wani;anui. : She srin-s a few tons of i,'oods tor this place. " i Kai;lan was iiwakeiied into life about Id. last, ni-ht, by the report of a shot from a building'. . about a quarter of a mile from Ihe town, occupied n- ' a commissariat store. After the usual preliminaries, turninc; out guards, ic. it was ascertained that the shot had been lired by one of the sentries, at a boat belongiii" to the Waitetuna Heads camp. The ormpants were proceeding home, perfeetlv , seemingly, that they had been challenged, wlu-i. the unplca>aut whiz of a bullet close to their ears attracted ! their attention. The sentrv, 1 believe, challenged live times: but most proba'blv the noise of the oars in the rowlock.- prevented his 'bein S heard. ' March 17. I "Rebels who have friends amoni; Navlor's jiartv j J often come to, or pass lliroii'jh the settlements of the ' I friendly natives, and 1 hear to-day that letters have i been received here requesting the' Queen's natives to ' obtain supplies for the Kiiniites. It is, 1 think, about even hcttiii',' whether they ilu-iu or not. J)','.;■ the mm, !,,is >~„,;■, we hear that » native who came a fortnight from and lvniaiued here ' soinii days, jmrehusiim tobacco, clothes, .ve., was en«:\«n\ in the skirmish at Another rascal, : to this place, who had hern awav since Meromere, was in this district for pome .lays," but of \ course information was not niven until the'man was oil , . A policeman went to look after him, and found ' an empM net. " Punish nil the rebels," is the loval cry—"exirnl my friends !" ' \ A party of natives have just come in from Whatawhata; nothing particular stirrins;. Tbcv sav that the General K ,.l to the front yestrrdav, and thai all the Iroop.s are concentrating 'in upp.'r Waipa, preparatory to an attack on Te Tihi a te ii pah at or near The Queen natives seem to think that the taking of that li.ih wi'l linish the war. • . |