TAURANGA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1123, 20 June 1867, Page 6

TAURANGA.

(FEOII OTJB OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

V l J - June 17. Yesterday morning at 2 o'clock, the report from » great gun announced to the inhabitants of T iv! the arrival of ira armed steamer, which Droved tnT and Auckland, The reason for her calling in he™ has not transpired so far as I am aware, nor have T made inquiries knowing that certain General Governmeiit officers E.ro restricted from givin* any tioa of official character. Although Kvo tothinl of importance to communicate I avail myself of tha opportunity to state that the « War in Tauranea" as the Herald has already shown, has died out so far as this district is concerned. We now enjo? Peaco throughout the length and breadth rS Tauranga. The attainment of this desirable obj°ct without doubt mainly attributable to His Honor the Superintendent, whose visit I prognosticated through your columns would be of more actu,l importance than that of any former visit from 1 Superintendent precedmg him, or even that of ffs Excellency himself. The road is nnw <• heuco to the Waikato. To show that this is no agtjeration, I may mention that a gentleman named BoreU arrived here last week from a visit to Ene Mautetera, at I believe the instance of his Honof the journey was made both ways without the slightest' molestation. It appears that a report (a moat un. founded one I-believe) has obtained credence amon°-sfc the natives that (notwithstanding the assurances of his Honor,) if any of those who had fought a»ainst n« recently ventured into Te Papa they would b°e apprehended by Mr. Clarke and put in gaol. I cannol- - to say what transpired between his sable" Majesty and Mr. Borell, but the result is that a native of some consequence was desired by the kin<» to ac company Mr. Borell to Te Papa where they both arrived on Friday last. The object of this native's visit may oe easily surmised. It is evidently to s« how the land lies, what relianco can be placed on the report above referred to, or upon the assurances of the superintendent. It is to be hoped his report on his return (as doubtless it will) will be a truthful one Our Colonel of Militia (Harington) is at Wellington, his going thither has caused various surmises but the most accreditjd report is that the more recent c f ?n D ons m t , h .' 3 dist " cb durinar Haultiin's reim jpnt T- 10,1 expeditions cost soais £5,000 or ±.0000—being obnoxious,the Governmenthav;- saddled that gentleman with the amount, who in turn throws the onus on Colonel Harington; of course I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this. Sine; Mr. Stafford's autocratic mandate prohibits the obtaining correct information, many misstatements must necessarily te made, for whbh he in part should bs held responsible, volonel Haultain was most undoubtedly the person who commenced and superintended the last expedition even to tha most minute maUerj. Under any circumstances the measures then taken were unavoidable, and had thoy not been adopted thero ia no telling what the consequence? might have been, possibly eventual!}' expulsion of every Eurooean from Tauranga.

- Tlie first number of the Tcuranga Reowd and Bay of Plenty Examiner, macic its first appearance on Saturday, and is a creditable production—all circumstances considered—and a decided improvement on its predecessor, but de morluis nil nisi bonum I learn, the late case against Mr. Douc'noise, the publisher'of' the defuu.-t Tnu.ra.nga Argus, for fraud or attempt to defraud, has already been published in Auckland. I shall not further a civet o to it than to stato that Mr. Douchaiae is at present employed on tin mechanical department of tho Record. It is to be hoped that th 9 complications which cxizt in this affair nevertheless, the awkward aspect they have assumed, may have arissn from mistake. I shall further revert to this matter in rr.y next communication, as I bel'cve, notwithstanding the lengthened report already published, that the case is not yat fully understood. At present Mr. Douchaise stands committed to take his trial at the next session of the Supreme Court, for fraud or attempt to defraud, (I forget which), for adding a figure to a receipt which he held in order to induce a purchaser to pay him a higher price for certain goods than the purchaser would otherwise have done. Boil was accepted. As you will be able to extract much of our local intelligence from tho Rccord, it would be superfluous and only encumbering your columns, for me to mention anything therein contained.

News htw just been received from Op itiki; that tho two mining men are in the hands of the llauhau?, who demand a ransom of £150 each for them.