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Otago Daily Times, Issue 2200, 23 February 1869, Page 2

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(fBOMI OUR OWN COEKBSPOWDENTO.) \ Wellington, February 22nd. No confirmatory inteUigence pf Te Kooti'a reported reappearance near Opotiki haa been received, aud the rumour is not credited.

A boy named Andrew Laing, employed in the Government Printing Office, waa drowned to-day, having been seized with cramp while bathing in a mUI-pond.

: If the , weather admits, the Duke of EdinburghWiU probably go; from Ohriatchurch to Dunedin overland. He will also visit the Wakatip district."",' k cricket match between the "Wellington Club and ihe officers and men of H MLS. Challenger, was played on Saturday, and was won by the former by 11 ruins. .-• '■'■'■ ; - ............

Commodore TLambert haa .been requested to examine and report on the marine aurvejr of theWest'Coast recently completed by Mr Woods.

The facte of the reported disagreement. between Mr Stafford and Col; Whitmore hate been completely misrepresented by

tho telegrams, from Wellington wind*. have lately appeared in some papers. Tho true version of tho affair is, that in tbtr courso of a private correspondence, jOot.Y Whitmore over estimatod tho imporlaiM*,; . of some remarks of Mr Stafford, and**©-"' plied, not potulaiitly, but in a good natured spirit. Ho said that ho was moro anxioua for tho public good than tern..+

own interest, and that ho waa quii^., willing to give up the command if the Government thought they could find any one better suited for the post. Ho waa immediately informed that no other officer in tho service waa deemed equal to the present emergency, tbat tho GovexoA/T ment wero perfectly awaro of hia high senso of public duty, and that nothing was farthor from their minds than dissatisfaction with hia conduct. Tho correspondence throughout was of tho most friendly* character, and strictly privato.

Telegramß received here to-day from Marlborough .report now discoveries o£ gold at Mountain Camp Crock, Wilson'a Terrace, in the neighbourhood of Havelock. A prospect of throe ounces to tha dish has been obtained, and Havelock is quite deserted in consequence.

The dotachmeut of the lfjtti Regiment at present stationed at Wanganui, will join tho Himalaya here.

[The following was issued as a Daily Times Extra yesterday.] • - Nkw Pi/nrooru, via Nelson*, February 22nd. We havo to hand further details wit 6. relation to tho Whito Cliff murders."

A redoubt named Pukoaruko, cem-m-ndß the approaches from Waikaio.

This redoubt is thirty-aix milea from. Now Plymouth. On tho settlement of the district it wan garrisoned by fifty men, Jbnt that number was afterwards reduced to twenty-fivo, and last year iHjras wholly discontinued, only two Friendly Natives taking charge of tho redoubt.

Mr Parris believes '•that tho murder a woro committed by Tapihftna, a chief of the Ngatimaniapoto.

TapUiana wishod to raise a war in t&2 Waikato, but tho King refused, and said if ho wished to fight ho should go to Tito

Kowaru,

It is believed that Tnpihana and hia friends killed tho settlers to raise a war

in Taianaki,

Tho out-settlors are greatly alarmed, and (ho women and cliildren aro coming*

into town,

Tho men aro Btaying on thoir land, working all day and retiring to tho blockhouses in tho different districts at.nigli*-

People horo wish tho Government to send a body of men, and also retain tho detachment of tho 18 th Regiment, ordered to leave On tho 20tK

My private letters say that tho rebels are believed to be advancing.

Signal fircß aud smokes are seen fronaWaitara, and aro getting noarer.

A deputation to Wellington, consisting of tho Superintendent of Taranaki, Mr Hirst, and Mr Dingle, had an interview at Nelson with the Superintendent, Executive, and Judgo Richmond.

Tho Superintendent stated that if the General Government refused tho demands' of Taranaki, Nelson would give >.:d, and ho bolioved send volunteers.

Gloom is general hero at the prospect of a tliird locality being involved in war.

Auckland news continues good, but Mr Mackay ordered all the minora awaj' from. Ohinemuii, because of the alleged treasonable proposals made by aomo miners to tho Hauhaus.

Mr Geo. Graliam haa resigned hia seat; in tho House of Representatives.

Mr Creighton is. believed to be the successful candidate for tho seat.

Six French soldiers and some aottlem havo been killed at Now Caledonia. The soldiers wero cooked and eaten.

The French authorities wero determine*! on punishment, and twenty natives wer» at onoo guillotined, and decimation or extermination contemplated.