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Star (Christchurch), Issue 120, 1 October 1868, Page 3

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*9» FURTHER ALARMING NATIVE NEWS. TITOKOWATtI] ASSUMES THE OFFENSIVE. AN ATTACK ON WANGASUI THREATENED. Wellington, This Day, 11.21 a.m. A Wanganui Times " extra " of Tuesday says intelligence reached that place on Monday night to the effect that on Sunday Titokowaru crossed the Patea river, and took up a position at a small village called Taranaki (?), between the Patea and Whenamakora rivera. Tauroa informed the anthorities at Patea that, so far as he could ascertain, Titokowaru was determined to visit all the disaffected hapus throughout the Waitotara district, to gather strength as he went along, until he reached Kai Iri, which he would make the basis of operations for an attack upon Wanganui. It is believed that Topia, son to the arch-rebel Pehi, is co-operating with Titokowaru, and that he would make Pipiriki the base of his operations, so as at any time to be able to concentrate the two forces at any particular point. ! On receipt of this intelligence, Colonel M'Donnell went to Putiki and assembled the chiefs and leading men. All present: — Hunia, Kemp, Hori Gray, &c, — expressed their determination to assemble their fighting men and go with M'Donnell to attack Titokowaru. Mounted messengers were at once dispatched to all the hapus of the Wanganui natives, and at nine on Tuesday morning the chiefs and their men assembled in front of the Militia office to receive back the arras and amunitiou which they had delivered up a few days before. Colonel M'Donnell called for volunteers from all ranks. He is determined to attack Titokowaru before he can be joined by Pehi or T-opia, and that, if there is to he a fight, it shall not be in the town of Waoganui. Colonel Gorton paraded the town (Wanganui), calling upon the Militia of the Ist and 2nd class, and also the Wanganui Cavalry Volunteers, to parade with arms and accoutrements in the Market Place, at 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The Wangauui Times concludes thus : — "lNowis the time for the men of Wanganui to shew their pluck and courage. If they act like men, Titokowaru will never re-crosa the Patea Eiver. Less than a week would finish the work."