LATEST FROM THE PATEA DISTEICT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 130, 12 October 1868, Page 2

LATEST FROM THE PATEA DISTEICT.

By the Airedale we have received Wanganui files to the Bth iust. We extract the following items of intelligence. The Times correspondent writing on the 6th October, says : — Warn your readers not to attempt coming to Patea overland. The road between Waitotara and Patea is not safe. The redoubt at Kakaramea was attacked three times last night. The defenders fired upon the Hau haus. Entign M'Donnell attacked the rebels who had ta^en up a position to intercept the road leading to Patea, X'rom whence relief might he expected. Our men held the post, and the Hau-haus were driven off. Tauroa, Brown, and the whole of the Pakakohi have gone off to Titoko Waru. This Brown's proper name is Paraone,of Manutahi, also a Pakakohi of great influence. Last niyht parties of Hau-haus were out in our vicinity, and created some alarm. .Natanalura, another friendly rebel, is a prisoner. He tried to escape, but was reiaptured by the troopers. We know now for a certainty that numbers of the Waitotara fighting men have joined Titoko Waru, leaving only a few men of each hapu to hold their possessions by professing to be friendly. This I know from one of the loyal Wanganui Natives jnst come in. We have no positive information of Titoko Waru's movements. 'I he correspondent or the Chronicle writing on October 6, says : — On Saturday niglit last Colonel M'Donnell

arrived from War.ganui, and left early next morning. The same day Kakaramea wai re-occupied; none of the houses had baen destroyed. Yesterday the chief Nahina nnd a young Dative named Hare came in from Waukina to tell us all the news. Nahina says,.Titoko Waru and his people are at ( >toia, a position on the north bank of the Patea river and about six miles from camp. According to Nahina, Titoko Waru has n-ceived reinforcements from Ngatiawa, Ngatimaru, and Puketapu, and ha 3 now about 400 fighting men ; he has brought down his women aud children. Titoko Waru is to fight at Patea, he will then proceed to New Taranaki, where whares have been erected for his accommodation, from there he will go to Okutuku (in rear of Wairra), thence to Waitotara, and from thereto Kai Iwi, I suppose (D.V ) Major Frr.zer took a step in the right direc tion, and detained Mr Hare a close prisoner; Nahina was allowed the liberty of the tamp, but in the night abused this privilege and crossed the Patea liver, evidently with the intention of bolting ; he was", however, pursued and brought back and is now properly cared for. It is to be hoped that Msijor Frazcr will be supported in this Very politic act. Last night, at about 12 midnight, the rebels attacked Kukarsmea, or I slu.uld sny fire I heavily at the camp for about nn hour, and again at dawn this meriting. A trooper sent from there with the intelligence fell into an ambuscade near the sand-hills, about half way between here and the post alluded to, but escaped. Tlie firing was heard from here, and the camp was under arms nearly all night. I forg-it to mention that Nahina states that all the houses on the abandoned land have been destroy»d, with the exception of the contractor's store at Wathi and also Bolfer's canteen there, and that on the other morning after the evacuation of Manawapou the rebels found the grave- of poor Smith, who was killed at the attack on the escort on the last day of September; they dug up his boly. cut off one of his legs and took it away with them.