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Star (Christchurch), Issue 168, 25 November 1868, Page 3

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[BY ELECTBIC TELEGXUIH.] "Wellington, Nor. 24, 5.15 p.m. It is openly stated in town to-day that the contents of the despatches from Colonel Haultain to Mr Stafford on Sunday, indicated that the Native reports tended to the belief that a general rising was imminent. Auckland papers speak as cheerinely as possible, but underlying the satisfactory reports is more or less uneasiness. The Resident Magistrate at Hamilton, Mr Searancke, telegraphs "immense excitement amongst king Natives beyond aukati (king's boundary line), in consequence of the present state of affairs, but a strong partyjdeprecate any disturbance at Waikato. Heitika, a settler living on the "Waiapa river all through the war, has been warned off, but it is possibly owing to disagreement with some chiefs." 25 Constabulary have been sent to Hamilton as a precaution, aB matters are just now in so unsettled a state. In ' fact the best part of a column of the latest Cross is occupied with exciting news, and attempts to prove that the information is not likely to be true. The steamer Tauranga had 'been along the East Coast as far as Opotiki, strengthening redoubts by putting a few more men on pay to garrison them as places of refuge on any sudden attack. MrMackayheld a meeting of Natives at Tauranga, who professed unabated loyalty, but neither at Tauranga nor Opotiki had they previous to his visit heard of the Poverty Bay disasters. 7.45 p.m. 525 first class militia have been sworn in, and the barracks and powder magazine are garrisoned to night by volunteers. Tlie Defence Office is in a state of bustle, and it is. reported that numerous small block-hou3es are to be erected through the disturbed districts. It is noticeable to-day that a good many more Maoris than usual were in the town, probably attracted by the militia being sworn in. Wairarapa is quiet. There is nothing to remark except the conversion of a few buildings into stockades. The telegraph survey party of the "Wanganui line report that the route fromMastertontoManawatucoastisthe only one of difficulty, which they hope to overcome on further exploration. X^Dr Pollen writes to the Cross a long letter vindicating the Government in the Poverty Bay affair. He says : — "It is a fact that Mr Richmond personally warned Major Bigga of danger, and that some f days before the attack was made, Major Muir, Resident Magistrate at Opotiki, sent an express from that place to warn the officer in command of what was intended." XOn Saturday! night, at 10 o'clock, Constable Groom rode into Napier reporting that 400 to 500 Hauhaus were coming into Napier. He was sure of it, because he had seen them himself. The militia, &c., turned out famously; the soldiers of the 18th regiment left the barracks and took up a commanding position. After a short but painful suspense, it turned out to be a settler and some 30 to 40 friendly Natives on their way to town. The alarm has given confidence in the readiness of the forces to turn out. ;

The "coach from Wanganui has not yet arrived.