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Star (Christchurch), Issue 170, 27 November 1868, Page 3

Latest Telegrams.

«*$ THE MAORI WAR. [BT ELBCTEIC TELEGH-JIPH.] THE FIGHT AT MAKET U. Wellington, Nov. 26, 8 p.m. Some telegrams state that the rebels hare lost sixty men, but this is doubtless an exaggeration. The latest news is as follows : — The engagement took place at Maketu, thirty miles inland, near the Upper Wairoa. Accounts vary slightly as to the number killed and wounded. Twelve dead bodies have been seen, and ten guvs taken. Twenty thousand rounds of ammunition have been sent to the F riendlies ; that of the rebels is believed to be running short. The Hau-haus have driven large numbers of cattle inland for provisions. The well-known friendly chief Maniaiora is wounded in both shoulders. old Hau-hau has been taken prisoner, but he refused to give any information, and he will probably be shot to-day\J Mrs W nson is recovering. Volunteers for Poverty Bay are invited. A field-piece is to be sent. Te Kooti is killed and Te Waru has taken the command, Dr Featherston returned last night. A deputation waited upon him this afternoon to learn the state of affairs preparatory to a public meeting. On being asked to take the chair, he said he had all along placed his services at the command of Ministers in any capacity, and for the benefit of the colony and the province he would continue to do so whether they were acceptable or not. With that reservation he would place himself in the hands of the deputation. It was decided that a meeting should be called. Dr -featherston expressed his belief that affairs looked bad, but that tbey were not so bad as had been reported. All along the route traversed by the special messenger on Sunday, panic had been created by unfounded inventions. The general rising reported by Colonel Haultain was, on the authority of a letter from two Pipiriki Natives to Wanganui Natives, stating that they had heard that the King had ordered the Hau-haus to rise. Major Marshall and Mr Fox had ridden over to Rangitikei and found the Natives wondering at the excitement among the Pakehas. Major Marshall had sent word that the force of 140 men ordered from the front should not come into the district as they were not wanted. The news from Napier has created quite a reaction in favour of the friendly Natives. The Government deny that the guerilla regulations have been sanctioned by Colonel Haultain. The Wanganui Herald and Chronicle both affirmed that he had.