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[BY ELECTRIC TELEOEiLPn.] Wellington, Dec. 19, 5.10 p.m. It has been decided that the two rebels who brought Titokowaru's letter under a flag of truce, shall be detained as prisoners of war. Military men consider this as overriding all military law, and as absolutely preventing communication between the belligerents, however urgent a case may arise. The cavalry expedition was purely their own. The Times says that Captain Smith, commanding at Patea, refused to recognise the cavalry, and would not give them anything to eat, nor even a guide. Lieutenant Hiscock of the Carlyle rifles volunteered to act as guide, but on his return, he was placed under arrest for having left without orders. A memorial is circulating in Wanganui, protesting against Colonel Whitmore continuing in command and praying that powers for suppressing the West Coast rebellion, be delegated
to Dr Featheraton. The first claus 6 of the memorial is supported by the public here, but on the latter, opinion is divided. The 'Government has received a telegram stating that Colonel Whitmore iB endeavouring to hem in Te Kooti, and hopes shortly to send satisfatory results. ......
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 190, 21 December 1868, Page 3
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