LATEST NORTHERN NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 487, 6 April 1869, Page 2

LATEST NORTHERN NEWS.

MOEE MUEDEES BT TE KOOTI. ACCIDENT TO THE AIEEDALE. By the courtesy of the editor of the Nelson Colonist we have received copies of the following Napier telegrams : Napieb, Saturday. We have Auckland dates by the Star of the South to 26th March. Kereopa having been threatened to he shot, if he committed murders in the Waikato, has gone to join Te Kooti and will do all the mischief he can on the way. Te Whake, the escaped prisoner from Auckland gaol, the murderer of the young man Smith, has found his way to Hokianga. The chief there refused to give him up. Te Kooti has escaped pursuit. He left the camp at Tauara, on the Eangitaiki river, and went to Montumata and called eleven Arawas out under pretended friendship. He then cut them in pieces and cooked them in their own coppers, only one of them escaping.

The Tauranga left for Tauara on the 23rd, with Dr Pollen and a ninepounder Armstrong gun, and fifteen naval artillery volunteers. The New Zealand Herald, of the 24th, says it is a well established fact that the late Mrs Wilson, one of the victims of the Poverty Bay massacre, was ravished by six Maoris. Her friends indignantly deny the statement.

The Jane arrived at Auckland from Tauranga on the 2Gtb. She brought intelligence that Major Mair and forces were at Maketu, having returned from the pursuit of Te Kooti. The Arawas refused to go further because they were short of provisions, and they asked to be put on the same footing as the Europeans. It is reported that Te Rooti has gone the way of Waikato in order to effect a junction with Kereopa. Great alarm has been caused in consequence, and the Tauranga garrison is under arms all night. The Southern Cross in a leader condemns the St Patrick's Ball Committee at Shortland, for omitting the toast of the Queen. The Superintendent was present at the time. The Secretary writes explaining that the toast was omitted because the Irish Catholics wanted the Pope's health.

The Airedale arrived at Manukau on the 24th, having encountered veryheavy weather. In the storm her foremast went by the board. On the 25th an address with a handsome locket was presented to Captain Kennedy by the passengers, as a mark of their appreciation of his skill and management during the storm. The ship was being repaired, and would leave Auckland for South on the 3rd of April.