IMPORTANT FROM HAWKES' BAY.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1885, 23 June 1863, Page 3

IMPORTANT FROM HAWKES' BAY.

RUMOUR OF AN INTENDED RAID ON THE OUT-LYING SETTLERS BY THE WAIKATOS. By the Storm Bird, we have our usual files from Napier to the 17th instant. There was some apprehension of an attack on the outlying settlers by the Waikatos, and precautionary measures have been taken to guard against this by organising a military nightly patrol. The Hei'ald uf the 17th instant says : — " We suppose that, for some time, wars and rumours of svavs will be the order of Uie day. One of the latter has prevailed in town, since Monday morning 1 , and has had some effect in unsettling men's minds, Our columns would be ill employed were we to give publicity to every report, native or otherwise, which gains currency ; but the one that prevails,— to the effect that information had reached Mr McLean of an intended or. threatened raid by the Waikatos into this district, would appear to have been of such a nature as to call for extra vigilance on the part of the military authorities—the Major commanding the troops having organised a nightly patrol. We ought not, however, to attach undue importance to what, after all, rn*y be a mere act of watchfulness at a time when the political horizon is overclouded; and indeed, we have been informed tlv.vt the geuerally received version of the information is a greatly exaggerated one. We are glad however, to see that, even at the risk of creating some uneasiness, measures of proper precaution are not neglected."