THE WAR IN AUCKLAND.

Wellington Independent, Volume XIX, Issue 2116, 15 October 1864, Page 5

THE WAR IN AUCKLAND.

THREATENED HE NEWAL OE HOSTILITIES AT TAURANGA. (Prom the Correspondent of tlie Daily Southern- Cross.) Camp Te Papa, October 5. I Since I vrrolc yon last week wo have had j nothing of moment to report from this district. I "War and rumours of war have been aa i prevalent hero for the last iow cLtvs as they I were six months ago. I have made diligent i inquires touching the truth of these stories, , but it seems to bo altogether enveloped in , mystery. Still there is truth in the threats | issued by the Waikatos and also by that j savage chief Taraia, of Thames celebrity, I that the lives of our surveyors are in danger. It is to be regretted that Government are proposing to withdraw a portion of the force stationed in this district. If such be the caso lives and property will become greatly endangered, and our troubles, which were considered to be over, will have to be begun again, not with a noble, upright foe, such as the Ngaiterangis were, but against Rewi, the ultra-rebel hous Waikato chief, and Taraia, the chief of tho Thames, who was of tho last tribe that engaged in brutal savage conflict with the Taurangas at Katlkati, and which savage deed stands fresh in the memory of many Europeans and natives who were eye-witnesses on the occasion. I think Government in place of weakening our forces ought rather to strengthen and foster an important position like Tauranga, which eventually will become one of the most important settlements in New Zealand. Tauranga boasts of natural advantages which other settlements caunot boast of, to say nothing of its having a class of intelligent, honest, and brave natives such as tbe Ngaitcrangis. Captain Heale and his staff of surveyors arc diligently and assiduously laying out the township at tho Puna. This settlcmeut is intended for the military settlers : its distance is about ten miles from the camp, and it will doubtless become ono of the most valuable settlements in the colony. I re-open my letter to inform you that Captain Heale has just arrived in camp from the Puni. He reports a vei*y unsettled state of mind existing with Tai*aia's people regarding the land question, and expresses not the slightest doubt but that if the survey is carried in the Katikati direction the natives will carry out the threats thoy have issued. . . ',' ,' . " I. W I '! t ' . ■