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TELEGRAPHIC.

[Bt RliEC'Fttte TMiEGHIAPfIf. [Vm PBBBB irffloOlATrON]' Auckland, July 2JJ 1 . I Furthor rnporta from Now Calg« donin, dnted Noumea, J)uno 20th. aay tltftt tho Native revolt took place in, tho diatriot/J of Outrail aad> tiouraipari, distant sixty and ninety mile* from Noumea;, on the 26th instant. Tho first iutirafttioiv of the outbreak which reached Noumea was a report that five gendnhnoß, on guard 1 at Fbuar river* near Outrail, bad been attacked) and murdered next, that a murderous. nMaulfc bad been made upon Cblon'S" Farms and 1 every white , resident ftl the nelghboruood of Out* 1 rail 1 murdered., Gtever»mpn* .iramodiatoly telegraphod tliivb troops bodes, pntohodi to the sceno of the conflict. On tho following day news wna rooeived tbnt tbo.. ©nvironft of Outrail wore m< flftmea, 'Twenty-one- whites ; are known to bo mflsaaored 1 . The revolt is spreading* towards Itoulerpari, thirty miles nearer Nouoaoa* On the 2?th intellijjence cume of th<* maa* sacrd of Oblon* and other resident* at Bolopnri and the surrounding dietriob.. The fugitives began to arrive in town, and the eioitbment became { intense, V6r<?lng during the (tor on a! panic. Mbunted volunteers, armed by tlio Government^ arrived to find the plaoe fo bsKob, and the ooi'pses lying in every direction cut and hnoked borribjy; family ftfter family were found murdered in heaps, no mercy having been- shown fc Men, womon an 4 children, treacherously Rurprisod, Were alike victims* The Cannla Natives are taking up arms against the revolted tribe, headed by their great chiefs Gelimnb and Kaka. Military gendarmes and a large nurni* bor are now fn .pursuit, and 160 1 friendly Natives- are aiding to eur--1 round the rebels. Tbo news from . Boularpari utates thnfc the Natives mado an attack on a band of convicts, seeing them guarded by only four I sailors. Tho conviota wore, however, all brought in except one, who was killed, and the surveillance wounded. Tho Bftilor» kfllod eight Natives. Information hns boon roeoived 1 of tho ' uttor doßtruotion of a largo Villa Narai 'by our men. Eugene, a friendly ohiof, ] took six rovolted Natfves, and delivered thorn to the military by whom- they woro exocutod. July stn» No extern* sibn of revolt. The Knnata are being gradually liemmod in> on nil aides. A largo military camp i& to. bo formod at 1 Boularpari, Noumea is now porfecd'y calm. July 7th. The latest news is ' that yesterday oighteon housos belonging to rebel natives had boon burnt near Boularpari. Somo captives woso

taken nnd oxecutod. Tho name* of one hutulrod victim* to the savagoa arc giveu. WbILIHOTOM, J». A large flro ooonrred at Ma»terton early this morning, Tho following are tho sufferers :— Wrtliama, Wylie, Girdleston, Sollar and Halo's atoret, and tho Wair* rapa Rcgistrar'a Ofltoe, Tho fire began in tho Utter* bat the origin ia unknown but U sospeoted to be tbo work of an inoendiaiy. Previous to the fir* being discorertd an explosion waa heard in tne> Reglatiar's Offee, then the femes spread rapidly. The estimated loss ia between twenty and thirty thooaand pounds, bomo goodt from Sollor'a and Hate's atoro Were laved, botmooh damaged by rains Itltt UNi btjng « total lon. The following a*rt tit ioraraneea aacertained ?BrltfanTaMf»*WO?re-iniurodiQ Zm^ fpirW» £<«0 1 Tranaatlantio, £600 ; Vioio^Pt^# VbllMtoga, £880 j Union «7WlJfortll»nUafc, £1750, Victor!*; mOtXiw »***> m&v Standard; £6*>, Vh<n\*&tot Eoyol, £260 j and oolonlti.£Boo. - . ' ' GmUNKVUCa Joly 18; W, S. lloorhow, MJU.E., ba* bees Mill OoWIW ialkpeiMd*: after a lons abienct, ,ak tHe Tbjatre last night and peoiired t^i^thniUitio reception. T^ (t <C^y|^te«> appointed) bo take- tega* action ji^iMi|v the Governsaeai respecting taf-IMO'pajrnMfit of |ho Land Fdnd, oontinnalVtd fc&n pfomiae of cordial support from tbe Road Boards in various parti of tbe province.

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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 5, 24 July 1878, Page 2

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611

TELEGRAPHIC. Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 5, 24 July 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 5, 24 July 1878, Page 2

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