-]&TA TI V E TROUBLES AGAIN I | TE KOOTI GETS HIS WAY ! ! Those residents of Gisborne and neigh- bourhood who remember the Poverty Bay massacre, or who lost relatives or friends in the Te Kooti troubles, have very little cause to love tbat gentleman, and neces* sarily look with a good deal of apprehension to another visit from him. During the late attempted march to Gisborne, considerable speculation was indulged in as to what the outcome of hia visit would be ; a great many venturing the opinion that Te Kooti's potato would be cooked long before he approached the scene, of his earlier villanies. The determined opposition of the Hauhaus, however, and the force of public opinion, ', obliged the Government — who as a rule having nothing particular to do, contrive , to do it very well— to arrest his progress in the neighbourhood of Opotiki, and, after ( the usual farcical ceremonies, he was per« nutted to return to the Waikato, his soul filled with bitterness and the recollection of the most glorious drunk a coloured chief ever enjoyed. Once back in the Waikato, it was hoped that the lesson taught him would have induced him to remain where the Gisborne settlers were perfectly willing to leave him unmolested. Moved, however, by a deaire to renew his peregrinations, or the seductive attractions of another big drink, it is rumored that he has again set out on the warpath, and would in all probability have turned himself loose on the residents of Poverty Bay, but for the vigilance of the Native Minister fHon. E. Mitchei- son), who is at present in town. Find- ing that Te Kooti needed watching, my in ormant, usually inspired in official quarters, says that the Minister ought to, or really did, recommend him a Waterbury, the very best watch in the world, and that at the very present moment he ia engaged in fathoming the length of its mainspring in- stead of issuing prophetic warnings to his followers, and predicting all manner of troubles the native races not in harmony j with bis_ Jaws. How tar this is correct I am not in a position to say ; but certain it is that the Te Kooti troubles may be oonsin dered squashed once and for all. 