16 DECEMBER 1865, Page 2

The news from New Zealand is bad. The telegraph reports

that Mr. Broughton, an English interpreter, had been murdered by the Wangiumi natives, and that the Maoris laugh at the Governor's amnesty proclamation. It was said that the Maori chiefs had determined to attempt the retaking of the Waikato territory, and we fear there is still rough work before the colonists.