any possibility lay their hands on. If things are bad on your Coast, they are still worse with us on the West. The evacuation of the Wereroa redoubt by Whitmore the morning after it had been successfully defended by some 60 raw Militia lads placed Wanganui completely at the mercy of Toto Kowarru. He had scarcely completed the destruction of the redoubt, and all the stores before a large body of Wanganui Militia appeared to reinforce its garrison. He Haultain refused to give Major Turner and Edwards the rank of Lt. Colonels he gives it to Haruhi old Lyons late overseer, after some days puts Girton over his head - I could have got together some 500 or 600 friendly Natives, and have hurled them at Toto Kawarrus head