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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 5

,\ resident of Christ-church, who noasesses the Now Zealand Medal, m .a. reminiscent mood said that when no was in IAIO rank.- that faced the Maori rebels on the west coast of tho.Nortn. Island, some fifty years ago, the soldiers were told that tho Maoris were present in their thousands, but later oonsidertions had led. him to believe that the "rebel* did not number more than 800. They were very inobiky he said, and as they fought inside the circle, lvliilo' the Europeans fought on. the rim, they coald move about with remarkable energy. Hostile Maoris appeared almost'", simultaneously at different places, but apparently they were the-same, old warriors every time. He said that he was present at the funeral of Colonel Hazara, tho officer who is said to have, been shot by Kimble Bent, the renegade white main, whose history has been written by J. Cowan, and he saw General Chute and his men start out from Wanganm on their toilsome march to New 'Plymouth. They ran ehort'.of provisions, and had to kill the horses for food. '