A SINGULAR CASE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3319, 6 March 1868, Page 3

A SINGULAR CASE.

To tht Editor of tht Dxxhr Bouxukx Cion. Sir, —l often fee in your paper letters and sign* ments about rights and wrongi : would you publish' this? Iwm taken as a patient to the Attain, Auckland, December 4, 1863, .where I remained till March 7. 1866. I was fetched from camp hospital at Otahuhu, where I had my thumb cut off, haying fallen in a fit on the South Road in one of the militia regiments. These fits, or trances, take away the memory for yean, to I hare no definite recollection of anything from about 1855 to June, 1865. When discharged I wai told that I bore a rery good character ; that I had done nothing in the way of setting any recompense ; that I belonged either to the Ist or 2nd Regiment— the Ist, he bettered, but could not say. He also said that a wonua bad called, seat by my wife from Melbourne, bnt her name he could not tell, nor address, nor that of the wife ; it was not bis business. I went to the Militia Office, Auckland, and asked them to look over the rolls ; the head man of the place cdered me out of the room, and told me to go to Wellington or Tanranga— it was not his business. I went back to the keeper at the Anylum, and aaked him to send one of tbe keepers down with me and cavie them to look orer the rolls ; he turned his back, and said it was not his bua'ne S. He bad also, when he discharged me, presented me 2*. 6d. as the Queen's bounty. I went to Dr. Philon, and a-ktd him to put bit name to a letter to send to Tauranga. He gave me the Hospital smile, said, ( 'Ha! I suppose ho," and walked away. I took up a letter to Colonel Moule, at Hamilton, oa the chance of.belonging to the 2nd ; he read ft, and was the only one who has treated mt with any decency. He sent down an answer to Otahubu in two or three weeks, stating it was neither 2nd, 3rd, nor 4th. I wrote to Colonel Harington, at Tauranga, but have as yet no answer. I also wrote to the Adjutant of the Ist, but got no answer. I have now been discharged nearly two years, and »ny as rich ss when I left the Asylum, owing to the scarcity of work and the poorness of the times. 1 see reports in your paper, in the Compensation Court, about claims for losses during the war, when the claimant for five pigs and two oats, and a few etceteras, puts in for £150 or £200 ; and I think lam entitled to more than 2s, 6d.,a pair of duok trousers, and cotton shirt. lam unable to reach Tauranga, and I h»ve never fallen across any of tht Ist Regiment in this part of the country. Should this De seen by Colonel Harington, he will, at least be able to send me some information, if net assistance ; or tbe Adjutant of the Ist, or any of the Ist Regiment at Tauranga or Opotiki, who were in .the regiment in October or November, 1868. They will be able to give me some information about it. lam vow cumdigging, about six miles from here, at Kikiteii Flat. Any information about it will be to me a benefit, as it takes half of the man out of me thinking about it. — I am, Ac, Daxiui Hi.*Bi»aToy. Ararimu, February 24, 1868.