THE MAORI WAR.

Evening Post, Issue 23, 6 March 1865, Page 3

THE MAORI WAR.

The Army and Navy Gazette comments ms follows :— " If the Maori war should unfortunately once more break out, no blame can be attached to the naval and military forces which were originally employed in bringing the rebels of New Zealand to a proper sense of their duty. We fear, however, from the I accounts which we have received by the last mail, that there will be more fighting before the island is reduced to a peaceable condition; but come what may, we have the satisfaction of knowing that perfect unanimity reigns between the members of the two services. There is a total absence of jealousy on the part of soldiers and sailors, and all vie with each other in awarding honor to those who deserve it. As a proof of this, we may say that we have seen an extract taken from a letter written by an officer high up on the staff of the military Commander-in-Chief, in which, after alluding generally to the I flight at Tauranga, the writer makes the following complimentary allusion to Commodore Sir W. Wiseman : — " • The commodore behaved like a ' brick ' at Tauranga, and went about amidst a hail of bullets as unconcernedly as if he had been walking about the streets of London.' 'We do not insert this brief but spirited statement: merely to prove that bravery is not an uncommon quality with naval officers of rank, but to show that an amiable feeling to exalt their comrades of the sister service reigns amongst the land forces stationed in Kew Zealand."