MARTIAL LAW IN POVERTY BAY.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10473, 31 December 1927, Page 4 (Supplement)

MARTIAL LAW IN POVERTY BAY.

EXCJTj'NO EXPERIENCES OF EARLY DAYS.

STORIES GRAVE AND GAY.

MR. ROBERT THE LAY ALL’S iti:. M'l N ISCY.N CES.

The oldest pioneer of Gisborne, Ii vjl)/r ill O-KKLSu j !<_/«,; .SO Oil bloel.s in Gisborne. Such is the record claim: l by .Mr. Robert Tiichvall, who, cit ids eighty, seven odd years, b .-.till lin e and hearty and as active as the average "youngster” ■of half a century. To the genial “Bob,” fatlier 'Time in iiis inexorable flight has dea.it kindly, and his footprints have touched the veteran so lightly that the t Dices are almost Imperceptible. The universal idea of an oeto,.,enaria.n as “second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans <-vt»s. sans taste, sans everything,” is rudely dispelled by the appearance and pitvsi<|iie ol Air. fhelwali. He rises thiuy about 7 a.m., works on his child eu’s property of some seventeen acres at the lower end of Aberdeen Rond, trundles the wheelbarrow wit’n the best of workers, looks a'ter tire cows, digs the ground, cultivates: a maize patch, and

Carries out tbo general work on a farm. .\aw a.u.i a,sun during the, week be comes up town -and puts in the allei noon at tile bowl.ng green, where even now lie is one o f tile best exponents el the gaum in the Bay. On Satu i day lie takes a whole day off , and is usually noticed in tbo town between 10 and 11 o’clock. The aftcrimui secs him on Hie Gisborno Bowling 1 lull’s green, and be goes home Co tea. Alter the meal, Air. The! wii! l set" off again for town and puts in the night at the pictures, for he is an inveterate “movie fan.” It is nearly eleven o’clock before he again readies home, but on Sunday morning lie is up again bright and early, and carries out the farm work necessary for the day. Still at times he thinks of the old friends of boyhood days, when life was one long dream of happiness and of excitement, of the continuous watch against the treacherous Hauhaus and the midnight marches against Te Kboti, of tli" days in the township of. Turanga when money was scattered like water, of the revelry at night. Nearly all his old comrades, alas, are now amongst the number

That from his Vintage rolling Time has pressed Have drunk their cup a round or two before And one by one crept silently to rest. As but natural, such thoughts come to the veteran, but a smile soon creeps over his features as lie recalls the fun of tbo early days. “Thy were good (lays, too,” said Mr. Thel\v:'l ! . “much better than the present times. We had to work hard

and we gi t little money, but there was a different tcoling abroad tlieu. Friends then were true friends, who would stick to one thiough tli.ck and thin. Nowadays with all these laws and unions tilings are d.ffcrent."’ The march of civilisation his not impressed Mr. Thetwall.

BDiECOD IN CHESHIRE

Mr. Tlielwall was horn in la/ndon, Cheshire, in ii.RO, au.i at the age ui sixteen was appi enticed to a farmer at Borres Hall, on Lord Kenyon’s estate, Mr. Thciwr.ll, sear., having to pay £IOO per annum for the privilege. At the conclusion o. three years lie was transferred also at £lO3 a .year for three years at what was considered the best farm in Cheshire, Hatton Hall, owned by Mr. Salmon. During this time r-iidorpest broke out in Cheshire, ami hundreds of catlie were destroyed. Things did not look tco promising for fanning, and Mr. Thclwall, senr., was considering his son’s future when a cousin named Sam Pmvdrell, whose relatives still reside in Yvniroa, visited England from New Zealand, and, as usual in those times, poured forth glowing amounts of the new country into the ears of Robert Tlielwall.

Sam Fowdreil was home on a holiday, and when he left some months later, Robert Tbelwall naturally went with him, the two leaving by the sailing ship England towards the end of 1865.

ARRIVAL IN NEW ZEALAND.

After a voyage of nearly 130 days the ship arrived at Auckland, where the two, who were hound for Napier, transferred to the steamer Phoebe. The little vessel struck a gale on her way down ami could not call in at the Hawke s Bay port, and anchor was not east until well into Wellington harbor. After a few days there the weather eased, and the Phoebe left for Napier, arriving early in January, 1866.

COMMENCING WORK IN THE NEW LAND.

On arrival at Napier young TlieL wall received an enthusiastic welcome from his cousins, the Parker family, father and mother of Mr. \Y. Parker, now of Alangapnpa, who was, of course, then hut a very small hoy. Alter the rejoicings at the reunion were over, Air. Thelwail commenced work with Messrs. C. Srnale and W. Parker, erecting a br.dgo over the liver between Napier and Hastings.

LEGACY LEADS TO LAND IN POVERTY BAY.

While at work on the bridge, Mr. Thelwail received word of a legacy of £I6OO, ami decided to purchase an interest in the Parker family’s run at Turanga. Earlv in 1860, therefore. Air. W. H. Parker and Robert Thelwail set out for tlie.’r new borne. The party left Napier in the schooner Ringleader, and were taken right up to tbo corner of their property, their landing place being the point, the junction of tbo rivers near the Wm. Pettie bridge. Then for the first lime Air. Thelwail saw the property in whicn lie had secured an interest. It comprised over 21,000 acres, roughly all the land between tbo Taruhcru

and the Waimnta rivers, and extending some twelve or fifteen miles np the Taruheru. All the land now known as the suburb of Whataupoko was included in the block, which extended back almost as lar as the Waimata settlement. It was a Native lease, for 21 years, and was considered first-class land, being all scrub, fern and s"'amp\ STOCKING THE RUN.

A few weeks previously, Mr. W. tV. Smith had brought up from Napier some flock owes to stock the run. They were landed at the Point, and driven along the river-side up to a point between the present freezing works and Mnkaraka, where it was decided to erect the homestead. In those days the Taruheru was a wide, deep river, with a shingly beach on each side. These beaches were a favorite place with the Maoris, for the layer of sand hid literally millions of large aml luscious pipis. Schooners from Sydney came right up to Makaraka, sailing all.the way. They lay sometimes at anchor for weeks, waiting a cargo of wool and wheat, lor tho district grew much wheat /n tliose days. A little later the Parker family came up from Napier, and it was decided, instead of building a homestead, to lease a big house on the town side of the river belonging to Mr E. Espie’s father. The building was on’the bank of the river, not far from the Eosclaud gardens, and close to where the Rcsekiud Hotel now stands. The-property. as stated previously, was on the other side oi the river, but access to the homestead was gained by means of a rope stretched on which settlers seated in a. canoe pulled themselves across. At that time there were only some twenty or thirty white people in Turanga, the majority of the people living out on the flats at Mnkaraka, the Resident Magistrate (Capt. R. Biggs) living at Matawhero.

TE KOOTI’S RETURN

Meanwhile the colony, and more especially Poverty Bay, was thrown into a state of excitement by the news that To Kooti, who had been deported to the Chat-bains in 1860, after the Wnerengn-a-hika fight, had seized the schooner Rifleman and with a hand of Hauhaus had landed at Whareongaonga. That was on July 10, 1868. The Europeans at Turanga and on the flats did not know of the arrival until two days later, and Captain Diggs called out the Poverty Pav Mounted Rifles under Captain Wostrupp. Mr. ThelweM being amongst tho number. The volunteers camped at the head of the Avai, and the first clash occurred on July 20. at Paparatu, cn a field of snow. That was the opening shot in a campaign which lasted for mnnv years, cost many lives, and involved an expenditure of thousands oi pounds.

COLON IALS AMB'JSIiED.

This first fight was a test of Te Kooti’s strategy. fo- he sent a bedv of Natives behind the colonials, who were thn« caught in an ambush—Te Kooti being on a ridge above, and other Hauhaus below. The ficht resulted in t-be less of ten colonials end friendly Maoris, six more being wounded. - The-rebels- lost three hilled. Many of. the friendly Natives

ed Rifles, about thirty in number, gave themselves up for iost when llenarc Knknpnngo, who was in charge of the friendly Maoris, came : to their rescue. Kakapango was one of tlie best and most experienced pig- ; hunters in New Zealand and knew the hush back"'a 'd. Realising the J seriousness of the position, he headed the retreating party, who were to a large extent hampered by the wounded. For bis bravery, Kakapango was later .presented with a sword, aeciiupanicd by a gift of LICO. j OFF IB JOGS COLONEL AND FREE AND EASY COLONIALS.

At the head of the Arai the dis- 1 pirited Europeans met Colonel Whitmore, the well-known c-x-lmperial Army officer. who had already had much expere’iice :n Alaori warfare. The retreating colonials and Colonel Whitmore's small f« rec, which had come up from Napier, met in the Arai valley.

The Colonel asked full particulars and they were supplied him by C aptain Wcstrupp. “All!” he said, “you men must come hack again with me. - ’ "Who the li— are you”? asked one of the volunteers, one Dodd, who was afterwards killed in the Massacre.

“L : in Colonel Whitmore,’ was the . reply. "Well you can go to h—!’’ said Dodd. “We’re all going home; we’ve liad enough.” 'Jim Colonel said: “Martial law has been proclaimed, and 1 order you to turn Inek.” 1 “We all laughed.” said Air. Tile!- ; wall, “or at least we smiled, as well I as one could smile at such a time. • Wo surrounded him and told him we ! didn’t care v.'hat he said. We had | had quite enough, at any rate, lor a start, and we were off home. We ; knew nothing of martial law being proclaimed. His abrupt official man- ! nor didn’t appeal to us and we left him s|>eech!ess. We told him, however, we might come hack next day , if we felt like it After a good wash and a good feed we felt hotter. Later wo had a meeting and decided to . turn up oil the foßowing day, and wo all joined Whitmore’s forces. ‘ The troops followed Te Kooti up the Ruatikuri river, where the Han- i bans attacked, killing six British and ; friyndlv Maoris and wounding five, ! and Whitmore’s force came back. Te [ Kooti moved on to Buketapu in the ; Urowera Country, where lie rested for the winter, and Whitmore's force was disbanded. i

JOY JN .THE HOMESTEAD.

For a litt’e time matters appeared peaceful in Poverty Rnv and the Parker family and'Mr. Thclw all put in strenuous work clearing the hush on their propel ty. O’.i November 8, 1868. there was generally joy in tho homestead for the first shearing had just been completed. The flock at that time totalled*ovcr 2009, and the

Young settlers could see themselves on tho high road to prosperity. 1 here was still uneasiness over Te Kooti s return, and the settlers on the flats commenced tho construction ot a large redoubt, which was nearing completion. The idea was that eyciy evening the settlers and their families should sleep in the redoubt returning to their homes in the daytime. "Sunday, November 9, was a dav of rest, in w hich the chief topic was the good fortune which had attended tue fanning venture 111 1 ov-

good one. It was a merry party at the homestead that evening. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Parker ana their two children (Air. W. Parker, of Alangapapa, and Air. F. Parker, who later was manager of the Bank of New South Wales in Gisborne), Air. Thelwail and Air. C. Smale, there were also two European shearers, Dan Alunn and Bob Parkhouse. The household retired early, little anticipating the horrors which the next day would bring forth. “BLACK MONDAY” IX POVERTY BAY.

Between 3 and 4 a.m. on Alondav, November 10, a rifle shot broke the silence. The cause was only too apparent and a thrill of horror ran through all present. .It was the opening scene in the Poverty Bay Alassacrc. Alessrs. Smale, Thelwail, Parkhouse and Alunn.s were still members of the Poverty Bay Afounted Rifles, and as Air. and Airs. Parker and the children in their night attire rushed into the scrub near the house, the others ran for their rifles. Alunn.s seized a horse standing near and rode full tear down the road towards the other settlers. He met two Natives who appeared almost panic stricken and said Te Kooti had returned and intended to kill all the settlers. Alunn.s turned his horse, and galloped madly hack. The news all had feared was only too true. The Natives, however, who had given Alunns the news were Hanlmns, and as soon as. he was. a few yards away thewlfirecT'ton; him and wounded him in the hack. Alunns, however, rode full tear into the manuka and eventually reached the stockhouse at Turanga. The almost hysterica! party from the homestead, hidden in the manuka two chains awav. counted, a party of twenty-eight Kanbans outside' the door of the homestead, which they entered. They saw signs of hurried flight and thought the inmates had been warned some time previously and bad escaped. Ihe Hauhaus, intent on more victims, .wasted no time and rode away. Alter some little time the party in the manuka went hack in the house and dressed themselves, secured a few valuables, crossed the river, and fled through the scrub on V, hatnupoko down to the. blockhouse at Gisborne. Shortly after their departure the Hauhaus returned, looted the place, and set the homestead and w oolshcil on fire.

ON ACTIVE SERVICE ONCE MORE.

I Soon after reaching the redoubt } Air. Tlielwall fell avi ctim to typhoid ■ fever, and as there was no doctor at • Turanga- was sent to Napier, but a few 'months later returned and rejoined his old troop. Meanwhile Te 1 Kooti, with his mana increased as ' tho result of his victories over the pakehas, moved down from the Lrc- . worn into Poverty Bay aga.ll, and established himself at Ngntnpa, the first fight taking place 0:2 December 5, when si:-: Europeans and friendlies

were killed, the rebels losing ten men. Then on January 1, 1860, commenced the .siege of Ngatapa when, with the help of 200 Ngaiiporous under Ropata Walrnwalia and Kotenc Porourangi, and 170 Wairoa Natives under Lieut. IJrecce,1 J recce, the Ngatapa pa was besieged for three days and three nights until the Hauhaus abandoned their mountain hold, losing over ,130 death. To Kooti retreated to the Te Worn forest, with his mana largely decreased, and his followers

but few. The Poverty Bay men returned to Turanga, and lived in tho blockhpuse, guarding the toivnsh.p. This was in 1869. 111 1872 To Kooti escaped into the King Country, where lie spent eleven tears. He was parcloned in ISB3, but was not allowed to return to Poverty Bay.

FINAL EXPEDITION AGAINST TE KOOTI.

(n 1389. however, he decided to defy the Government, went to Auckland, and in spite of warn.ngs tr:i< • elle.d to the Bay of Plenty with a large number of followers, intend-ng to revisit Turanga or Gisborne, as it was then known. A meeting was held at Mnkaraka school and a fcrce of over 100 left Gisborne tn prevent_ jus reappearance in this' district. lhe force was commanded by coronal Porter, with Major A inter next in

comma in’. anil Alrtjoi rfopaia iu charge of the Ngati-Porous. Mr. The)wall held the lank of sergeantmajor in the advance guard. The force marched to Opotiki. Here it was ascertained that To Kooti with a following of 100 men. women and children was at Ohua. The Hauhaus wore surrounded hut le ivt.oii was missing. Later he came near and found himself in a net oi Ngatiporous and the advance guard. He was arrested and Inter sent to the Supreme Court at Auckland and sentenced to remain iu a prescribed ai.-.t on the shore of Ohnv.i hailar. where he died in 1893. Uncertainty as to the exact location of the body exists. however, to the present day. gisborne in the seventies. After his retim from active service. early in ti e seventies, Mr. Thelwall secured acres at Piitutahi. at a Native lens'- o' an acre, the term being for 21 years;. Mr. \\ illiam Smith went into partnership with him and occupied the land while Mr. Thelwall worked as overseer for Johnson B os., and West: upp at Wharokin station, near Alumni. After a fe.v years the. p..: tm rship was dissolved, inid Mr. i’i'i'iwah look to shearing at T<* Arai.' wo: king ior Mr. Woodbine .Johnson. Then lie resolved to e minence l et. hoylng, with Ids slnuilr'•'••house at '‘•'-kerokn and the shoo in Gisborne. FT is fi-’st purchase was 100 fat uethers. The Gis-

borne shop was at the end of Captain Read’s wharf, which ran out into tile river at a point where the Rand Rotunda now stands.

“THE KING OF C'l f HORNE.’

At that time Captain Read was practically a k'i'i of Gisborne,’’ and ran his own fleet of schooners to and fro. Re lived on the Haiti side of the bay. opposite* his wharf, and had also a woo slied there. At his store 'he '/renter iv T t ol tee business O' the p.a v was done, and many humorous tales are told i f his dealings with the Natives. He issued his own private notes in exchange for gold, and these notes w ere universally accepted as current!*.’ in the district. It is related that, on various occasions after a Native had exchanged his gold for notes, a dispute would arise with the Captain, and the incensed Maori, in order to show his contempt for tlm pakeha trader, would tear the notes to pieces in the

floor, and stalk indignantly out. On another occasion, it is related, a Native appeared in great consternation and related that his house on the Flats had been destroyed by fire,.ana a number of notes had gone up m smoke. He explained that lie was unable to replace these notes which, to his mind, were the property of Captain Read, who listened solemnly to tin? story, and told the Maori that as they were old trieiuls lie need not worry about such a small matter as replacement. He agreed with the Maori that it was a sheer ease of had luck. No more need be said. The delighted Maori, it is stated, left i:i tile highest spirits, singing the praises of the generous captain .

GLADSTONE ROAD IN THE EC's.-

Gladstone Road in the sevcntiis was a very different thoroughfare to the wide bitumen sunace of to-day. The road, which was named alter William Ewart Gladstone. Brita n s Premier at that time, commenced’ as now at the Tnranganui river. It ran as far as Grey Street, then went through to Palmerston Road, as far as Disraeli Street, to Aberdeen Road until just past past I.ytton Road, where it cut across and again joined the main road near the cemetery. The whole of Gladstone Road, or at least the route mentioned, was ot

pure sand, and horses had a hard time with the heavy vehicles then in

use. . At the end of Capt. Read s wharf stood tlie house of Mr G. G. Mill, Captain Read’s manager, and Mr. William Adair’s dwelling was next. Then, at the present corner ol Gladstone Road and Read’s Quay was Mr Thelwali’s. 1 Mtehery, with Capt. Read’s bond at the back. A section about 80 yard's or so wide separated the butchery from Bradley’s Hotel, afterwards the Albion Club hotel, and next to this was the Albion Club stables, which .may still be seen at tlie end of the Albion Club right of way. In the early days there was still a right of way, which led. of course, to the sta’ ies. On the town side of the right of wav and in front of the stables, was Air Arthur Cooper's bootmaker’s shop, and then came Fromm's, booksellers, Nasmith’s jewellers ; Bests, drapers ; Adams, booksellers, and the Bank oi New Zealand, a small shed. Then on the site where Adair Bros, now stands was the obi Court-house, which also included the Customhouse, the Armoury and the Public Library. At the back stood the residence of Alajor Weslrupp, which was later occupied by the onlv medical man of the town. I)r. Nesbitt.

On the opposite side o r what is now Lowe Street stood Teat and Rohjohtrs store, then came the (lwellinghou.se and shop of Air Alattliew Hall, saddler, and Parnell’s store, which was on the site near where Air Good's jewellery establish, ment stands at present. Further down thy street was the Music Hall, in which entertainments and theatrical performances were given. This was on the site of the auction mart occupied a few years ago by Air W. Samson, and the old building is still there, being Guilt on in front by

McKee's buildings. The first Masonic lodge in Gisborne, removed to the Music Hall from a room over Mr Thclwall’s butchery. Later the- lodge room was transferred to a hall near the back of the buildings now occupied by the U.S.S. Co. in Childers Road. On the other side of Gladstone Road from the river, was the Post Office, then Horsfall's store, the Argyll Hotel, a harbor’s shop, and Mr Stubb's chemist shop, on a site ner where Mr E. J). Smith’s chemist shop now stands. The block-house, a two-storey building with loop-holes, and surrounded by a. stout palisade of manuka stakes, was on the site between the present Police Station and the Opera House. From the I Sock-house to the Courthouse rail an embankment five feet high, with a trench behind. For some considerable time all the settlers had to assemble every evening liehiud the embankment, outside of which a military patrol was stationed, and under no circumstances were civilians allowed to break hounds.

On the left-hand side of Gladstone Road stood Steadv’s Post Office, a little shod, with a loft above in which the postmaster slept. That was on the site at present occupied by the Parcels Office. Then a few yards away stood McFarlnne’s house, which had attached to it a dairy rup, with cowbnils. yards, etc. The run extended some distance towards the sea. the next building living the house or John Harveys Captain Read’s, storeman. Later a man named McKay lived in Haney's house. Then came the Turnnganni Hotel, kept in Inter years by Madam do Costa, who.was a very popular hostess.* and gave innumerable parties to the young folk of the district.

CHEAP MEAT.

In the seventies, when Mr. Tho'wall was ti;e town butcher, there was only one e-rice for meat. 4d. per P roasts of beef and legs of jnutfon ap being retailed with no advance for the better cuts. After a time Mr. The]wall put in a sausage ma-hine, the first in the Bay. The engine was purchased in Sydney for -PICO. T a*' l ' Mr. Tlielwall' increas' d the power of ,the engine aid crushed oats and tnaise tor the hotels •a r, 'l staldekeep--ers. Sausages were sold at sixpence per pound.

CAPTAIN READ’S HOUSE.

Captain Read slept on the Kaiti side of the river in an imposing building in those days, with a wharf running out, on which ships and .schooners unloaded. This was near the site of the present Kaiti freezing works. Underneath the building was a cellar containing large quantities of wine, rum, whisky and brandy. On one occasion some careless indit idual left the tap of a big whisky cask turned on, and on the next visit the floor was found covered with the spirit. This mishap caused quite a sensation in Gisborne at the time.

THE AIISSiNG BAND FUNDS.

In the early days, with the careless manner of 'leaving things about, thefts took place. “i remember.’” said Air. Thelwall, ‘ wucn J was .secretary of the band fund a d bad band it was too, Aly God, it was simply awlul at tunesj. J. had to mind the cash. A woman came in to do my washing and tidy tip my bach, she was a very honest woman, but one day all tlie baud’s funds were in ssing. 1 iound out that her husband had been in to sec her that morning so 1 suspected hull. 1 reported the matter at the block-house, and the officer in charge suggested we should lay under the suspect'd man’s house that night. Jn those days all t'<:> houses were on sleds, so as to shift them from one piuco to another. The constable and I crawl ed under the bouse, and with oui ears glued to the floor, overheard the niaii and Ids wife having a great row. Lt was as good as a play. J:-ut neither mentioned anvtliing about the money. We repented the i erformance three >r four nights running. Still never a word o, tin; theft was mentioned. Then wo saw the barman of the hotel which wo now frequented. At e told him all the inoiiev f had lost was in sovereigns and hnll-sovcro.gns. He said the min had been in a'mmt dailv and changed gold. A\ e had no evidop'e of course it was tit:* ham! gold lie was changing., but lie was more flesh of money than he bad ever been before. He had a real good time

for a month and then the money ran out. i used to see him staggering home at night, while I moarimiliy thought of me good time 1 could have had with tile same gold, instead o! which* I had to replace it. I .nr:vet liked that man much afterwards. I am quite convinced lie had a glorious time at my expense.’’

REBELS MISTAKEN FOR SMUGGLERS.

Mr. J. Woodbine Johnson, from bis station at Maraetaha, Young .Nick’s Head, saw Te Kooti and Ins party on their return from the Chatham.** in the -‘Rifleman” anchor within sight of his heme. He. regarded them, at first, as a party of smugglers, but, later on, two Natives, coming to his house, informed him that they were Hauhaus. Mr. Johnson sent word to Capt. Riggs, who, however, also regarded the party merely as smugglers hut took the precaution of putting his men on the alert.. Unfortunately the few men who ultimately went to resist the invaders were poorly armed, having only a few rounds cf ammunition amongst tlie-m.

“FORGET AND FORGIVE.”

TE KOOTI IN ’B4 AT TAUHANGA

Te Kooti was at Taurangn in January. 1884. He was described as a lithe, stalwart and well-knit man, of benevolent, intelligent mppearar.ee, with grey tinged beard, though evidently in the prime of life. Two of his fingers were missing and.lie. had a bullet scar on his face. His standard bearer carried a white flag with a

, Union Jack in one earner and an in--1 scription ”To Roogopai"—,”'lho Glad ; Tid'ngs”—in gold letters upon its ; ample folds, lie would not converse on the past; he said that henceforth j Native and European must live in peace and amity, mutually forgetting, and forgiving.

TWO VEARS’ SCARE AT Ti)!..VGABAY.

The trials of early settlers on tbo Coast during the various To Kooti scares were very severe. At Tolaga Bay it redoubt was Built and for two years the settlers and irendiy Natives kept guard, doing scurry go, two hours on and two mi hv night ami attending to their land and stock by day. The sound of the discharger oi' a gun—perhaps aimed at only ale

innocent bird—sent the womenfolk frantic to seek refuge in the scrub and flax. At length Te Kooti and fifty of his followers turned i.p aim filed on the out-pekds, a band ol Natives, wounding tlueo, one intally. Te Kooti did not deem it puu.ont to charge the redoubt although, to . a great extent, he held the whole district at his mercy. He plundered a pakclia’s wharo, stole some sheep belonging u> Messrs, i.ocke and Rhodes, and slaughtered a number of pigs_ lielonging to friendly Natives. I pon the at rival of troops from Gisborne and Waiapu under Card. Porter and Major Ropata he was routed arid a woman prisoner taken.