AN INTERESTING JUBILEE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 5 March 1914, Page 4

AN INTERESTING JUBILEE

FALL OF ORAKAU

BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS \BSOOIAT/O*. HAMILTON, March 5. Dr Pomare has signified his intention of. being present at the jubilee celebrations of the fall of Orakau, which ended the war in the Waikato, and he states that if the restrictions preventing the natives travelling are removed, he has not the slightest doubt that the occasion will be marked by one of the biggest native gatherings ever held in New Zealand. Every local body in the Waikato has signified its intention of being represented. Generals Hamilton and Godley will be present, and it is expected that 300 mounted troops will attend the celebrations, which will take place on April 1.