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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 March 1922, Page 4

"Fifty-one" writes: One of the greatest events in the history of Taranaki will be celebrated to-morrow— namely, the sixty-second anniversary of the Battle of Waireka, on which occasion the young men (or boys) of the province, as well as the older men (militia) were engaged against th* Maoris. Had the Maoris succeeded in holding their own that djy it is hard co say what would have been the result, possibly a direct attack on the town of New Plymouth, which would havo been a serious matter, for the* defenders were comparatively few. 1+ is worthy of remark that after a laps* of fifty-three years (in 1913) tho Government placed the Military Peo sions Act on the Statute Book, granting pensions to those who were under fire in the Maori wars. The townspeople of "New Plymouth are not unmindful of the survivors of Waireka, and are entertaining them to-morrow. Another great event will be celebrated on Friday—the eighty-first anniversary of the landing of the pioneer settlers at Moturoa. J. W. Turnbull and Co. will sell by auction at the Mart, Regent Street, to-morrow (Tuesday), commencing at 2 p.m., choice beef, mutton, etc., and seasonable fruits. An economy nlnt--Insist on getting Shnriaml's Fluid Magnesia. Fresher *han the imported.— Advi.