QUEEN'S REDOUBT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 243, 23 August 1864, Page 3

QUEEN'S REDOUBT.

[l'ltOM OVlt OWN C'.) 111: KM'ONDKNT.] 1 rr, , , 20,1 > ISfit. There have been several movi incuts of troops these ast lew days On Thursday, (lie portion of the Gsih iu inu'lit who fomiorlj belonged to Hie Fl\in«:t oluinn marched Irom Ofahuhu through this place jto join tin" head-quarters of their regiment - the day niter, a company of the 50.1 i pass, a down the rive'r i" the I loncer, to join their head-quarters at Otahuhu, and tins evening the head-quarters of the 4th .Uaikato hegnneiit marched into the Station with hies playing and drums beating, but I cannot say colors Hying. They seemed a line soldier-like body of men, notwithstanding that, they had a 15 or It) miles inarch through a muddy road. Thev looked especially fitted for the duties and responsibilities of military settlers. They we.e halted only for u few innmtas at the lront gate of the Kcdoubtthey then resumed their march for the creek, where they encamped for the night. Their destination isKirikirioro, where they will settle upon what may be their l>itnre homesteads. lam certain that they will make ellicient settlers. Jt is a matter of much surprise to me that some action has not been taken ere this in Ko ld prospecting on the Waikato; for, although lam no" a 'oi3 digger, nor even a practical geologist, yet from "the configuration ot many of the creeks and'gnllies aloii" its banks, from the little theoretical knowledge I possess, there is every reason to believe that cold exists m many of those in payable quantities. In the irst place I advise a careful examination of the creek nt this place. J'evbum sop. The military portion of the population ill there is Hilda cannot be too grateful to you for your advocacy o their claims from (ho General Government on the cessation of the war, and should the Government, as I have no doubt thev will, adopt your suggestions, the island will not only be the gamer m a great degree, but the soldier also. Alany ol that class who have been some years from home, little know the hardships that, are in store lor them when they arrive in the mother country • ior every soldier when he lands in England, whether he has iwo \cars or whether he has twenty years service, is looked upon, or at least treated as, a rawrecruit, and is drilled and paraded in the same manner, even if he is the hero of twenty campaigns.