FIFTY YEARS AGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15821, 19 January 1915, Page 10

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

FIGHTING IN WAIKATO.

TROOPERS FOR WAXGAXUI

'From the HERALD of January 19, 1565.1 ] v llio rumour which was prevalent in town ycfterdny evening is correct, ancl ve lioliovc it t<> l'p <=<■>. there will bo little or in. tiirhtiiiu- in the W;iikato, and the int "iiuoii colonising movements may lie carried out with ail wifely, and with every j ilian-o of friici ess. When we. heard that '"' llio large native meeting at Rangitoto iiad been adjourned to we felt convinced that the result would be satis-.,-i'tory, ami that the incision of the li.i.t-ire.s would be for peace. Although nothing ortiri.il Jias transpired, we cannot .ittnbut'i the Mjior, mi oracularly uttered y< sterility to any other cause Mian lie ivcult of ti>;> sn no meeting, the mure to ,i> wo have lor sonic days past been aware of the leeiinus of the natives in inspect to the late confiscation proclamation. ii.iTiiely, that they would abide by its doi ifiiiiii, but thai they would resist any attempt to n.Tiipy land beyond the. boundaries therein defined. We. are- not therefore, surprised to hear that some -10 mounted troupers of the military train, under the command of Captain Mitchell, fully equipped for field service, embark this morning on board the s.s. VTanganui I for Wanganui, and also that large sup-' plies of commissariat and purveyors' stores I w ill be despatched to the same place. |