FIFTY YEARS AGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16267, 28 June 1916, Page 10

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

|%TWK BY HAUHAUS. | ' . "' | PARTY AMBUSHED. B m —mm— m Z (From the HEBAID of June 28, 18C6.) Faom the Wanganui Times, June 19:—< "Xt doom on Dwurdagr last Major McDonnell, %ocompanied by Mr. 0. Carrington-, chief surveyor, Mr. Percy Smith, surveyor, Lieutenant Wilson, WirilioniJ., N'atfvo Contingent, and two orderlies of tl-a"W.Y.C.. started from Wajngongoro to I'hW!h. When they had proceeded about ihri'c and a-hiilf miles, a little beyond the \V^ihi River, Lieutenant Wilson, who was ;t tffr yards in advance, noticed a peculiar movement in the fern. In doubt and J suspicion of his old friends the HattJiaus, i although the road is considered compare* livejy safe, ho checked his horse sud.loj»l 4 v, which brought the party together. Wilson's doubts were soon set at rest. He itouted out Hauhau! and at the samo 1 1.-taut up rose over twenty natives at a • ■ ftUuce of about forty yards and fired a • ■ •llev into the party. In a second or two other lot of about twenty more sprang i.,i at the place and fired a second volley. In tii the Europeans got out of-range all t lie- Hauhaus tired as fast as they could load, "As soon as they had recovered from their surprise they boat a speedy retreat, non« pi the party being armed except the t"-0 .orderlies. Whilst retreating the sharp eyes of Wirihana detected another body of Hauhaus doubling down a blind gully on the right front to cut them oh*. Howevp.*. Ahev reached Waingongoro in safety. ' pearly ©very one of the Hauhaus was armed with a tomahawk, in addition to a gun, and they were all in perfect war costume. "