TE KOOTI'S GARRISON.
Sir, —I have great respect for Major Mair, but can hardly let a statement in his letter gf Saturday, February 10, pass unchallenged. He states: "When his (Te Kooti's) followers rose on, the semidrunken , garrison, Te Kooti instructed them to use no violence." That is so, and Sergeant Hartnett would not have met his death at Te Kooti's hands but for his stubborn fight. But as for the garrison being drunk, my father, was one of the few (about half a dozen), and I knew him for 40 years, and during that period he was never the worseJor drink. I cannot think of him, or any of the few (called garrison)' being in that state, and I think Major Mair should withdraw the statement. F. A. Mahshall.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 9
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130TE KOOTI'S GARRISON. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 9
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