THE HEROIC DEAD. NEW PLYMOUTH, January 14.
One of the most pathetic ceremonies that have ever been witnessed in New Plymouth took place this afternoon, when the remains of 21 of Taranaki'a early settlers, Militia, and regulars — men who took part in the Maori war?, and several of whom were killed in action — were removed from the old Catholic burialground in tbe centre of the to^n, wh-ere they had reposed for the last half-century, to the Te Henui Cemetery for reinterment. The Bodies were identified by the name-plates, -etc.. which were in a good state of preservation, many of the remains reve'tling tomahawk and bullet wounds received in battle at the Wairau massacre and the battle of Wairekau.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 89
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118THE HEROIC DEAD. NEW PLYMOUTH, January 14. Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 89
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