PATEA.
June 15. The shipment of rifles and ammunition recently sent to Patea was very welcome to t}x& settlers who expressed themselves delighted at the prompt tude of' the Government. The"Volunteers of the South Island would do a grateful thing . if they were to forward their Sniders to their brothers m arms here, where they are likely at any moment to be called upon to fight for their wives and families and homes. One good man with a Snider is said to be equal to five with the Enfield. Young and old are joining the Volunteers. A new arrangement has been made for the defence of Waihi. In case . of an attack the redoubt will be defended by the Militia and Volunteers, and Constabulaiy taking the field to protect the settlers' homesteads.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 811, 17 June 1879, Page 2
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