A LINK WITH THE PAST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 307, 20 May 1913, Page 7

A LINK WITH THE PAST.

'WA/Fl.- OF, MAORI/ ' , , "- .. -ikiqrtroa o) •io-" ■«-, i : ' AuckTjmu, May 16. and 'mider-Mr- tai-SMpaM?' wore.* "iiajji silk liahdkerclifc9, ,f ?oltfedl fgivfc /qfi Alth nfpUbrife"' what lint, she was wonderf fQrJjer.vyears,- and bpwjroj a ll#tlte &&!-* ■.m^arJ^hWi^MMi^ r? S l ie , /jvafilralfa. century jigo (? Ssf .VltS'leUVftysl* rpjjdy, to exchange',a c nQjjyW IJh> JfSSMWm jnqjsehas, Avho.wcre.jnv.aiiaJ)].'' attracted f ftoTTttf J^u reS q.u 9 .fHtl %re. silently, otqWJmr-qdpty IftcM .jinking of otliec.dayk. v/ifi 1 fautaMfc*) iCTligin4.iof;o;ifrMr , jkno«;n pictures, 'T-h'e.'Waw U «H .bouvA . os/ the famous. psiiWoiiijt "ehief of .tJi'e.j Vjatiwhatua, jW.liose ']icad;iuav,ters /(^'g¥e J and a^nd^one,,of, jjjtf T& links with,±li«? Jfpng ago tji.«,pprtH, w hen the TT ar ' t a( was a,„clqse jeonncction ( j$ Wakanyhe' lj '.t[wj, J !chief.ii««t4«" f fought, so valiantly and she iMa ftnpr! ■ .her of engagements •(;op'k phice between the,rebels j)n Idmitoneu', hand and the soldiers'and^frijeflfflieejon, . , the other. As a ajtyouib U at.. ;\vas Harata's duty to..'paiy-yjjcafctiiUlges■ for her hrave relation, 'ajflioilgk slie ,was- never in any acfiiaj figiitingy.-stfe I saw-many exciting sc)e i !^s'.|iifh!Kli. 1 i. ! th l d'" i campaign. , . . l','.,,'{? !,l *j| 9l ' o:) ( ".-K was during this svar.papiWe W jU l.rible disaster at Ohaqwai,, the high ground at t«e,.,ts>s r wf J, f hat' 'is-now called Xeawha,a. f fc,\>; nfllds 1 (hit''.' .fijoni the township of.;bh^ewy]i! ,;j il6'ke's' people were entrenched ,iji wluS.C : '.waß. practically an ' m' spite of the advice of. the. .'jriendJ.y na- ■ lives-and pakeha Maqrisj'li,^0■ )udge ; Mjin]f. . ning, the ofticer in dicrs ordered-the attack,: ; ( ..Wlicn'. nigjiji;, , •fell, there were scores over the ground that from the-.palisades. ~,' ~,) ~,

''One \vir,<v is broken and \]\c< other lies dangling on the "round,'* was the messages the boastful rebels sent far and wide.

Harata was partly descended frofn--tl/e Ngapuhis of the north, but after the war she left the north, and cajne down to Auckland, probablv with' old Erua,. Patu-• one (the elder brother of Tarnati Waka), who was granted some laud by the Government in re\\;ard for services he-fewl rendered during the war, and afterwards lived for many years at Takapuna..,. TTarata was given in marriage to .Paul Tnhaere. of Orakei. and lived there until the chief's death, about twenty years afro. She subsequently came up to Auckland, and for many years lived in'the Maori house in Mechanics' T!av or Waipapa. as the old hands still.'call it. She was one of of the Maoris that won the regard and respect of the earlv settlers, one of the old school, upright, courteous and dignified. Tn her latter days she was a loneIv old lady, but always cheerful, and she did not seem to have any regrets. She onlv waited for the time when she would be called (o her ancestors. "I.'o, thou, on the morning tide; I will follow on the evening tide."' sang TTarata. at the funeral of her dead chief, in the picturesque language of the sorrowing Maori. The day has been a lone; one, but at last she has gone to join her chief. To the sorrow of her relatives will he added the genuine regret of every pakcha who knew her. STOMACH TROUBLBS. Laxo-Tonic Pills are a most effectiye remedy for Biliousness and all irregularities of the stomach and bowels. Th'ey act quickly and effectually, without weakening the system as is the case witb most medicines used for these troubles. Price. W/ 3 d, and Is Cd. OhJjii'ji.U'ii; .c.Vv'fv'ftlisre.