A Pathetic Ceremony.
KtB'iLNTBIiIMJEINrr OF BODIES.
(Per United Press Association.)
miW iPLYMOtTTH, Jan. 15
One of the most pathetic ceremon-ies-ever witnessed at Mew Plymouth took place yesterday, when the 'emaTns of twenty-one of Taran<aki's early settlers, militia amd reguHrs, several of whom were killed in action, were removed from the old Catholic iburiai ground in, the centre of the town, where they neposed c "r half a century, to the Te Henue cemetery for re ntcrment.
The bodies were identified by the mine plates, which] were in a good state of preservation,.
•Mn.niy! of the remains revealed 'tomahawk, amd bullat wounds received in. battle at the Wa'rau ma.sßaarea.nd Battle.of Wairalkk
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10615, 15 January 1909, Page 2
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