dicament of watching my soldiers dying from rotting food and tainted water. No relief was in sight, and my spirit was alarmed and depressed when I was told that the Maori chief I was fighting was outside my lines with a flag of truce. He came into my tent with several of his warriors behind him carrying fresh food and water. He didn't fight sick men, he told me. When my men were strong we would fight again.’ The Colonel finished his story by telling me, with tears in his eyes, that he saw Christ in this Maori chief's action. ‘I didn't want to fight him again. I found I had an unbidden love in my heart for such a humane race.’ FAY McDOUGALL (Queensland, Australia)

The Editor, ‘Te Ao Hou’. In the December ‘Te Ao Hou’ there is a photograph of an old flag which used to belong to Te Kooti. You mention two of the symbols on this flag (the cross and the crescent moon), but you do not say anything about the letters ‘W I’ which also appear on it. Have you any information as to the meaning of these two letters? P. EDWARDS (Tauranga)

Ed.—We are told that there are a number of possible interpretations of these letters ‘W I’. They may stand for ‘Te Wairua o Ihowa’ (‘the Spirit of God’); or perhaps they refer to the Ringatu Church—the Church of the Holy Spirit of God—that is, ‘Te Hahi o te Wairua Tapu o Ihowa’. According to another interpretation, ‘W I’ stands for Te Whakakitenga, or Revelations, chapter one. Te Kooti experienced visions, and the reference could be to the vision of Revelations and to Te Kooti's own experience.

‘Is There A Colour Bar?’ The Editor, ‘Te Ao Hou’. I read with great sympathy R.D.'s letter headed, ‘Is There a Colour Bar?’ An experience such as that suffered by her little daughter of ten leaves a scar which may affect one for life. That her mother has risen above a similar happening shows a generosity of mind to be proud of. A headmaster and infant mistress are responsible for the general behaviour of children in the playground; and though they cannot check all bullying and cruel behaviour, they can do a great deal towards making things better if—and that is the point—they are aware of what is going on. I feel that R.D. should approach the headmaster privately, unknown to the children, including her own, tell him the situation, and see if he can deal with it if it occurs again. A.E.B. (Dunedin)

Ed.—‘R.D.’ has told us that since she wrote her letter, the headmaster has learnt of the situation, and through his help the problem has now been solved. Mrs J. K. Baxter, M.A., a member of the Taranaki and Bay of Plenty tribes, has been appointed as the Maori Women's Welfare League representative on the Maori Education Foundation Board of Trustees. Mrs Baxter replaces Mrs Mira Szasy of Auckland, who has resigned for domestic reasons. She is the wife of James K. Baxter, the well-known poet and playwright. They have two children. For a number of years Mrs Baxter was a regular contributor to ‘Te Ao Hou’, writing under her maiden name of J.C. Sturm. She is secretary of the Wellington District Council of the Maori Women's Welfare League, and a member of the Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club and the Wellington branch of the Federation of University Women.