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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 185, 26 August 1909, Page 2

News has hcer. receievd from Taupo announcing tb; at Wsihaks, on the shores of Lake Taupe. of Hitiri te Pavrata. a noted ol'i Z-,1 ac:*i chief, of the Ngati Kaukawa tribe. Hitiri was one ...f the heroes of • the battle of Orakau. the ::na: t-r.gcgerner.; in the Waikato war, ">'.'4. His father, uncle. and brother were killed in the light, and his sister Ahuntsi. *,vho died at Taupo last year. was severely wounded. Hitiri escaped with the remnant ci his hapu, after a stubborn resistance lasting three days, in which over half tb? garrison of tke Orakau pah wcrt- killed. A large transaction in Queen street property, which has been effected by Mr \Y. A. Eastgate. of Shearer and Ea-tgate, "Security Buildings, ■ proves that plenty of confidence is felt by capitalists in the future of Auckland. The pro party in cuetsion is almost opposite Smith and Caugney s and has a frontage to Queen street pi 27 feet 6 inches, by a through aeptk to Lome street. 'The price pain is ilC,ouu and the purchaser is Mr Gilford, The sum paid, with the value; of the building included runs at nearly £SOO a foot.