We do wish the Press Agency officers would be a little less sensational in their telegrams. The finding of the ammunition in Kipebata’s whare has served as a “ scare ” for the whole Colony, including the good people of Ormond, who had been told that Te Koott was already within hail of that peaceful settlement. If the first phase of the affair was attended with a deal too much seriousness; the second phase — the explanation of it, was equally ludicrous and incorrect. This is the way the Hawke's Bay Herald accounts for the finding of the cartridges ; but where our coutemporary
got it from, we do not know. The Herald says : —“ The police learned that the whare in which the cartridges !were kept was falling into decay, and fearing that some of the European youths would get hold of the ammunition, and perhaps do some mischief, Sergeant Kidd caused it to be removed to a place of safety.”
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 912, 26 January 1881, Page 3
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157Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 912, 26 January 1881, Page 3
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