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Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 June 1867, Page 3

On \f--.ri !:?v. Miv 7, irih'sligohc" W is ruu-'ivt! I h"ri? fnm Opoliki, that men nlm-1 Livingsfnne, Moors, i M srtf ? tui i Wi!kin«r>n, eogtged in parln°r«5hlp wnrkiny .t farmf heloneing fo Livinidonp, an! nccttpying a whare siluated at Ihs erilranee to an aJmo'A itnnonfr-ihle • tn-tonlaso pns* : uafled l!i • G srgp, were * trprised by a j pafly nf a'tnnl dwenfv aahai;- . J They (ly ' in:o Ihe hnsk,, artl Living, sfone and Wilkitison; reached Ihe Catnn ' in ^afct '. She nlhor two have nof sina i hoon heurd of. There were four horses,. pl'Mjjhs;. e!c, on Ihe farrn.. besides -v.m ..i |)pgs of flour ttt.d ofher ihinasin fhe whare. Tiie Il-in-ha ts removed ail fbaf iltev ; -A.lv could, and p.'irrially bu'rht Ihe re.tnain-nc-r. »n (: follr> ving an eAfrticl frotn a pr ivate i ifer narrales ihe '•ircumsfanee: "Douhlless yo t wiif have heard erc this of ti "- f.ile of Moor.; and Ricgs. On -d uesday !aG ihev were in th' fr whare svlll! Wilkinson aud l.ivinarsione. ai fhe foot oi ih > Gorge, on Ihe left ne;T Waioreka Itedoubl, when Ihev werelsurroun'ded bv the Hauhati*, aboot fwenfy in aumber They immediajely took lo fhetr beels up Ihe range inio Ihe bttsh, it Sudns the passt " open lo thent. Livingsfone and Wilkinson fook one diree'•'oii, and : me inlo Ihe r.atnp It.iiless and boolless : fhe oi her |wo have nof sitM e Itirned up,. ftiev have eilher heen iotnahliwkeii in Ihe bnsli or canied awey prisaner.s. (Ircaf cwiletnenf i:i . camp that evening, Thirly msn under JefT, and about sixteen cavatry, Jed by laegajlant Lieuten.tnl Thonfp'son,' mareiled out,. and took ihe Waiwrka rfdojihf by'slorm, nbout ten o'ciock at nighi, (here being no one to jelend it. They cavsJry relurned fhal night, bringing ihe remains of ihe nroneriv

no( hurued by Ihe Haoha'ss. It is snrh wel wealher pnrsai! is {mpossibla . hui as soon as ihe rivers go down Ihe Major is deterinined lo follovv them uo I he selliers are fortning a par'v in deittMi lent of fhe Major's tonitnanti, to sea rch for Ihem." Tnolher accouni s.'ales th-il Moore an.j Biggs had one hundml and fii'ly ponruls in Ihe whare, and Iha'l Liviug•4(on !tad !os| hycnly pomitjsin fiiotiey ; ihal ilte-Hauhaus had kilfedYpig and taken (Ite ra ica >e away, and also fhal (races ot jw i ar'id Ihe Hauhaus ha l heen discovered iti Ihe sttne direclion, ieading. lo ihe concltision Ct.ti Ih V h id ! ra vidied in ^oinr.i.iy, or in olher words fiiO unlorlunale nien had been lakett away caplive.