THE RECIPIENTS OF THE NEW ZEALAND CROSS.
[by telegraph.— press association-.] Wklmngtox, Monday. Lieut. -Colonel McDonnell, who ha-, had the New Zealand Cross bditowed upon hi id, was recommended both by General Cameron and General Chute. The'foruier mentioned him iv connection with reconnoitring services in the Waikato, and the latter for conducting dangerous naritution3'wi£h the Maoris at Wereroa pah un ir Wanganui. In addition to this he wan recommended for gallant service in the Patea district, but all three notices failed to gain him the consideration of the Coiinni--tioner who distributed the cros-ie*. Colo.iui McDonnell was originally a sub-in^psct'ir in the colonial defence forces. C.ipt. Miir gets his decoration for gallantry in .ictiui with Te Kooti. Ho en^igod .1 force of 2)0 men in the Hot Likes district with a c >;n piny of forty friendly natives, m «tof who n flod .it tha firit fire. tt<3 kept up a rnuuiT.' tight with tlu Hauhaus for ten milos, killing many with hid own nile, a*id in nil accounting for nearly 40 men, some of them Te Kojti's best warriors.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2138, 23 March 1886, Page 2
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179THE RECIPIENTS OF THE NEW ZEALAND CROSS. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2138, 23 March 1886, Page 2
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