MAORI WAR VETERAN.
SEARCHED 'FOR TE KOO'I'I. .__... MB G. BAILEY‘S MEMORIES. Formerly a member of the first division of the New Zeaiaml Armed Constabulary, which took part in the Search for the famous Tc Kooil after the Poverty Bay massacre in 1868, Mr George Bailey, of Princess Street. Hamilton, celebrated his 89th birthday on Saturday. Mr Bailey is one or the t'ew surviving members of the division. Born in \\'eymouih. England. Mr Bailey came to New aniand as a boy of H, taking up a position on a farm at. Pakurangu. He later went shear—ing and touring contracting, and was in Christchurch when nens of the Poverty Bay massnrre was received. lie immcdieiioiy volunteered for ser—vice and “RS drafted tu Gisborne where he tnok part in an attack on a Maori pa, which “as destroyed by lire. lic iillCl‘ served under tlolonri Fraser in the \\‘uitotai‘n diSlriri against the Hun llaus. After the cessationwt‘ husiiiiiirs Mr Hailey wont to ”in 'i‘tnnncs guldlit‘le, lairr smiling at lionovuic. llr, Cililtt‘, in Hamilton I’3 yours aigol ’i'iioru zirt‘ nine children, 2:} gruiini~riiiidi‘ol) and ‘even grout grand - children. Mrs Bailey died five years ago.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19878, 6 May 1936, Page 7
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190MAORI WAR VETERAN. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19878, 6 May 1936, Page 7
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