1 TN, 16/1/1886, p. 6

2 Chapter 9 below gives a full treatment.

3 NZ Times, 1–9/1/1886 for all the fires in this paragraph.

4 Wairarapa Daily, 7–23/1/1886 for this and the next paragraph.

5 Manawatu Standard, 4 & 9/1/1886.

6 Feilding Star, 9 & 12/1/1886.

7 Ibid., 23 & 26/1/1886.

8 Ibid., 26 & 28/1/1886; Manawatu Standard, 27/2/1886—5/3/1886.

9 AWN, 20/2/1886, p. 21, & 27/2/1886, p. 21.

10 Waikato Times, 21 & 23/1/1886.

11 Waikato Times, 29/12/1885—30/1/1886; AWN, 2/1/1886, for this and the next two paragraphs.

12 AWN, 9/1/1886—27/2/1886 for this and the following two paragraphs.