No. 38, (Telegram).
Mr. W. Buller to the Hon. Mr. Fox.

"Just received telegram from Ihakara, of Manawatu, of which the following is a translation :—'Your men, Kemp and Kawana Hunia, have arrived at Horowhenua; they have burnt down the houses of—; Ngatiraukawa, page cxxxvii and Ngatiapa, have gone back to fetch guns. Send word to the Magistrates of Manawatu to stop the guns lest there be trouble. From Ihakara Tukumaru.