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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 304, 20 December 1912, Page 6

The careless use of firearms resulted in three boys being peppered with shot at a rural district in Otago. The lads were walking along the main road on their way to school, when they heard the report of a gun at close quarters, and were immediately struck by the shot. Two of the lads received pellets in various parte of their bodies, while the third had hie leg badly knocked about by the shot. One of the lads was struck on the temple by a pellet, and the profuse bleeding caused him to remark that he was "done for." It was misty at the time, and the boys could | not see who fired tho shot. ! Lord Esher, a number of members of : the House of Commons, many journalists, ', ' Sir J. A. Taverner and other Aus-1 ! tralians attended a farewell to Mr. Henry I i Stead, who is proceeding to Melbourne ' to control the "Review of Reviews." j Give him a tie. Quite an attractive I Christina- gift for the young man would be a tic. Miles of aittractave shades hare.—Geo. Powids. Ltd.— (Adj