LATE SHIPPING.
• DEPARTURES. \ ? THIS DAY. NGATIAWA. s.s., 4r«l tons, Hopkins, at 1.5 p.m., for Tnnrnngn. . ARRIVALS. THIS DAY. KAKIEIII, s.k., 203 lons. Meyers, from Wbangarcl.— Northern S.S. Co., agents. A naturalised German (says tjie "Wairarapa Times"), who is possessed of a dairy farm, was heard to boast in llasterton v lew clays ago that if the war continued for another year or two he would be in a position to retire and return to the Fatherland. t A peculiar accident befell a returned soldier. 11. Cropper, who enlisted twelve months ago and .saw a deal of lighting in Gallipoli. anfl who recently returned invalided from the front. Cropper was occupied in grass-eecding on McLennan BroV>.' farm at Taringamutu, and was carrying a loaded revolver in his trousers pocket with the. intention of shooting rabbits. He slipped over a- banlji, rolling to the bottom. The revolver bei came accidentally discharged, and' the bullet entered his leg, striking the bone and ■travelling to the knee. Ho was taken to the Taumarunui Hospital, ■where Dr. Macluught removed the bullet, •which was considerably, flattened.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 51, 29 February 1916, Page 2
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180LATE SHIPPING. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 51, 29 February 1916, Page 2
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