SERIOUS GUN ACCIDENT AT PAPATOITOI.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2745, 11 May 1866, Page 3

SERIOUS GUN ACCIDENT AT PAPATOITOI.

On Wednesday last Mr. A. jF. Allom was out shooting with' the Messrs. Mackie, coach-builders, *of Auckland, in the neighbourhood of Mr. W. Buckland'f,, at Papatoitoi. He had just loaded the second barrel' of his gun, and was talkiug to one of, the gentlemen at the time, when, while replacing the ramrod, the gun went off, and he having hia hand the muzzle 6? the gun, the contents passed through the palm of the, hand, shattering the second finger at the base. Dr. Baintrie, who happened to be in the neighbourhood at the time, was promptly in attendance, and found it necessary to amputate the finger. It waa quite a providential affair that the contents were not lodged in the head of the unfortunate gentleman, as one shot passed through the eyelid, uot injuring the eye, but producing a slight paralysis of the nerves of the head, which will ultimately pass off. Mr. Al!om is going on as well as can be .expected, after, so serious a loss of blood from the hemorrhage, caused by the injury done to ( the artery; '*"■""

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. A Provincial Government Gazette was published yesterday, aiid contained notice of Provincial Government Acts left to their operation ; appointment of premises at Momnouth Kedoubt, Tauranga, to be used as a public pound. Sergeant French is appointed keeper of the Tauranga public pound, and James McCabe keeper of the Russell public pottud. The list of poundage fees U also given ; also, notice of the erection of new toll-gates on the Great South Road, at Otahuhu and Slippery Creek Bridge, near Druiy; and levy of tolls on the 11th of Juno. A sitting of the Native Land Court -will take place at Oneke, Hokianga, on the 2nd July.