DANGER FROM RIFLES
3.15 P.M. EDITION 1
CARRYING WHILE LOADED. COMMENTS BY CORONER; Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Nov. 21. Strong comment on the danger of carrying loaded rifles in the hush was made by tho Coroner, Air Gilbertson, at the inquest to-day on Charles James Galliers who was accidentally shot while deer-stalking in the Tararua Ranges on Saturday. The Coroner said it was clear that insufficient precautions were taken in handling loaded rifles, particularly in bush country, where anyone was liable to slip. A deer-stalking expedition was not an occasion for snap-shooting. There was no necessity for the rifle in the present case to have been loaded but if there was the safety catch should have been on.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 8
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118DANGER FROM RIFLES Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 8
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