A DANGEROUS PRANK.
[r.r telegraph. assooiatm.] CiintsTniriioH, Thursday. A max named John Frederick Reece .was walking across Barbadoes-street bridge this morning. He stopped to speak to two boys selling oranges. One of the boys, who was carrying a small pistol, said to Reece, " lookout," hut Reece hardly realising what the boy meant, took no notice. The boy fired the weapon, and the pellet lodged in Reece's left shoulder. He was attended at the hospital.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11151, 25 August 1899, Page 5
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74A DANGEROUS PRANK. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11151, 25 August 1899, Page 5
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