400LB. BOAR SHOT
_♦ - HAURANGI RANGE TROPHY ■ CLIMAX TO EXCITING STALK : [bt TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] -WELLINGTON, Tuesday . A huge black boar, estimated, to weigh 4001b., was shot on by Mr. H. Hughes, Pirinoa, ana T: Cooper, Wellington.- Darkness, w3r>coming on when the tusker was first sighted on a high ridge of the Hanramlf Range, on the east coast of the ington Province, and an exciting jnjjjl|; took place before he wss in a patch of fern and dropped l>y, » bullet from Mr. Hughes' rifle. . The carcase rolled about,',7ooft. down a steep hillside, and came to rest in>" bunch of thick undergrowth ing the river. On being examined pig was found to be in fine condition/ .' ; ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22928, 5 January 1938, Page 10
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114400LB. BOAR SHOT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22928, 5 January 1938, Page 10
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