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Otago Witness, Issue 3803, 1 February 1927, Page 18

A distinct curiosity—the result of an occurrence which must be regarded as most unusual —w r as unearthed last week by Mr J. Linkhorn, of Hawera (states the Star). A heavy plank, 6in by sin, of a white wood, which formed part of the packing of his new oveus, was put out. to be used for firewood, and when being chopped there fell from it a small pointed piece of brass, which, when rubbed up and examined, proved to be a small bullet. It is Ijin long, shaped like a miniature shell, going to a point and having a circular base. Round the centre of it is a slight groove. On the base, which is flat, are the letters in capitals AVE over H, and below that the figures 7.78. A measure proves this to be its diameter in millimetres, roughly Jin. The ovens were all British made, and this makes the appearance of a bullet apparently of foreign manufacture all the more peculiar.