Shooting Accident.
On Saturday last, two cadets working- on Mr 0. E. Anderson's farm at Matalcana, started out on a shooting expedition. They had only proceeded 100 yards, when one of the two, Arthur Curry, a lad of 10 yeais, who was carrying a No. 22 pea ride, with tho hammer at full cock, slipped, and tho butt of tho ride sharply sstrikiuu1 tho ground, caused the hammer to doseoud and oxplode the charge. Tin? bullet went in at the right breast, in au upward direction. Mr Parkinson eamo in for medical help, and Doctor IckHowins was soon in jittonduiuv. After an examination it was divans! best to move the sufferer into Wurkworth, and he was accordingly shu'ted to jMrs Kerr's. On Sunday morning tho father tof the lad arrived by buggy from town, and in the iutonioou it was decided to shift Curry to Auckland. t Mr Guest placed his launch at the service of Mr Curvy, and Messrs Eay Guest, Holliday and Cullen undertook to accompany tho injured one to town. On inquiry from tho Auckland hospital to-day, wo leurn that tho bullet is lodged in the right breast near the shoulder, and is not causing the patient any trouble. For this reason it has not been deemed advisable to extract it yet. Curry sooms *
to be progressing favourably,
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 15 May 1912, Page 4
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