GUNSHOT WOUNDS
ACCIDENT AT O PUN AKE. [ Per Press Association. | NEW PLYMOUTH, Feb. d. Gunshot wounds in both legs were received by John Hickey, aged 14 years, son of Mr. J. M. Hickey. Opunake, in a shooting accident on Sunday evening. The boy came out of a gully in the line of fire as his father was shooting at a hare running in front of him. While he missed the main charge from the gun, the boy received pellets in the lower parts of both legs. His injuries necessitated his removal to the New Plymouth Hospital, where after an X-ray examination it was decided to operate for the removal of the pel-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 32, 7 February 1934, Page 6
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