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Clay pigeons were regularly being shattered into small pieces by the guns of.,the crack shots of the Melhven Gun Club, recently (says the "Christchurch '■ Sun"). The noise of the shooting was loud.and long. Unknown to the experts, a hare, terrified almost out of its life, was squatting in the grass only two or three yards from them for most of the -"shoot." There, was a lull as the men reloaded, and the hare considered, that the .time for his departure was ripe. He made off, and;six of. the club's best shots let go their first barrel at him. Not a single pellet got. home! Six second barrels were loosed, six expert "gunmen" hid their heads in shame; and the hare,. quite unhurt, scampered leisurely on, wondering why he had been so frightened. ./■-.- Toothache"? Kill the nerve painlessh with Barraclough's Magic Nervine, i '6

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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17441, 29 June 1928, Page 9

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Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17441, 29 June 1928, Page 9

Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17441, 29 June 1928, Page 9