A NARROW ESCAPE.
■ • '- - (by telegraph.) . - . r (united press association.) i ■••' Auckland, February 8. Professor Payne gave a private test of his shooting 10-day to Pressman and others. Mr Puljord of the Intercolonial News Agency offered to allow an apple to be shot off his head. At the critical moment he involuntarily braced himself tip, the result" being that the • bullet while sticking the apple; grazed bis scalp, inflicting a wound but not a serious one.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 60, 9 February 1884, Page 3
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75A NARROW ESCAPE. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 60, 9 February 1884, Page 3
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