GRAHAMSTOWN.
April 25,
On Saturday afternoon one otthe most lamentable affairs that has ever taken place in Ohinemutu occurred at Te Puke, near Paeroa. A number of boys, whose ages varied from 11 to 17, were out shooting, when one named Walter Ritchie, a son of the district schoolmaster, got in young Lipsey's line of fire, and had his brains blown out. Much sympathy is felt for the relations of the unfortunate lad, one of whose brothers is now lying in a critical state in the Thames Hospital. At the inquest held the jury returned the followiag verdict: —"The jury are unanimously of opinion that the deceased Walter Ritchie met with his death by a gunshot wound inflicted by Frederick Lipsey, and that it was purely accidental and a misadventure."
The Te Aroha battery was opened on Saturday with great eclat, over 200 persons being present, including visitors from Auckland, Waikato, aud the Thames. This morning the stone from the prospector's claim will be crushed.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3066, 25 April 1881, Page 3
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