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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1671, 12 February 1906, Page 3

Young Dalv, of Dalyston (Powlett Eiver, Vic.), is a hard boy to kill. A few weeks ago a mate shot him in the head with a pea-rifle. Young Daly let the bullet stay there. _ Later on he was snagged while driving, but the snag refused to hold him. Then he was bitten by a snake when swimming across the same hole. Amateurs scarified and sucked the bite, and young Daly got better. Mr Edmond, editor of the Sydney Bulletin, referring particularly to the Wanganui river, says New Zealand blows about its scenery, but it could do a good deal more without straining the truth. Mr Edmond’s praise is a good advertisement but anyone who really knows New Zealand scenery must admit that the Wanganui river is quite ordinary in comparison with the Lake Waikaremoana scenery. The Hastings correspondent of the Napier Herald writes in this calm fashion of a bird maiming fixture : “ The shooting match which the Hawkes Bay Gun Club have decided to hold next month will be something of a novelty in this province. Pigeon shooting is an expensive sport, principally on account of the price of birds. Each shot costs the shooter eighteen-

pence, whether he kills his pigeon or not. With tho sparrow match there will be a considerable difference: Members of the club have volunteered to find enough birds for themselves, and it has been decided that each shooter will be asked to. bring along 50 sparrows. The club intend to procure a sparrow trap, aud also a catching net, which will be lent to intending shooters. It is expected that the novelty of the contest here will have I the effect of swelling the membership of the club, and, to meet this, the club will elect members on the ground on the day of the match.” And this is called sport! ___