SHOT FIRED AT TRAIN
INCIDENT NEAR PAERATA, AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, January 29 A shot was fired at the south-bound Limited express about 8 o’clock last night half a mile on the Pukekohe side of Paerata. When the train arrived at Frankton Junction the occurrence was reported by a passenger. He informed tb e station officials that he hea'rd the shot and looking out of the window he sa.w. a man standing close to the line armed with a rifle. An examination wa s made and a bullet hole was found in the wall of the sleeping car immediately below the window. There is a cutting in the vicinity, and if is thought possible that the person who fired was shooting at a rabbit, and did not notice the approaching train.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1932, Page 3
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