Chance in a Million, While sawing a piece of driftwood salvaged from the river, Sir. Fred. Barclay, caretaker at the Mangahao'dam, felt the saw strike metal. Proceeding with care, lie completed sawing the log and found embedded in the heart of it a copper cased .303 bullet. Obviously a stray shot from a deer-stalking expedition, for'few .others than deerstalkers frequent that .part of the country, the bullet was lodged in the log parallel with the grain. There were no marks to show where the bullet had entered the log, which had been in the water for some time. Just how remote a chance it was that Mr. Barclay's saw should strike the bullet in tile log can easily be imagined.
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Opotiki News, Volume X, Issue 1050, 28 November 1947, Page 2
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120Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Opotiki News, Volume X, Issue 1050, 28 November 1947, Page 2
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