SPORTING.
• (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION,) Wellington, this day. The Island Bay Race Meeting is being continued to-day, Tjje following are the acceptances for the principal oventi— Melrose Handicap, 1£ miles—Administrator, 9at 51b ; Pasha, Bst 131b; Minerva, 7st 121b; Clogs, 7st 101b; Poet, 7st; Fay, Cat 91b. Later, It bgjng yery wefi fp-flay, the second day of tlie Island Bay races has been postponed until Montiay. SPQI®GACQIDENT. ■ J>-TTTTTTr-(United Ppss Association.) Blenheim This day, A shocking shooting affair occurred this morning. A boy of ten years, a son of a merchant's clerk named Wenstanley, pointed a loaded carbine at his brother, a lad of fourteen years, who was lying in bed. The younger boy was unaware that the piece was loaded. The elder boy's brains were blown out on the pillow. Death was instantaneous, The affair was purely a misadventure. An inquest will, be held this afternoon.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2128, 24 October 1885, Page 2
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144SPORTING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2128, 24 October 1885, Page 2
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