SHOOTING ACCIDENT.
[PRESS ASSOCIATIO_ TELEGRAM.] NEW PLYMOUTH, May 22. A shooting accident occurred near Opunake yesterday. A young man named Moray, in company with his brother, went into the bush, caking a loaded and cocked gun, and wnilst waiting for his brother to join him. put an axe and the gun together, standing on end. The axe slipped, and on Moray attempting to recover it the gun went off, and a charge of shot lodged in his neck, also lacerating his left hand. He was brought to the Hospital.
THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.
