A CONTESTED ISLAND.
A Fight for Possession. (UV TELEURAPH-- OWN OOKUESt'ONDENT.) NM'iKR, this day. Gotmli Island, in tho Spi'.. Li\goofc, long sinco reclaimed, ha.a boeh a r : ubj-:et of dispute for sometime between two wellknown local men-, who both claim it. Air Kinross recently EitVro'unde'tl tb'o land by a fence. Mr ÜBrfin the other night employed ffiSh to cut down a two loomsd cottago on it. Mr Kinross thereupon posed halfa dozen men inside the ■ fence. As Mr Heron's men shifted tha room ovor tho fence, it >vas immediately smashed to pieces. The scene between the garrison nnd besieged was very ludicrous. The game lasted far into the evening. One. ot Mr Heron's mon started hacking the fence, for which be was given into custody, and has boen remanded till Thursday,
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 84, 11 April 1887, Page 2
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131A CONTESTED ISLAND. Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 84, 11 April 1887, Page 2
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