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HONOUR SATISFIED. LONDON, July 13.—When Georges Blaumc, the French actor, who directs theatrical broadcasts on Paris. radio, and (Roger Guettary, a Paris publicity agent, fought a duel with pistols at daivn among the woods on the outskirts of Paris, honour was satisfied when both shots fired by Guettary passed through the legs of Blaume’s trousers without injuring him. Another dueLis pending in Paris following a quarrel in the lobbies of the National Assembly when. Hippolyte Ducos, a former Minister, struck Pierre Toulzas, a French journalist, because he objected to one of Toulzas’s articles. —N.Z.P.A. special correspondent. OTAGO-SOUTHLAND MATCH. A Wellington Press Associationmessage states that the New Zealand (Rugby Union decided to advise Otago that it was unable to accede to the request for the appointment of an outside referee for the Itanfitrly Shield challenge match against Southland at Invercargill on August 2. Mr Dean said outside referees could be claimed only for special challenge matches, and the New Zealand union ruled that the Otago-Southland match was not in that category.
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Evening Star, Issue 26152, 14 July 1947, Page 10
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172STOP PRESS Evening Star, Issue 26152, 14 July 1947, Page 10
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