A TRIBAL DISPUTE.
ON TIIE QUEENSLAND SUGAR
PLANTATIONS
A FIERCE FIGIIT
(Per Press Association. —C<>p>/n)/ht.)
Brisbane, This day
A fierce tribal fight took place at Geraldton between Molayata Islanders and Santo boys employed on the sugar plantations.
After fighting with their fists the Molayatas armed themselves with spears and tomahawks, and drove the others into the river. Two were drowned and a dozen .severely wounded.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 348, 15 June 1897, Page 3
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65A TRIBAL DISPUTE. Hastings Standard, Issue 348, 15 June 1897, Page 3
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