DUEL IN AUCKLAND
NAKED SWORDS IN USE Englishman and Foreigner SLIGHT WOUND ENDS AFFAIR (By Telegraph—Special to “Tribune.”) AUCKLAND, July 16. A duel with naked swords is reported to have been fought in Auckland last Friday night. The victor in the contest was a former English army officer, who with his sword nicked the upper arm of his opponent, who thereupon withdrew. The dispute which led to the duel arose in an hotel between the. Englishman and a stranger, said to be a foreigner, who made a grossly insulting remark about King George. The Englishman told him he would not sully his hands by striking him, aud challenged him to a duel, which the foreigner readily accepted. A duelling-ground was found in a room on the top floor of a city building. Seconds were appointed, and, coats and collars having been removed, the fight began, duelling swords being used. They fought several minutes. Neither gained the advantage until the Englishman ran his sword through the fleshy part of his antagonist’s arm. Honour being satisfied, the contest so ended.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 178, 16 July 1935, Page 7
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178DUEL IN AUCKLAND Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 178, 16 July 1935, Page 7
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