BOYS FIGHT DUEL
RIFLE AGAINST CATAPULT. Two European boys, one armed with a small-bore rifle and the other with a catapult, fought a duel at Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. The boys belonged to a party which had been shooting in the bush country. They quarrelled, and it was decided to settle the matter bv a duel.
Starting back to back, they paced off a stated number of steps, swung round, and fired. The catapult missile missed, but the rifle bullet struck the other boy in the chest, and he sank to the ground in a dying condition.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6947, 28 June 1929, Page 4
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