DUEL IN MELBOURNE
OPPONENTS USE FOILS REGARDED AS A JOKE MELBOURNE. Jure 21 In order to avenge his honour after having been expelled from Melbourne University Conservative Club, Stanislaus Josef von Ingwersen, descendant of a noble Danish family, fought a duel with Peter Lalor f great-grandson of the Eureka stockade hero. Lalor moved the motion for Ingwersen's expulsion, and Ingwersen regarded this as a stain upon his honour and challenged Lalor to a duel with foils. Clad in cloaks and accompanied by their seconds, an umpire and a surgeon, the duellists fought until Lalor stumbled and Ingwersen's foil gashed his ear. The contestants then shook hands and retired to drink coffee. The registrar of the university, Mr. Bainbridge, stated that no official notice would be taken of the affair, which was regarded as a joke.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22142, 22 June 1935, Page 13
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