FATHER V. SON
DUEL WITH CAVALRY SWORDS
SYDNEY, Oet. 13.During a drunken argument at Waterloo on Saturday, a young man, who had been fighting Avith his father, rushed into their home and ,returned with two old cavalry swords.'” He gave one to his father and challenged him to a duel to settle their differences. - -■
A morbid croAvd Avatched the two men slashing at each other, but tho armral of another son put an end to the unseemly affair though he was wounded in the hand when separating the combatants. No police action was taken. .- --•
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17608, 26 October 1931, Page 7
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