AN INTERRUPTED DUEL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1433, 16 December 1886, Page 3

AN INTERRUPTED DUEL

Wi llivoxos, December 15. A dutl wf’ c". two Ita inna h-id arrang d to fight *r. Ne«t"ii tc- lay wan iaterrapttd by the pol C 3 i'he principals in the proj . c ted hostile mertmg were named Ferotti and Gmoni«i. The )a ter is a suitor for the hand of Perdu’s daughter, but his at entiuna and intentions are obnoxious to the v-run? lady’s fath r. It is supposed that in .p f of r.atf.rnal obj actions Oarno-'dai h .d been pressing bis suit with the fair Per >t ti, hence the press U. trouble. Knives were t > be Urn w apcim n«ed, uvi and Island Bay wins the spot select«d for the com't a" Perotti is said to have provided two knives, but a hitch f'en lectured in the arrangements, for Gamonisi distrusting his intended foe, and being acxi ms to ensure fair play, insisted upon a witness being f nnd Meters stood thus when C.ms able .Way appeared on the scene, but Prio'ti had by this tim* made hiuiseif source, and hsg so far kept out of view of the gutrdians of the peace In order lo prevent bloodshed when the men meet Constables Stewart and May are keeping Gatnorisi under surveillance.