Tribal Fights over a Woman.
■o (Per Press Association) Perth, Nov. 17. ! Kalgoorlie is in a state of excitement owing to a fierce tribal fight close to the town. Tbe Pindinni blacks had a grievance because one of their women joined the Kalgoorlie aboriginals. After unsuccessful parleyings, two parties, two hundred strong, fully armed with native weapons, attacked each other and the fighted lasted two hours. It was eventually stopped by the police firing over the heads of the combatants and causing a stampede. Two Kalgoorlie blacks were badly speared and some others slightly wounded.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 120, 19 November 1896, Page 2
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95Tribal Fights over a Woman. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 120, 19 November 1896, Page 2
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