DOUBLE SHOOTING
UNUSUAL TRAGEDY. (Australian PVobs Association.) "pEItTH, June 2. An extraordinary double shooting tragedy is reported from Wihum. Robert Ollivcr,. fi..ty-five.,i.a prospecttor, and aboriginal named.;, Ted, fired at each other simultaneously inid both fell dead. i,' . It appears that Ted. felled a gm with a blow on the head while she was cooking a meal. Olliver remonstrated, and Ted rushed for his gun. Olliver also grasped a rifle. The white man was shot in the neck and the black in the chest.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1931, Page 5
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83DOUBLE SHOOTING Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1931, Page 5
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