In an Australian wrestling championship match at Melbourne, recently, Buttan Singh, an Asiatic, and formerly champion, gave in to Clarence Weber. The four thousand spectators, according to the Bulletin, were very enthusiastic when the Pateau refused to go on. In the first bout, lasting thirteen minqtes, the white had to fall or have his thigh dislocated, so he went down. In the second round, Weber secured a "head bar” and "three-quarter Nelson'” successfully felling his man. Buttan, who was bleeding at the nose and mouth declined to come on again. No sympathy was shown for him, on account of the brute-like tactics by which he won his former matches.
Further particulars in reference to railway.; arrangement’s for Christmas and New Year holidays appear elsewhere in this issue.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3731, 13 December 1906, Page 3
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