ABORIGINAL BATTLES
FOUR SPEARED TO DEATH DARWIN, March It. A* tribal figlit between five aborigines—tAVo of the Brinken tribe and three of the Wargaits—resulted in four being killed. NeAVs of the affray has filtered into Danvin from Daly River, Avhere the fight, took place. It appears that after a tribal disagreement the fight be- <*' tAveen the five occurred, and four Avere speared to death, The fifth badly Avounded. * Although the scene of the conflict is only 12 miles from the Daly River police station, the is underwater, and it is impossible at the moment for full investigations to be made by the police, As it is it tribal matter, arrests are unlikely. .
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 20, 6 April 1938, Page 2
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112ABORIGINAL BATTLES Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 20, 6 April 1938, Page 2
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