SYDNEY SENSATION
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AN ALLEGED DUEL BRITON AND GERMAN. (Received February 15, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 15. Sensational rumours are current regarding an alleged duel between two woolbuyers, an Australian and a German. The story is that a controversy on the Anglo-German question ended in the Briton casting a reflection on the German Empire. The German sought to satisfy his outraged honour by an appeal to arms. He challenged . 'the Australian, who accepted the challenge, though no swordsman. A fulldress meeting was arranged '-• for a lonely spot in Centennial Park, Four swords and two seconds were provided. The German drew first blood, wounding his opponent in the arm, The Australian, becoming heated, forgot the rules; wielded! the blade with both hands, and/succeeded in f wounding the German in the arm. Honour being satisfied, the combat ended. Names are freely "mentioned, but the Briton ridicules the story.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10166, 16 February 1911, Page 5
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152SYDNEY SENSATION Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10166, 16 February 1911, Page 5
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