HORSE WHIPPED! -

Road board elections for the Wellington district in 1873 were the catalyst for an ongoing feud to boil over.

Dr. Lovegrove and Mr. Carey were standing against one another and at one point they clashed in the street.

Lovegrove attacked Carey with a horse whip and as a result people voted Carey on to the board.

Lovegrove was charged and brought before a Perth magistrate who gave him a mere hour in gaol and a 25 pound fine.

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