THE ANTWERP SENSATION

Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1925, Page 2

THE ANTWERP SENSATION

Aust ralta A* X.Z. Cable Association'.] SHIPS COMMANDER SHOT, r LONDON, October 22. I nformalion has !;mmi icroi.vod in London that lie- ( omnei udcl' of th* - 1 Canadian R.-n isic liner Edita, C ';ij»t:vin . ■ lows, v.;: shot dead in Antwerp, allegedly by an nlficor of the s!!if>. The assistant cluef-engincer am! a junior -'■•inlid engineer Wcl'e Umi 111 lei |. ANTWERP. October 11. Detail' 1)1 t li.ij -hooting >bo\\ tii.it it look place early in the morning. The |l:r t oliii'i-i ul tiso K'elitn. naiiLeil Tow- ! era, went to the in jit :i i n ’.s cabin, ami -hot biin through the bend. Tien be Went to Ibe cabin ot the first engineer. • inmod Holiday, whom be sliot in the mise. Ibe second engineer. Oilnionr. who was among other oilicers. attracted by the noise, was shot twice in the limes. Ollier members oh t|.e crew hurried to the scene and disarmed Towers. The condition of the wounded men is crave. ihe police here opened an inquiry bill as lowers is British and as the shooting O'furred on a British ship, thev were able to take only formal J evidence. ( The police placed Towers aboard (he Kelita, which departed for London in charge of an emergency captain. OXK VICTIM A NEW ZEALANDER. LONDON. October -21. The '‘Daily Mail’s” Antwerp correspondent says; “Towers returned after spending an evening ashore, and he aeeused the captain and other officers of hindering bis promotion. An altercation followed, ending in the shooting. David Kennedy Oilnionr. one of the ! wounded, hails from Dunedin. lie is j married and lives at Glasgow, j