New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 22, 27 January 1915, Page 5

New Zealand

THE FATE OF TWO NEW ZEALAND TROOPERS. Per ,Press Association. Wellington, January 26. The troopship Orari, which arrived here from Alexandria to-day, brought confirmatory news of the statement published this morning of the murder of one of the New Zealanders in Egypt. This, •howeverp-’was'-'tlw end case of its kind to be reported, as another New Zealand trooper met bis death in a similar way a week before. It appears that the first case was that of a New Zealander (name unknown), who was found in a house in the low quarter of Cairo with his throat cut. This occurred about December 11th last. Those on the Orari knew no details of the affair, only that the man’s body has been discovered. The second case, however, is reported in more detail. The trooper concerned was from Christchurch, but his name is unknown. It appears that a group of New Zealanders were making merry in Cairo, when one of them approached a Turkish woman, and jokingly tore away her yashmak—the white covering for the face worn by some of the women in Egypt. Apparently the husband of the woman was informed of the incident. That night the trooper was attacked on his way to the camp, and stabbed to death before any interference could be attempted. His companions found his body, and a brawl ensued between them and the natives upon whom suspicion rested, but the matter ended there.