THE NIMROD.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 136099, 25 April 1908, Page 7

THE NIMROD.

A DEXJ-AL FEOM CAPTAIN

■With reference- 4o tfao.:m€esage ; ■««*.<: to ! Engl iifh' newspapers -by \ ■Rewter'e:- J Agency a.fe Christ* kurdi.'■MegSng' , . , Captain HcgLind and .;Lieutenant oanie .to " blows over:V. L the i "•">■ command cf tho Krrarod in Mcllurdo. V . Sound, Caytain Engbnd-, in coaversation with a mamber.of our staff vestert'oy. morning, cmp-haticaUy "denied , ' that . 'a. fig-ht took place. . be- -:; tween T.ieutenant Shackleion'- and Himself. Ho etatea that there was no altercation between them that could possibly ba construed into a quarrel. Voices wero never raised in an- * : ger between them. Ho asked us tb.expross hk great regret that euch malicious and false reports should.Lave been circulated, and ho says- thai> tho : officors of». tho Nimxod will endorse - his statement. ■■'... .■■'•■; v

He also ponies the paragraph in the - report dealing with the .representatives of the. Press and tho Nhnrod's lev He explains that on tho night of his ar- ■ '■■'■ rival, when ho was at Hifleboronsh V war Chratchnrch, reporters froia tho • local wwspapors waitod upon. him. Ho placed the log on tho table. He told • them tliat ho would net allow it to h* taken away, but that they could havo any information they required. He '' did not refuse tho request 6i the Prces" • to bo allowed to sco the log. » . On TJiursday iho sent aJcftble.-nwe-eage to denying IteuterV report, and ln'oldn-g tho same statements aro giren above. ' ■■' ■■■■■ '■ ■■' :•■:/ '.^-^a