TRAWLERS FINED.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 60, 9 March 1912, Page 9

TRAWLERS FINED.

SEWING ON A OLOSETD GROUND. John Brown and Henry Tate, part owners of the hteam trawler Doto, were charged in the Polite Court, before Mr. *• C. i., j,, .; m , vvii'- using a trawl, on »;-••' ..;!..- k, last, in a pari of the •" ii'u.' i Gulf iawhjv.n tra_ !.i.i> . - pro''tiii'ci. 'V"h e pros'eution, winch * - as broughi ,-jj [, v t hp Collector „f Airtdliij, v.'ia -pcdjoi.-d ;jv air. t'elwyu Mayo, and Mr. M. i; Mr.'jrcgor <t pjiier.red for ihe P ; ve line i!.,i-nnen, r.ii Vhalf of the prosecution, stilted that <in tho clay in question they eaw the !) ;U> at .vork at least three m.ie.i inside liJo inrbiud.cn *»a, and ivaiohed her for about two hour,. They were aUo a.ble to state f er position on the chart from bearings taken. The defendants, on ihe other hind, denied that they cam" within more than half a mile of the prohibited ground in November. The captain of the trawler Jtated that on that occasion a fishing boat h.iiied him, and told him he was a rea , an( j ne immediatelv took tarings, which showed he was at leas.t n»lf & mile outside the line. Bro Jto was fined £5 and £3 18/ costs, ■Oil Tate was convicted and ordered to Pa.v costs £ 1 8/.