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'PLANE V. POACHERS.

FISHERMEN USE FIREBALLS. EXCITING ENCOUNTER. LONDON, September 3. The cruiser Vigilant, assisted by a seaplane, failed to stop defiant and resourceful trawlers who were poaching in the Firth of Clyde. j A group of eight trawlers, the names | of which had been obliterated, defied the: seaplane's orders to heave-to and await i the arrival of the Vigilant. The seaplane descent ed to the wa'.er, but the fishermen, whose blackened faces concealed their identity, wielded long poles, threw lumps of coal, and turned on their hoses, thus preventing the seaplane's crew from boarding any of their vessels. i Next, they threw fireballs, consisting! of waste soaked in oil, thus compelling i the seaplane to retreat. j The fishermen resented the. arrival of! the seaplane, considering apt this | removed the element of sport worn their j contest with the law. Inasmuch as the Vigilant had occasionally failed to catch a speediei; trawler, the authorities sent the submarine chaser Spey, which is capable of travelling at 23 knots, resulting in several trawlers 'being caught, and j fined from £100 to f2OO. j

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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 7

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'PLANE V. POACHERS. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 7

'PLANE V. POACHERS. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 7