ILLEGAL SEALING.
[PRESS AaSOCIAriON TELBSBAM.} DUNiEDIN, July I*. It is understood that the Govern**" intend to prosecute the master and e»* of the Janet Earn ay for taking «»» during the cloae season. £his B«n» »" on them, as the offeace wai'eWP* quite unwittingly. The only *<fo®jZ tne Auckland Islands when the *»■ arrived there was that the close season pired on let June, and they had n«j** slightest idea that the season had "*» extended. The master and men r f??l tarfly informed the Customs officers «.»» affair. Had they intended to eva& *«J law they could hare easUy landed *»• ekina. It is pointed out also sealers in this colony aw Americans and others land and with the seals with impunity, BO •**?"£ being made to see that the cloee *ee*w» observed. .>■■■■
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7359, 11 July 1889, Page 6
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