AN INTERESTING CASE.
Tho case of the Norwegian barquo Helicon, which was seized in 1914 off Juan Fernandez Island by German warships, has
been settled by the German Higher Prize Court, compensation being awarded the owners. The Lower Prize Court's decision hug thus been reversed. Tho Helicon left Port Talbot in May, 1914, a few months before the outbreak of war, on a voyage to Calefca Colosa, carrying a cargo of coals for a. neutral buyer. On the voyage the vessel sustained damage, and put into Port Adelaide for repairs. Resuming her voyage, the Helicon was captured by German warships in October. The caso came before the Prize Court at Hamburg in the early part of the present year, when it was contended that the master had been instructed to deliver tho coal to British warships operating at the time off tho
west coast of South America, and the capture of both the vossel and the cargo was accordingly held to be justified. This contention was based on vague suppositions, about which nothing could bo proved, and the decision of the Higher Court to reverse tho judgment of tho High Hamburg tribunal was in accordance with expectations.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 48, 24 February 1917, Page 10
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197AN INTERESTING CASE. Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 48, 24 February 1917, Page 10
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