OFFENDING SAMPANS
CONFISCATION ORDER
JAPANESE CAPTAINS' APPEAL
(Received August 6, 11.45 a.m.)
. SYDNEY, This-Day. A message from Noumea states that the two Japanese sampans captured in those waters' last month have been confiscated, with fishing gear arid trochus shell by order of the' Court after a fine of £60 had been imposed in each.case. .' ■■■■-.' .;,
The captains of the vessels have appealed against this action to the Higher Court. . ■■•■"• ~.'.
A message from Noumea on July 13 stated that a Japanese vessel suspectv ed of poaching was chased .by tha motor ketch Caledonieri near Yate for 90 minutes, and was finally caught and boarded. , Six natives armed with tomahawks and spears were put aboard and ■ the vessel was towed to Noumea, where it was detained.by the Customs authorities. The Japanese. vessel.. wa3 of 30 tons and had a crew cf 22 Japanese. Seventy up-to-date charts of various Pacific islands were found on boarS. ' ... ■■;. ~:... .'..-..
Subsequently another Japanese vessel was captured ' while poaching off. the New Caledonian coast. •■-,"'
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360806.2.97.3
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
Word Count
164
OFFENDING SAMPANS
Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in