GERMAN ORDERS
FRENCH VESSELS BIG DEPOSIT ON SAILING FORFEIT FOR NON-RETURN (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGB.Y Nov. 26. Further evidence of the complete domination of the French mercantile marine by the Germans is given by the discovery on board a French fishing vessel of a German authorisation to sail. The fishing vessel was boarded by one of His Majesty’s ships and the German authorisation in the master’s possession was found to include the stipulation that the boat would return within four months. Failure to do so would entail the forfeit of 20,000 francs deposited at the port of sailing. It was further stipulated that the crew should return within the time stated under threat of reprisals against their families. The Ministry of Economic Warfare states that the control of the French mercantile marine extends to thfe smallest vessel of the French fishing fleet. It is stated that 65 per cent, of all catches go straight to Paris.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19411127.2.47
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 27 November 1941, Page 5
Word Count
159GERMAN ORDERS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 27 November 1941, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.