PEARL POACHING.
PROTECTIVE MEASURES BEING TAKEN. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) (Received This Day, .11 a.m.) THURSDAY ISLAND, June IS. The Minister of Customs, Mr J. White, who has been investigating reports of pearl poaching in Northern Australia, said that as a result of his investigations, a larger patrol boat will be built to protect North Queensland from poachers. In the meantime the Customs Department in Queensland has been instructed to charter a seaplane or launch whenever necessary, to apprehend poaching sampans. If a vessel is found breaking Queensland or Federal laws it would be arrested and heavy penalties imposed.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 June 1936, Page 5
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98PEARL POACHING. Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 June 1936, Page 5
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