POACHING JAPANESE.
MORE STRINGENT PRECAUTIONS
(Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11.30 a.m.) Thursday Island, June 18,
The Minister of Custom-, Mr. White, who lias been investigating reports of pearl poaching on the Northern Australian coast, said the result of his investigations -would be that a larger patrol boat would 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 the poaching sampan. If the vessel was found breaking the Queensland or Federal laws it must be arrested and heavy penalties imposed.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4860, 18 June 1936, Page 5
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