THE FISHERIES.
IN NEWFOUNDLAND. [Special to Press Association.] pßaearred May 30, at 10.30 a,m.]
LONDON, Mat 29. /In the Home of Commons Mr W. H./Smith, First Lord of the Tm«nry, announced his intention of '•/ introducing a Bill suspending* British sealers from carrying out their calling in Behring Sea for the term of. one year. The compromise which has been arrived at between Mr Sihith and the Newfoundland Parliament is found to be satisfactory, as wfce expected. ST JOHNS, "Mat- 29. ■ The French Admiral is enforcing iko exclusive claims of the French ifitmnrmeu to all fish in St George’s Bay; and his action is causing much excitement amongst the English residents. ’ ’ The 'British residents in Newfoundland are, wildly furions at the action of the French Admiral in enforcing the exclusive claims of France t 6 fish in St George’s Bay. • '|X«Mtaa May 81. at 5.50 p.m.l . , , WASHINGTON, Mat SO.
The French aggression in St George’s Bay, Newfoundland, is regarded here as an invasion of American'rights under the Anglo-American treaty. .'
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 9428, 1 June 1891, Page 6
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