THE FISHERIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 9431, 4 June 1891, Page 5

THE FISHERIES.

AN EXPLANATION REQUESTED. [Special to Press Association.] [Received June 8. at 10 15 a.m/J LONDON, Juke 2. In answer to a question. Sir J, Fergusson said France would be asked to explain her .apparent interference with British rights, in reference to the recent action of the French Admiral in Newfoundland.

WASHINGTON, Juke 2.

It is reported that the American Government has sent an ironclad to St George’s Bay, to inquire into the action of the French Admiral in prohibiting the sale of bait to American vessels.

[Received Juno 3, at 8.10 p.m.] LONDON, Jun 2.

In the House of Commons to-day, the Bill introduced by Mr W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, suspending British sealers carrying out their calling in Behring Sea, was read a second time. The measure proposes that the prohibition should be for one year, and that a Royal Commission be set up to inquire into the claims of shipowners for compensation. The Government has protested against the threat made by the French Admiral to seize boats supplying bait to American fishermen in St George’s Bay, Newfoundland. VICTORIA (8.C.), Juke 2. The residents of British Columbia are opposed to the Behring Sea Fisheries Suspension Bill. {.Received June 4, at 12.40 a.m.J LONDON, Juke'S. The delegates from Newfoundland are assisting Lord Knutsford to prepare a measure in which it is proposed to deal with the vexed question of the fisheries in that Colony in a permanent manner.