PEARL POACHING
IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA PATROL BOAT TO BE BUILT (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 18th June, 11.0 a.m.) THURSDAY ISLAND, 18th June. The Minister of Customs, Mr T. W. White, who has been investigating reports of pearl poaching in Northern Australia, said that as a result of his investigations, a larger patrol boat would be built to protect North Queensland from poachers. In the meantime, the Customs Department in Queensland had been instructed to charter a seaplane or a launch whenever necessary, to apprehend a poaching sampan. If the vessel were found breaking the Queensland or Federal laws, it would be arrested and heavy penalties imposed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 18 June 1936, Page 11
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109PEARL POACHING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 18 June 1936, Page 11
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