UNDER THE TONGAN FLAG.
CAPTURE OF THE ELEREDA.
OWNED BY GERMAN FIRM.
Melbourne, May 7. Details of the capture on April 23 of the schooner Elfreda show that she was returning from . a tradingtrip among the islands when she was seized at Tonga by the Encounter. The British flag, was hoisted, and a prize crew was placed aboard. The schooner was sent to Suva to be dealt with by a Prize Court. The Elfreda belonged to a German firm with large trading interests in the group, was registered in Tonga, and i flew the Tongan flag.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15912, 8 May 1915, Page 8
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96UNDER THE TONGAN FLAG. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15912, 8 May 1915, Page 8
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