JAP. SHIP SEIZED
COLLECTING SHELLS WITHOUT LICENSE. By To'esraph—Press Association—Copyright SYDNEY, July 17. Advices from the Solomon Islands state that suspicions were aroused by the sudden appearance of a Japanese schooner named Adele.. The captain, questioned regarding the visit, replied ■ ‘‘We shall continue to look.’ 1 The mat. tor was reported to Mr C. _M. Woodford, the British Commissioner, who found the Adele at Utopia, and had her seized and towed to Tulgai, the captain being ordered to pay three hundred pounds for engaging in the collection of trocas shell without possessing a license. The money was not forthcoming, and the schooner was, therefore, confiscated. The captain is coming to Sydney to consult the Japanese Consul. It is reported that he previou'slv took two shipments of shell to Noumea.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8483, 18 July 1913, Page 7
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