SEIZURE OF TRAWLER.
(Press Assn.Mßy Tielegraph— Copyright) ; : ■■■.■■■.- : « LONDON, May IS. •: i In the House of Commons, Mr , M^aqkinnon Wood; replying to SirG.'Ddughty, stated that the German' Govorriment was of opinion ; that the • seizure ,of the trawler' General m ; the Korth Sea was justified, although the • c*intain Ava,s acquitted of'the charge of ■ illegal fishing, tiermany also claimed that thorp wife no iroiind for .■ compensation; Mr Wood added, that nothing fukher was possible m tho'circumstances, nhd there was: lip ground fdr arbitration, as Germany had paid for 'the damage to tho -trawler.' A Grimsby trnwlor \vn.a seized, the captain fined, nnd the trawler confiscated for fibhing within the< German three-mile limit. The captain declared that )\o vvns outsido tho limit, and brief+ cd n lending German advowite to defend him. Sir "G. t^oughty-, member for tho Great Grimsby district, announced his intention ■ of • M'aising the whole question m Parliament. The damage to the trawler was -sot down at £200.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11854, 19 May 1909, Page 5
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