CAPTURE OF THE ELFREDA.
NEW GUINEA LOOTING CASES
Melbourne, May 7
Details of the capture on April 23rd of the schooner Elfreda, show she was returning from a trading trip amongst the Islands, and was seized at Tonga by warships. The British flag was hoisted, and a prize crew placed on board. It is understood the Elfreda. will bo sent to Suva to be dealt with by the Prize Court. Sho belonged to a German firm with large trading interests in the group. She was registered at Tcnga, and flew the Tongan flag.
The.sentences on three members of the New Guinea Expeditionary Force, who received three years' imprisonment in connection with the alleged looting, have been remitted. Similar sentences on two others were reduced to nine months, and in the sixth case the sentence was reduced from four to one year.
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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13772, 8 May 1915, Page 6
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141CAPTURE OF THE ELFREDA. Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13772, 8 May 1915, Page 6
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