SAMPAN OFF GOODE ISLAND
JAPANESE ENSIGN SHOWN.
VESSEL SOON DISAPPEARS.
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Sydney, March 11.
A message from Thursday Island states that another sampan was sighted off Goode Island, but disappeared after running up the Japanese ensign. The vessel was similar to the Daikoku Maru.
About 15 men could be counted aboard. The vessel was also carrying seven small boats.
The giant sampan Daikoku Maru was intercepted by Customs authorities and the sequel occurred in the Thursday Island Police Court on February 17 when S. Komato, the captain, was fined £lO for a breach of the Customs Act. The case involved Komato’s failure to answer Customs signal. According to advice i-eceived by the Collector of Customs, the vessel, of 86 tons, left Formosa in December for the Caroline Islands, but engine trouble necessitated a visit to Zamboanga, in the Philippines. It was then decided to visit Australia for adventure and pleasure. Three tons of trochus shell, worth £2OO, was found aboard.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1933, Page 7
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