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SHOT ACROSS BOWS OF FISHING BOAT [ Per Press Association. J AUCKLAND, Oct. 13. As a sequel to an incident last Friday when a shot was fired from the battery at North Shore across the bows of a fishing-boat returning to port because it did not respond to signals to come alongside the naval vessel and report, the owner of the boat, D. H. Whitelaw, has been called on to pay the cost of the shot, £2 13s 6d. He said the police came to his boat and said he had to report at the naval base. On going there, he was informed that he had to pay the cost of the shot. He replied that he did not have the money and was. told that the bill would ha sont
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 243, 14 October 1939, Page 8
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133MUST PAY COST Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 243, 14 October 1939, Page 8
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