CONTRABAND BASES HARD AT WORK
NEUTRAL SHIPS EXAMINED [.British Official Wireless.] RUGBY, Dec. 20. On Sunday there were 82 neutral ships in the'three contraband control bases in the United Kingdom. Twentyeight had been there five days or less. During the week ending December 16 the contraband committee considered cargoes of 104 ships which arrived since December 9 and 62 outstanding cargoes from the previous week. In one case the entire cargo was seized, while in 91 cases the entire cargoes were released, either on first consideration or after inquiries. The system under which advance copies of manifests are received and considered before the ship’s arrival resulted during the week in 19 cases being so dealt with and in 15 cases of the ships concerned being released by the committee, subject merely to formal checking of the original mani- i fests on their arrival at the contra- I band bases. -
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 302, 22 December 1939, Page 4
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