CONTRABAND CHECK
GOODS FOR GERMANY
MANY TONS DETAINED (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 1.15 p.m. RUGBY. Nov. 15. In the first 10 weeks of the war the British contraband control detained 427,000 tons of contraband. During the week ended on Saturday last 0500 tons of goods suspected of being destined for Germany were detained. The total included 2200 tons of copra, 1350 tons of coffee, and 380 tons or ores and metals.
During the same period the Contraband Committee considered 108 new cases of ships and 80 cases outstanding from the prey ions week. Two cargoes were wholly seized. Besides the scheme for obtaining advance copies is manifests, arrangements to minimise the delay include allowing a ship to unload items of suspected cargo cr continue the voyage with such items, the owners having guaranteed to hold them until a decision is reached and to return them to the United Kingdom if required. The combined total of ships dealt with th is - week included 32 British, 29 Italian, 27 Dutch and 21 Norwegian, the remainder consisting of other nationalities.
Yesterday there were 94 neutral ships in three control bases in the United Kingdom, 58 of which had been there for less than a week.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20096, 16 November 1939, Page 6
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