FISHERIES TROUBLE.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND UNITED STATES. iMiacaM) TRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Londor, Dec, 10. The Blue Book shows that Mr Enhu Rooi was emphatic in regard to Newtouadland not being entitled to interferenoo with Amerioau fishing rights, because she treaty oi 1318 grunted Americans a perpetual tighi winch was beyond the Sovereign right of Eagiand to desiroy or change. Ho inferred from Lord Salisbury’s statement in 1880 that American fishermen were only subject to Buoh municipal registration as existed in 1818. A vivendi for the season iollowed as Sir Edward Grey foresaw difficult negotiations owing to the wide divergence oi views, but Neivfouudland strongly protested against the Imperial Government suspending the Colonial Aot, considering the latter had been adopted afier consultation with the Home Government.
The Times urges tnai tho Blue Book again exemplifies the absence of machinery tor proper oousuliaiion between the Motherland aud the oolony,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1955, 11 December 1906, Page 2
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