THE SEALING INDUSTRY.
BRITISH SEALERS INJURIOUSLY AFFECTED CHANGE OF FLAGS CONTEMPLATED. United Press Association, Copyright (Received August 11, 8.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 11. Tlio Japanese pelagic fleet, not boin <r bound bv the Convention prohibiting the British and American fleets from” killing seals within a zone of 60 miles around the Puibiloo Islands, pursues seals up to the ordinarv three-mile limit. This so injuriously affects the isntish Columbia sealing industry that the owners of British Columbia sealers contemplate placing their vessels under the Japanese flag-
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2267, 12 August 1908, Page 3
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86THE SEALING INDUSTRY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2267, 12 August 1908, Page 3
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