A PROTEST
AT SEIZURE OF SHIP
[Ujpited Press Association—By Electric "V j Telegraph.—Copyright.l
(Received this dav at noon.) VANCOUVER, March 20
■ status of the British Admiralty Court at Hong Kong is challenged, in ..the seizure by United States of the.,, Canadian-Amerienn freighter Chief Capibano en route from Vancouver to Japaij. The seizure was made on the strength of a claim by an export firm for twenty thousand dollars through the loss of cargo in the, sinking of a sister ship, Chief Maqiiillan which the firm attribute to unseaworthiness. After the sinking, an investigation at TTong Kong resulted in a decision exonerating the Captain and crew for the loss of the vessel. Thq owners declaring international law has been violated in the seizure of a vessel proceeding from a British port to a foreign country, protested to the. J)nm ini on Government,
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1930, Page 5
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