A HAUL IN SCOTTISH WATERS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1369, 4 March 1915, Page 4

A HAUL IN SCOTTISH WATERS.

HOW GERMANS SUBMARINES / E SUPPLIED WITH PETROL. Mr G. M. Richmond, in the covr-se of it letter to tho Campb. liiown e rier, s«ys. - Herring, 1 regret io .-.ayarc at prevent might.v scarce bur t:, harvest of tho sea occatuonall. . euls other fish, and I want lo tell you .something of’ a cent catch which otn-o outdoes anything ever reeortloil b.. our local fishery oil'.; Somewhere not iar from the north of S'-othiac, one of our ..atrol bout;, noticed ’ ; ’ * ‘ biter easting her nets. Tho i-Uipper ol that patrol knew sonic tiling ol fishing methods, end thought it prudent to keep a wateoful eye cu teal s eam drill r, Returning after niglna!! 1 o>.i a meidorahlc distance, from which h** iiad ke])t that driller under observation, ho commenced to haul tin* net. hirst there came to hand a long length ol small line, then a heavier strand, and at the end of that a heavy catch, not oi herring, but some hundreds of petrol tins! The story was related to mo by one who vouches for tho facts narrated, and it is a striking example, not. I should say. of treachery, but of that marvellous preparedness which Germany has shown for a campaign of aggression long since planned. The exact position of fins petrol supply was no douht correctly indicated to our enemy’s submarines. All evidence which in onr slow and lumbering way we are hy degrees being able, to collect, shows a system ol espionage or spy work which we have been all too slow to grapple with. 1 respectfully commend this yarn to my fishermen friends of Cainpbelhown, ami I do so with the suggestion that if they come across anything either on the .surface of tho ocean or below, let them, have a look and d h the consequences. Petrel fins will sell on Campholltown pier