SHIP ARRESTED.
SPANISH VESSEL AT BORDEAUX
Received August 7, 11.10 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 0. The Daily Telegraph’s Bordeaux correspondent says that when French officials approached the Spanish Government steamer Arnomcndi to serve a writ of attachment issued at the instance of the Bank or Bilbao, the crow refused to allow them aboard and placed the Republican flag on the gangway The flag was eventually removed in a theatrical manner, hut in accordfince with Inw by <i white-gloved gendarmerie officer, who saluted and piosontGil the point of his swoid to the offending flag. Meanwhile, the crew sang the “Internationale” _ and the “Bed Flag.” These formalities completed. French artificers removed an essential piece of machinery in order to prevent the ship sailing.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 212, 7 August 1937, Page 9
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