MYSTERY SAMPAN
japanese skipper fined for Not answering signals Brisbane, Monday. A sequel to the interception .of a Japanese giant saxxxpan by the Customs axxthorities occxxrred in Thursday Island Police Court when S. Komato, the captain, was fined £10 for a breach of the Customs Act. The case involved Komato's failure to axxswex* Custoxns signals. Aecording to advice received by the Collector of Custohis, the vessel, which is of 86 tons, left Formosa in December for Cax*oline Islands, but engine trouble necessitated a visit to Zamboanga, in the Philippines. It was then decided to visit Australia for adventure and pleasxxre. Three tons of trochus shell worth £200, were found aboard.
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Rotorua Morning Post, 1 March 1933, Page 6
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