SMALL BOAT MENACE
ANCHORING IN CHANNEL • FISHERMAN FINED Emphasising the danger of small boats anchoring in the main channel, Air. E. C. Cutten, S.M., yesterday fined A. Watson, a baker, £1 and costs. Watson was summoned to the Magistrate’s Court to answer a charge of anchoring his fishing boat right in the middle of the main channel. He explained that he had been in the habit of anchoring his boat in the channel for 15 years, and had always found it safe. There was good fishing to be found there. Though you may manage it with 5. < h r^ e ?L?, afety ' there may be others wh° perhaps cannot.” commented the ' a f ast ers of liners enterahMrt nf h t? ne and seein s your craft ahead of them would be upset, not realising that you were following a 15 sears old custom. They would then ,:iv ° to alter the whole conduct of the ship to avoid you.” lne
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 536, 13 December 1928, Page 16
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160SMALL BOAT MENACE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 536, 13 December 1928, Page 16
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