BRITISH FISHING RIGHTS.
IX THE NOHTII SEA.
GKHMAXY'S iIIGIITIANDED ACIION
t , London, July 3. There in growing excitement at' V Grimsby and Hull at tlic activity of tlie German torpedo boat stationed in the North Sen for the prqtcetlon of ,".<1 (lennan fisheries. ft is said that this boat has been seizing British trawlers • ■ twd litviaaaing the fishing Sir George Doughty, JI.P. for Great Grimsby, in a letter t» Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, suggest* that 1" a British training. wjuudroji slflould; , be sent to cruise oil the fishing grounds. Sir George Doughty alleges that the. , German -torpedoers pounce upon the i British fishing boats and compel the fishermen to salute the German flag. Ihcy take the boats to Cuxhaven, where the flsti are destroyed ,and the i| shipping gear confiscated.' According to the Germany, the Jisputes regarding the exact positions of the boundaries are due to the British • fishermen's obsolete charts. VI
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 167, 6 July 1908, Page 2
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153BRITISH FISHING RIGHTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 167, 6 July 1908, Page 2
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