WAS SHE A SMUGGLER?
A GERMAN SKIPPER'S EVIDENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Received April 27, 10 p.ni. Brisbane, April 27. Captain Hang, of the German steamer Siar, reports that when off Bri'isi) >J aw Guinea he saw a steamer of about 3100 tons lying near Ketava Island. To the northward of the steamer were live large sailing vessels. He shaped a course for the steamer to ask for Greenwich time, his chronometers being out of order, but the steamer wheeled around and went eastwards at full speed. The sailing vessels also turned back. Captain Hang went after the steamer, 'but could not overtake her, and came to the conclusion that she was engaged in smuggling operations and mistook the Siar for the Government steamer Merrie England.
When the Siar was a considerable distance to the southward the steamer wheeled round and appeared to go back towards Ketava.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 375, 28 April 1910, Page 5
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146WAS SHE A SMUGGLER? Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 375, 28 April 1910, Page 5
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