VESSEL SEIZED.
JAPANESE IN THE SOLOMONS. (Received Julv 17, 8.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 17. Advices from the Solomon Islands state that suspicions were aroused by the sudden appearance of a Japanese schooner named Adele. The captain, questioned regarding the visit, replied: "We shall continue to look." The matter was reported to Mr C. M. Woodford, the British Commissioner, who found the Adele at Otopia and had her seized and towed to Tulgai, the captain being ordered to pay three hundred pounds for engaging in the collection of trocas shell without possessing a license. The money was not forthcoming, and fche schooner was, therefore, confiscated. The captain is coming to Sydney to consult the Japanese Consul. It is reported that he previously took two shipments of shell to Noumea.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 July 1913, Page 5
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128VESSEL SEIZED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 July 1913, Page 5
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