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TAKEN FROM ITALIANS SHIP LADEN WITH WAR SUPPLIES. FALSE DECLARATION MADE BY MASTER. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 10.30 a.m.) PORT SAID, August 2. British navai circles have revealed that a false declaration from the captain of the Italian steamer Verbania was responsible for the vessel’s seizure and the confiscation of her cargo of war supplies, valued at £250,000. The Verbania is the Navy’s biggest prize at Port Said since the Italian declaration of war. A British officer said the cargo included 850 tons of explosives and many motor-cars and lorries consigned to Massawa. The ship was intercepted in the Suez Canal, shortly before Italy declared war. The master declared that he had only GO tons of explosives aboard. The crew were interned when Italy entered the war. The Verbania was fitted with scuttling charges.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1940, Page 6
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138RICH PRIZE Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1940, Page 6
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