US Rounds up Japanese Spies

THE seizure of 19 Japanese fishing boats in Hawaiian waters in July was the climax to a momentous case, which began last March when Hono lulu Customs officials seized 10 Japanese sampans, after a grand jury had in ducted 72 owners on charges of conspiracy and carrying false licences.

The United Press says that the seizure represented a partial round-up of spies.

Informed sources said the crews of the vessels included officers of the Japanese naval reserve.

Some of the vessels were equipped with powerful radio transmitters, and had complete sets of hydrographic charts of the Hawaiian Islands.

Mrs. Mary Lamb, formerly of Thursday Island, died at Mosman, Sydney, on July 11. She was 88 years of age.