Jap Poacher Fined £6OO
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AFTER the Japanese vessel Kyoyo Maru was arrested in the Hermit Islands, north of New Guinea, on August 5, the master (who escaped but was re captured) was tried at Manus on a number of charges between August 23 and Sept. 3. He was fined:— £5OO for having employed his ship in fishery without a licence; £lO for having himself engaged in fishery without a licence; £5O for having trespassed on a reef off the foreshore of Maron plantation (Hermits); £lO for having entered a place other than a nort, contrary to Customs Ordinance.
The total fines on master and crew was £6OO. They were given 60 days from August 27 to pay. Failing that, the ship will be seized.
Mr. Clifford Reece, of the Fairy mead Sugar Co., BSI, reached Syd ney by air during September with his wife and baby. They will spend two months’ holiday in Sydney, be fore returning to Aruligo.