Caught Fishing

ap Ship Arrested in New

Guinea

THEN, at noon on March 28, a r DC A ship reported that a Jap anese ship was fishing close to s coast near Ablingi, south coast of w Britain, the Moresby-Canberra lio ran hot. The shrieking Aus ,lian newspapers suggested that s was an international incident first importance. Officialdom at into action, most efficiently, rwenty-four hours later, the sistant District Officer from Kan an, Mr. C. V. Single, went aboard i shin, noted that she had been raged in fishing—for which she magnificently equipped — and ested her and directed her into ndrian. She lay there until the vy craft MSL708 arrived and orted her into Rabaul, on April The Japanese gave no trouble.

Jivil Aviation vessel CATO, Cap ri Dwyer, assisted the Adminis tion; and a Navy bomber was sent while the ship was arrested, he was identified as the Sumi hi Maru, owned by the Sumi hi Fishing Co., of Misaki, and it 5 reported that she carried a lossal freezer,” in which were 22 s of fish. She is of 164 tons, does knots, and her total personnel is About 40 miles of fishing lines •e recovered from the area where boat was operating. The floats ended over 8 miles of sea. Her ster is Kimio Ohyama, the mate Fukuda, and there is aboard a ling expert, Shinomia. he Captain faced Rabaul magis te Mr. J. R Rigby on April 4, I was charged with having led in territorial waters without mission. Mr. George Caiger an C commentator, who is on a t to New Guinea) acted as in preter. he Japanese officers did not •ear to understand what it was about, although Mr. Caiger ex ined that they were entitled to possible legal help. The case was ourned until April 9 to enable Crown Law officer, Mr. A. >riscoll, to arrive and conduct the secution. Meanwhile, the Jap se remain under guard aboard ir ship in Rabaul. iescribing the arrest, Adminis ter D. M. Cleland said: “It was excellent piece of work by all cerned. I ask for nothing better ifficiency, co-ordination and con , in a united effort.”