Japanese Owners Claims £70,000 in Damages Arnhem, Australia, June 1, Charged with having entered: Australian territorial waters illegally, a small Japanese fishing boat, the s. Toba Maru was fired upon by an Australian Governm@@t coast guard hip equipped with a machine-gun off Arnhem on May 29 and forced to stop, it was learned here yesterday.
Taking issue with the Austr Government over the alleged "un-cassonable" action of the coast guard vessel, the Nanyo Shokusan Kaisha, "wrier of the Japanese boat. ask payment of £70,000 indemnity fo: damage done to it.
Last year the s, Seicho Maru and he s. New Guinea Maru, both small boats owned by Mr. were detained by Australian Government coast guard cutters and later released. Mr. Range requested the Australian Government to pay £10,000 for alleged damages done to the vessels—Domei,
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