Conservation of Foreign In Honolulu Currency Reserves Said Honolulu, Mar. 1.
Obviously Intended A Federal grand jury yesterday indicted three fishing companies in-Dublin, Mar, 1, volving approximately 80 persons, Banknotes and currency notes mostly Japanese, on conspiracy char-henceforth must not be sent out of Eire.
Pte companies were charged with This is the major provision of cur-obtaining false licenses for—fishing rency restrictions announced by the sampans. Companies involved were Eireann Minister of Finance last ihe Honolulu Fishing Company, the night. ife Fishipg Company and the Thus neither English nor Scottish wai ian Syísan Kaisha Ltd. nor Ulster banknotes may be used Defendants were named in three by Eire citizens for payments to per-idiotments, each covering a group sons in Great Britain, Apart from associated with one of the companies. this prohibition, payments to persons The indictments accused the den Great Britain continue unrestricted, tendants of conspiracy to violate laws Withdrawals from savings or other of the United States regarding regis-bank accounts in any country except tration of vessels of more than five the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and a few others is forbidden without the permission of the Eireann authorities—Reuter. tons engaged in the fishing trade. Defendants were alleged to have presented fraudulent documents, Mr, Angus Taylor, United States Attorney, said some of the' defendants were American citizens who had registered as owners of the fishing boats under fraudulent bills of sale and that aliens actually were the real owners.
Sampan owners, in order to comply with regulations requiring citizenship. drew up false bills of sales for relatives and friends, Mr. Taylor said. Most of those charged were Japanese.
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