Canadian salmon gill-net boat Agnies I built in 1959 according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated January 1960 no. 1

An item reported the building of the small type gill-net boat Agnes T for the Canadian Fraser River Salmon fishery by Steveston, British Columbia in 1959. This was contrary to the past few yeard when the gill-netters increased to a lenght of around 35 feet. Dimensions 30 x 8.5 feet, the new style wheelhouse for more comfort and visibility, automatic steering equipment with drum and steering controls at the stern and a 140 hp gas fuelled engine. 

Columbia not seizing foreign merchant ships according to the Dutch newspaper Noordbrabantsch dagblad het huisgezin dated 5 April 1941

An item dated Bogota, Columbia 4th reported that the Columbian cabinet did not intend to seize foreign merchant ships stated the department for foreign affairs. In contrary to other American countries was decided to protect foreign ships in all manners. In the harbour of Cartagena were at that moment 2 Italian ships lying.

Several Spanish ships arrived at Cadiz, Spain returning from the Americas according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamse courant dated 18 March 1769

An item dated Cadiz, Spain 17 February reported the arrival since 7 February of ships returning from the Americas namely the St. Geertrude and Vigilant from Honduras and Havana, Cuba loaded with indigo and so on, a packet boat and the Porto Velna. The ship from Havana was loaded with sugar, the one from Carthagena and Havana with cotton, cacao, gayac [guayacan or pokhout?] and Havana sugar. The money loaded at Carthagena was left behind at Havana on board of the warship St. Jaques which was daily expcected to arrive. On board of the Vigilant was d’Ulloa crowns representative at Louisiana but forced to return by the council and inhabitants of this colony.

German schooner accused of illegal seal hunting of the Pribilof Islands according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 20 December 1890

An item referred to American newspapers which published a telegram received from British Colombia reporting that near the Pribyloff Islands a German schooner was seized accused of seal hunting.(1)

Note
1. The Pribilof Islands earlier known as the Northern Fur Sea Islands, four volcano islands off the coast of Alaska. The Northern fur seal swum via the Aleutian island towards the north returning with their pups in the autumn as was known by Russian seal hunters. Between 1870-1890 the monopoly was leased to the Alaska Commercial Company and between 1890-1910 by the North American Commercial Company which suffered heavy losses due to the open sea seal hunting. Since 1911 was the hunting limited and since 1956 forbidden except for the native Aleuts.

British screw steam sloop HMS Condor wrecked according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1901-1902 no. 11

An item reported that the British small cruiser Condor probably was lost on the South American west coast. The ship just two years in service, with a displacement of 960 tons, 1.400 ihp horsepower, a speed of 13,5 miles and a crew numbering 130 men departed from Esquimalt [British Columbia, Canada?] towards Honolulu, Hawaii. The Egeria discovered some wreckage and parts of her inventory.(1)

Note
1. Part of the Condor-class steel built screw steam sloops, launched at the Sheerness Dockyard, England on 17 December 1898 and foundered in a gale off Cape Flattery, USA on 3 December 1901. 

Intended sale of whale meat on short notice in England according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 19 July 1918

An item referred to the Daily Mail of the 8th reporting that within some months in England with sale of whale meat was to be started. The meat was conserved on the island Kyuquot [orthwestern Vancouver Island], British Columbia.