Squall.

Cutter Founders In

THE cutter “Tui Matafele,” owned by Messrs. Morris, Hedstrom, Ltd., foundered near the entrance to Kan acea, Fiji, on November 28.

Heavy weather had been experienced for two days previously and the native skipper decided to run to Kanacea for shelter. While making a board out to sea to make the passage, a heavy squall hove the vessel down and, before she could be relieved, she filled and sank.

The crew and a passenger had a peri lous experience in the dinghy, which had only one oar and was half swamped before the shore was reached. All hands landed safely.

The “Tui Matafele” had 11½ tons of copra on board when she sank. She will be replaced by another vessel in the Lau-Levuka service.