“Matua” Hits Reef

THE Union S.S. Company’s new motor ship, Matua, when leaving Aitutaki (Cook Islands) on September 16, hit a reef, receiving slight damage to her rud der and the port propeller. The vessel went on to Rarotonga to land native labour and then proceeded direct to Auck land under her own power.

It is understood that she will dock there and that the trip advertised to start on September 24 will be cancelled. (Photograph of Matua on page 9.) The Vunlama Coffee Plantation, Limited, was registered in September with capital £60,000. Growers and planters of coffee, tea, coconuts, cotton, and rubber, etc.

First directors: Sir John Butters, Sir John Harrison, Sir Charles Marr, Albert E. Bar ton, and Wilhelm A. Mirow. Head Office; Rabaul, New Guinea.