New Motor Ship For
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New Guinea
From Our Own Correspondent.
Rabaul, Nov. 13.
THE new motor vessel Induna Star, built in Hong Kong for Rondahl Ltd., of Kokopo, arrived under its own power from the East on November 9, after a trip taking 18 days, during which rough weather was experienced and the vessel was even reported by a Hong Kong paper as having sunk and the crew saved by a Chinese fishing junk.
Captain R. Kendall is the master and the ship is a fine addition to the New Guinea fleet. It is 81 tons gross and is equipped with Diesel engines.
Mr. R. B. Carpenter and Mr. D. J.
Brownhill, directors of Messrs. W. R. Car penter and Co. Ltd., returned to Sydney after a business visit to Rabaul, New Guinea, by the Nellore on November 19.