Australian Coastal Vessel For New Guinea

TTHE North Coast steamer Coombar, of * 581 tons, was purchased early in June by W. R. Carpenter and Co. Ltd., to replace one of the company’s vessels lost in the Rabaul eruption.

The Coombar left Sydney on June 9 to be towed to Rabaul (where a crew awaits her) by the tug St. Mamyn, which was

sold a few weeks ago to Eastern buyers.

After delivering the Coombar the tug will continue her journey to China.

Until recently the Coombar, which has twin screws and was built in Glasgow in 1917 for the North Coast S.N. Co. Ltd., ran regularly between Sydney and North Coast ports.