Schooner For N. Guinea

A FTER successfully doing nine knots in her trials on Sydney Harbour, the Manuan 11., a two-masted auxiliary schooner built for Messrs. Stehr Bros., large plantation owners in the Duke of York Group, sailed for New Guinea on

July 11. The agents, Messrs. Nelson and Robertson Pty. Ltd., said that Captain Kane expected to be at Rabaul in a fort night. Her length is 45ft. and she is equipped with an H.M.G. engine. There is accommodation for four persons and cargo space for about 15 tons of copra.

Two Vessels For Papua

Messrs. Nelson and Robertson, also advise that Steamships Trading Co. Ltd., of Papua (for whom they are Sydney agents) have placed an order for two 50ft vessels for the Papuan coastal trade. One, the Ghinsurah, equipped with a 50 h.p. full-diesel Skandia engine, will leave the slip in August. Captain L. Kingdon, of Port Moresby, and one of Steamships Trading Co.’s engineers have arrived in Sydney to take the Ghinsurah to Papua at the end of August.

The “Manuan II.” in Sydney Harbour.