Fiji

Cutter Missing In Fiji Believed Lost at Sea With Crew of Six

From Our Own Correspondent.

Suva, Apr. 2.

AS she has been missing for over a. month, it is presumed that the auxiliary cutter “Tui Savu Savu” has been lost with all hands. She left Suva on February 25 for Gau to load bananas and has not been heard of since.

At the time she left Suva there was a hurricane scare and heavy winds were expected. She anchored for the night off Laticala Point, and got under way on the morning of the 26th, again be ing sighted off Naselai about 12.30 p.m.

About an hour later there was a ter rific squall in that vicinity.

The “Tui Savu Savu” was under a native skipper with a native engineer and a crew of three. There was also on board a half-caste, Abraham Picker ing, in charge of the loading of bananas for Mr. J. A. Garnett, for whom the ves sel was making the trip to Gau. She was owned by Mr. George Barrett, of Suva.

Since the vesel has been missing, a lantern, a boot, and a box containing clothing have been washed up on the island of Kadavu. A report was received in Suva that the “Tui Savu Savu” was at Sigatoka, many miles out of her course, but this was proved unfounded.