37 Japanese Pearlers
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Drowned
THIRTY - SEVEN Japanese pearlers bound for Australia, were drowned when a disastrous hurricane swept the Philippines, in April.
Two luggers were lost. Five new lug gers were dismasted, and numerous lug gers in Palau Harbour, in the Pelew Group, were damaged. A Japanese de stroyer was sent out to search for the missing luggers, but could find no trace of them.
Mr. H. R. Craigie, Government Printer in Fiji, was a passenger for England by the “Aorangi” from Suva on May 20.