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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 September 1939Vol. X, No. 2

"Papuan Chief"

p. 9 · Read in the full issue

On Reef on East Coast

T he “ Pa P uan chief ” owned by steam - A ships Trading Co., Ltd.. Port Moresby, ran on a ree f Gadaisu, on the east coast of Papua, on August 27, on her voy-

age f rom Samarai to Port Moresby, via coastal ports.

The cargo was discharged and brought in p ort M ores by by the “Nusa” from samarai, on September 2. n is reported that all efforts to shift

The “Papuan Chief”, photographed at Samarai four days before she went on the reef.