Nine Papuan Soldiers Lost
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In Cutter's Wreck
THE cutter “Jean,” which Mr. Tom Holland, of Madiri, Western Papua, had owned only a month, was wrecked in July, when it was carrying members of the disbanded Pacific Islands Battalion to their villages. Nine of the ex-soldiers were drowned.
An official inquiry into the accident was held, but it was found that no blame was attributable to anyone.
The plantation at Madiri is being run by Mrs. Holland Mr. Holland is over in Cape York district, in charge of a sawmill.