Two Ships Up On
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Papuan Reefs
WHILE berthing at Langemak, Finsch hafen, NO, on July 25, the MV “Reynella” damaged about 50 feet of the wharf. After loading about 8,000 tons of old war equipment for southern buyers, she left for Sydney on August 11.
A few days later she was up on a coral reef off eastern Papua. Efforts were made to float her off by blasting the reef from beneath, but were of no avail. A naval tug reached the ship on August 23 and on the same day the salvage tug “Tancred” was despatched from Brisbane, to her aid.
Passengers were transfered to the “Merkur” after the “Reynella” had been on the reef for 10 days.
The Shell Company tanker “Cyrena” is also aground off the Trobriands, Eastern Papua. A Royal Navy rescue tug has left Singapore to give assistance, which involves, among other things, the re moval of “Cyrena’s” oil cargo.
A daughter (Robin) was born to Mrs.
H. H. MacGregor Dowsett, in Geelong, Victoria, on July 29. Mr. Dowsett, for merly well-known in the Rabaul District, New Guinea, has bought two shops in that town. He hopes, however, to return to New Guinea at some future date.
At a Brest court martial recently, a cabin boy was given a life sentence for murdering the chief carpenter on board the French gunboat “La Grandiere” dur ing a Pacific cruise last year. The tragedy occurred while the ship was in New Cale donian waters.