Of Fiji
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Awahou In Distress North Of Fiji
IT was reported on October 9 that the 'small motor-ship, Awahou, was in a sinking condition about 150 miles north of Fiji, and that the Carpenter ship Lakemba was hurrying to her aid.
The Awahou has been running for some time in the inter-island service of the High Commission |or the Western Pacific.
But she was sold recently to Tony Carr, of Sydney, and the equipment and engines had been recently overhauled.
It is understood that Captain Hay, who ran the vessel for WPHC, was still in charge and that he had a crew of Euro nesians and Fijians.
Later: The Awahou is being towed to a Fiji port by Fiji Government vessel Degei.