In Suva Squall

Miranda Battered To Death

THIS recent photograph shows all that remains of Miranda, a yacht which once held Australian championships.

Some 15 years ago she was taken to Fiji, where she became one of the fastest boats in the Suva Yacht Club. She survived quite a number of mishaps, but recently

she became involved in an accident which placed her beyond repair. Early one morning a sudden squall endangered all the Club’s boats and the Miranda dragged her moorings and was thrown onto the breakwater in front of the new Clubhouse.

There, in spite of all efforts, and the help of a gang of 15 prisoners, rushed from the nearby compound, she was pounded to pieces. She now lies inside the prison compound, and is a total loss. Mr.

Robert Hutchinson, who supplied the photograph, says he thinks she was built in Sydney by Lars Halvorsen.

Mrs. C. Ryder, accompanied by her two children, returned to Rabaul recently by the Malaita after spending seven months holiday in Sydney.