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AFTER many alarms and much chest thumping, the Fiji tuna clipper, Senibua, which arrived in Sydney from Suva on September 24, has been graciously permitted to fish off the NSW

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For a while it seemed that Mr. Evatt, NSW Chief Secretary upon whose yea or nay the venture depended, was going to emulate his brother, Dr. Evatt, who scared the Americans off Manus naval base.

Senibua’s operations off the NSW coast are at present merely experimental; perhaps Mr. D. M. Hayward, managing director of South Sea Marine Products was able to convince Mr. Evatt of this.

Senibua brought her own spotting plane, which caused considerable interest when the small vessel reached Sydney. Tuna fishing is not new to New South Wales— about 1,000 tons were caught and canned last year—but spotting from planes and fishing with poles is new to local fishermen.

Apparently tuna is one of those things met with only in cans—if it is sold fresh, it apparently goes under another name, The can, as in pineapple, salmon and as paragus, improves the flavour.

Our top photograph shows Pilot Lennon making his spotting plane ready for the voyage to Sydney. On the right, Senibua clears Suva harbour, southward bound. „ , Bottom left are some of the personnel of South Sea Marine Products on board Senibua in Suva. They are: (leit to right) Mr. O. Wright (operations super intendent); Mr. T. Withers (stores) Mi.

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K. McFarlane (secretary), Lower right shows the South Seas Marine Products base in Suva (Senibua j ust pulling out)—bait vessels, tuna clip pers an d refrigerator ship. The company h a( j j US t about everything in Fiji—except tuna that played according to the rules, , , Let’s hope the company has better fish ing further south.