Chinese Flag In Fiji
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The flag of the Chinese mercantile! marine was seen in Fiji for the first time when this ship, the Union Trader, arrived at Suva on June 21, with more tham 2,000 tons of cement from Japan.
Built in America in 1945, the vessel was acquired by a Chinese shipping company now operating in Formosa. She has a gross tonnage of 3,000 tons. The captain officers and crew are all Chinese, loyal to the National Government in Formosa After discharging the cement, which was badly needed in Fiji, the vessel loade[?]
with bananas, coconut meal, rice, brans
and other produce for shipment to Auck[?] land. -Photo by F. R. Charlton.