Chinese Lsi Ship Picks

Up Logs At Vanikoro

SANTO, June 20 MUCH interest has been taken in the arrival recently at Vani koro, in the Southern Solo mons, of a Chinese-owned LST craft called Wan Yui, under Cap tain H. K. Hwang, who comes from Shanghai. He is aged about 38, and he says he has not been in Shanghai for two years, and does not know much about Communism there.

It is reported that the vessel is running under charter to Gilberts Australasian Agency Pty., Ltd., of Sydney. The whole of the crew are Chinese.

The LST arrived in the Solomons from Sydney, via New Guinea and it is reported that the logs she is loading are for Australia.