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Prom Our Own Correspondent

Honiara, Oct. 30.

SUDDEN, sharp first-of-theseason nor’-westerly blow caught miara on the evening of October Three ships were anchored at tint Cruz—the MV Malolo, owned South Pacific Traders, who are re- Dving scrap metal from the Pro dorate, under the direction of Sir Ibert Dyett, who is at present stay l in Honiara, the MV Maroxo, med by the Fairymead Sugar Com ny, Yandina, and the AV Tulagi, Tied by a Chinese syndicate.

The Malolo’s anchor dragged and r master (Capt. Adams) endeav red to get out to sea; the Marovo d the Tulagi were soon in trouble d temporarily out of control, and th collided with the Malolo under : force of the wind. The Marovo d the Tulagi succeeded in getting t to sea, but the Malolo, hampered the other vessels, went up on the ich broadside on, in spite of consid ible skill exercised by her expen ded master. Efforts to get her off der her own power next day were successful and she was finally lied off by the AV Miena (Capt.

R. Richmond).

Fhe Malolo suffered considerable nage.

Fhe MV Ambon, owned by R, C. lies Pty. Ltd., sailed shortly be e the blow for Ulawa, under irter to the 8.5.1. P. Government ide Scheme, to tow the Trade

Scheme’s 66-foot MV Biliki to Tulagi for engine repairs. The Ambon was caught by the storm and went up on a reef near Rua Sura, off the Guadal canal coast, but owing to the skill of her master (Mr. T. Elkington) came off the reef and proceeded to Ulawa..

Meanwhile a small launch, owned by Mr. A. M. Andresen, of Man doliana, near Tulagi, had broken down on its way to South Malaita and drifted for 2J days, with Mr.

Jack Andresen and a native crew on board. The Mandoliana launch drifted towards San Cristoval, where it was sighted by the Swedish vessel

Lidvaro, which was passing en route to Tarawa. The Lidvaro eventually cast off the launch in the most fav ourable position for it to drift down on Ulawa. Sighting the Mandoliana launch, Mr. Elkington, who had by then arrived on Ambon, managed to get a line on board before she could hit the reef, and the Ambon towed both the Biliki and the launch safely back to Tulagi for repairs.

Mr. G. R. Powles, New Zealand High Commissioner in Western Samoa, arrived in New Zealand on leave in October.

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