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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1952Vol. XXIII, No. 4

Koro Wrecked

p. 99 · Read in the full issue

Luck of a Chinaman: Five out of the six prizes in a recent raffle held in Rabaul, NG (for the Sacred Heart School) were won by Chinese residents of the town. First prize p valued at £.960, went to Chan Yin Siu. The only non- Chinese prize winner was J. Myers (third prize—a radio set).

The schooner Koro was cast ashore on the Isle of Pines. Southern Caledonia, while on a voyage from Noumea to Suva with a cargo of chains and anchors. The loss is estimated at about £20,000 Aust.