“Islands” That Come

And Go

IOR over six years, ships passing through a region about 17 miles south of New Georgia (BSD ive reported seeing flashes of light Dm the sea. Captain Adams, of e Malolo, who was there in day :ht during 1951, was the first to port an island—loo feet long, 20 3t broad and about 15 feet high.

The BSIP Marine Superintendent at the Kurimarau to pin-point it but found only boiling water.

Last March, Captain Macdonald Dk the Western Pacific High Com ssioner through the New Hebrides Kurimarau. Going down be een the islands, and west of nbryn, the ship passed through sea of pumice 10 miles long, 2 les wide and about 9 inches deep, lich had evidently come out of abryn the previous day. It was so ick that it banked up and took the paint off the hull for about foot above the waterline.