Small Coaster Lost
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Noumea, June 4.
mHE French coastal vessel Jeanne J. d’Arc, of 100 tons, owned by Mr.
Reuter, of Noumea, and com manded by Captain Redan, went aground on rocks at Saint Hilaire Point, UVEA, Loyalty Islands, in the early morning of June 3. She is a total loss. There was no loss of life.
The vessel’s engine broke down and she drifted ashore. This is the third ship lost by Reuter’s in two years. fl A happy holiday was spent in Sydney after the Second South Pacific Conference by Ratu Tiale Vuiyasawa and Mr. Ben Jannif, Fiji-Indian member of the Legisla tive Council, who were delegates from Fiji. They travelled together, and Mr. Jannif told the newspapers that their friendship was an indi cation of what might be the ultim ate solution of the community prob lem in Fiji-close friendship be tween the races. They left Sydney for a fortnight’s stay in New Zealand.