Small Trade Ships For
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Sale In Ng
SOME half-dozen of the small coastal motor-ships with which the Administration (through the Shipping Board) carried on New Guinea internal shipping in the post-war years, are now for sale very cheaply, in Rabaul. They include the Narovo, Matoka, Mirigini, all 85 footers, the Nusa, which is bigger, and a couple of others. They are reasonably well engined, and can carry about 600 bags of copra.
Because regulations call for a white master and engineer, they are to<p costly to run. Private enterprise might make economic use of them, if they were bought very cheaply.
There was a similar small fleet for sale on the Papuan side a few months ago. The vessels were bought by negotiation by Steam ships Trading Co., and appear to be profitably employed.
Only Island passengers travelling on Thorsisle from Papeete in July were Monsieur and Mme. Roger Allegret, returning to their home in Noumea. Mme. Allegret was a
resident of Tahiti until her recent marriage.