Japanese Around Solomons
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THE MV Betua, with Mr. E. A.
Brown (Government Entomolo gist), and Mr. P. J. A. Barrett, returning to Honiara from Lord Howe Atoll, sighted the wreck of a Japanese fishing vessel on the Ron cador Reef, near Lord Howe Atoll.
The wreck bore the number “12” and was reported by Lord Howe natives to have gone up on the reef about two months earlier. No bodies were found. The Betua returned to Honiara on February 10.
A Japanese fishing vessel which went on a reef near Marau (SE Guadalcanal) was later refloated and towed by two more Japanese vessels to shelter in Kaukau Bay.
All the ships were due to leave for Japan on February 9, the damaged vessel being towed. fl Colonel H. T. Allan, formerly of New Guinea and now settled at Woolgoolga, North Coast of NSW, became ill at the end of January, and was obliged to undergo a course of treatment at Yaralla Hospital, Sydney. He has made a satisfac tory recovery, and expects to spend a few quiet weeks at Bayview, Syd ney, before he leaves, with Mrs.
Allen, on a leisurely world tour.