Cigarette Exploded
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Charge Of Dynamite
Dynamiting of fish is illegal in virtually all Pacific terri tories, but it continues, with results that are sometimes more disastrous to human beings than to fish.
In Eastern Samoa, the police have been investigating a case of illegal possession of dynamite (which is imported only by the Government) in a sequel to a tragedy.
A young man, Uepa Mulitauaopele, of Lauli’i village, held a lighted cigarette close to the very short fuse of a dynamite charge and blew on the cigarette, which he thought was clear of the fuse. The prank was designed to frighten his companions.
The charge exploded, killing Mulitauaopele and injuring two on lookers. \\ Mr. Andrew Gilchrist, overseas manager for the United Insurance Company Ltd., made an inspection tour of New Guinea in September to assess possibilities of expansion of the company’s interests to in clude that area.