Drifting Boat Mystery
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NEW CALEDOKIAN police are fascinated by the mystery of a rowing boat found in November on a reef at Uvea atoll, in the Loyalty Islands group.
Painted white, with a quarter-inch rope around the exterior, the boat contained nothing but a pair of oars and a pair of Japanese sandals.
The boat was made by a Sydney firm of boat builders, but the police say there is little chance that it drifted from Australia. But it may have come from the New Hebrides, or Suva. They are trying to find out.